Author: Abimbola Ogunnaike

The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has vowed that the firm will surpass multiple barriers to exceed $30 billion in revenue generation by the end of 2025. Dangote disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, 12 September, 2024 by Dangote Group. The richest African billionaire businessman made the vow while speaking at the just concluded African Renaissance Retreat held in Kigali, Rwanda capital. Dangote, who charged African business leaders to take take the lead in transforming the continent, explained that despite significant challenges besetting Africa, its youthful population and abundant resources, including about 30 percent of the…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has revealed that it is negotiating purchase of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) with Dangote Refinery ahead of Sunday, 15 September, 2024. The NNPCL image-maker, Olufemi Soneye, made this disclosure during an interview with an online medium on Thursday, 12 September, 2024. Soneye was responding to a statement by the Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin that local marketers are boycotting Dangote Refinery’s petrol despite offering lower prices. However, NNPCL’s spokesman clarified that he doesn’t believe that local marketers will boycott a product with lower prices. He stressed that NNPCL is currently…

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested five suspects over the alleged killing of a former Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman, Chief Ndidi Livingstone in Mgbuoshimini, Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olatunji Disu, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that after the killing, the command launched a nationwide manhunt to apprehend the perpetrators. Thegazellenews.com recalls that Livingstone was murdered in front of his wife and son during a church service in his community on 13 January, 2024. According to Olatunji, the FID-Intelligence Response Team and personnel of the command later…

An Abuja-based Public Interest Litigation lawyer and human rights activist, Maxwell Opara has dragged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigeria Police Council to the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged unlawful tenure elongation for the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. Opara, who instituted the case is contesting the legality or otherwise of the tenure elongation granted Egbetokun under the amended Police Act. Opara in the suit is asking the court for an order of injunction restraining Egbetokun acting by himself or through his agents and servants, from continuing to hold out, present and or…

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed at least 666 unregistered medicine shops in Kaduna State For operating in violation of National Drug Distribution Guidelines The enforcement action commenced earlier this week, focusing on open drug markets and other locations where medicines were sold without proper registration and oversight. The PCN Director of Enforcement, Pharm. Stephen Esumobi, made this disclosure to newsmen on Thursday, 12 September, 2024. Esumobi explained that their action is aimed to ensure the safe and effective distribution of medicines, safeguard public health, and prevent the sale of harmful substances within the state. According to him, the…

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gave reasons why it suspended former Senator from the state, Dino Melaye from the party, the Gazellenews.com reports. Melaye was suspended by the PDP exco in Ayetoro Gbede, Ward 1 following his refusal to honour a summon. The Ward exco also explained that Melaye was suspended for anti-party activities and alleged misconduct. The resolution to suspend the former Kogi West senator was taken by the Ward party executive committee during a meeting in Aiyetoro/Luagba Ward 1 on Friday to review the report of the disciplinary committee set up to…

Nigeria’s petroleum marketers under the umbrella of Products Retail Outlets Owners Association (PROOA) have asked Dangote Refinery to unveil the price of its Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) to Nigerians. The President OF PROOA), Billy Gillis-Harry and the President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN Abubakar Maigandi stated this in separate interviews with an online medium on Thursday, 13 September, 2024. The petroleum marketers were reacting to a statement by the Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin that local marketers were boycotting Dangote Refinery petrol for imported ones despite its lower prices. However, Gillis-Harry explained that marketers have yet…

Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a 26-year-old man identified as Monday Edereno died after he drank a herbal concoction The deceased, who was said to have complained of leg pain, traveled from Ijebu Ode to Asa Elegbada Village near Owode Egba to purchase the herbal mixture from 28-year-old Ifakunle Olanrewaju, a traditional attendant who specializes in administering herbal cure. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the sad development on Friday,13 September, 2024 said, Edereno was found dead in his home at about 7am on Thursday, 12 September, 2024 According to Odutola, one Olanrewaju…

