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FG to end fuel importation as Port Harcourt Refinery comes back in operation by December – Lokpobiri

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has assured that the Port Harcourt refinery will come back on stream by December this year. He restated Federal Government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation soon, saying that efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. Lokpobiri stated this during […]

Former petroleum minister Alison-Madueke charged by UK Police with bribery

The former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been accused of bribery by British police. Reuters reports that UK police stated on Tuesday that they believed she had taken bribes in exchange for giving multimillion-pound contracts for oil and gas. From 2010 until 2015, the 63-year-old former minister worked under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. […]

Tragedy Strikes As Girl Who Got 9As in WAEC was poisoned by stepmother following UK Scholarship Achievement

In a heartrending incident that has sent shockwaves through the community, the life of Chinecherem Promise Ibeh, a brilliant and accomplished student, has been tragically cut short. The young girl, who had achieved a remarkable feat of scoring 9As in her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC WASSCE), was poisoned to death just as […]

Freight forwarders petition IGP, threaten to shut down ports over extortions by maritime police

The freight forwarders operating at the Lagos ports seemed to have been pushed to the wall as they petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over what they claimed was the barefaced extortions, harassment and intimidation by the maritime police. The aggrieved customs brokers threatened to withdraw their services if the excesses of these […]