Partners for the eighth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) have begun to emerge with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Emadeb Group and Dangote Group leading the train of partners for the event slated for Thursday, 3 October, 2024 at the Reverton Hotel, GRA Lokoja, Kogi State. The Chairman of the 2024 Conference Planning Committee, Danlami Nmodu, mni, also listed other partners to include: Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Setraco Nigeria Limited, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), according to a statement by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Sir Remmy Nweke. Nmodu was also…

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai has said he has commenced work to ensure the implementation of the 13 agreements recently signed by Nigerian and Chinese governments during the visit of President Bola Tinubu to China, insisting that making sure that all the agreements see the light of the day. Dunhai who addressed journalists at the Chinese Embassy in Abuja on the importance of Nigeria’s President state visit to China and the cooperation agreements signed between the two countries, noted that Tinubu’s visit opened a new vista in China and Nigeria bilateral relations. He explained also that with the…

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has expressed its deepest sympathy to all the people, governor and government of Borno state including the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima over the unfortunate flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and its environs. While, extending it deepest condolences to the people of Borno State, who have been severely affected by the flood disaster, the Director General of the Institute, Dr. Joseph Ochogwu in a statement on Friday, said: “Our thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones, homes, and livelihoods due to this devastating effect of the flood.” He said: “The…

The apex leader of the Lagos prestigious Governance Advisory Council, GAC, Prince Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi, on Wednesday, 11 September, 2024 paid a visit to the iconic SAIL Innovation Lab in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, where over 8,400 constituents, majorly youths had learnt different life-transforming sought-after skills in digital, tech and innovation, such as Tech Talent Development, Data Science and Teachers’ Fellowship, among others. The respected elder statesman and national political figure, who was elated by the magnificence of the Innovation Lab that has trained and provided decent jobs to hundreds in Lagos East Senatorial District, commended the visionary leadership…

The Olu Akerele Family of Ikeja has cried out over clandestine and cynical moves to rename Olu Akerele Street, situated at off Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos State, after one Adolphus Davies. The said street has been named after the late Olu Akerele since the early 1970s. The family is pointing accusing fingers at the Ikeja Local Government which it accused of being behind the move to change the name of the street and erased the name of their patriarch. The family’s grievances were contained in a letter titled ‘Notice of Objection To Renaming Of Olu Akerele Street, Ikeja Lagos State’ written by their…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has set up in Borno State providing emergency food assistance to communities affected by massive flooding that has displaced over 230,000 people in the northeast Nigeria state. A statement on Thursday said WFP’s is working to provide hot meals to 50,000 of the worst affected children, women, and men who have lost their homes in what has been described as the worst flooding in northeast Nigeria in 30 years. The devastating floods occurred as a dam near Maiduguri collapsed due to torrential rains, forcing the river water to overrun 50 percent of Maiduguri,…

Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed on Thursday after shelling hit the site of a planned frontline aid distribution in the Donetsk region. Two additional ICRC staff members were wounded. According to a statement by ICRC, the distribution of humanitarian assistance had not begun, and no residents were affected by the explosion. ICRC President, Mirjana Spoljaric said: “I condemn attacks on Red Cross personnel in the strongest terms. It’s unconscionable that shelling would hit an aid distribution site. Our hearts are broken today as we mourn the loss of our colleagues and…

President Tinubu has welcomed the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s new report on the country’s trade balance. According to the report, Nigeria recorded another trade surplus in the second quarter of 2024, hitting N6.95 trillion. The current surplus is 6.60% higher than the N6.52 trillion surplus recorded in the first quarter. Just days after the country recorded almost 100 percent oversubscription of its first $500 million domestic bond and half-year revenue of N9.1 trillion, the latest report underscores the increasing positive shifts in the economy over the last year. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information…

Gunmen on the early hours of Thursday, 12 September, 2024 blocked the Gusau-Funtua highway in Zamfara State, abducting an unspecified number of travelers. Eyewitnesses report that the bandits, riding on about 50 motorcycles with three persons each, mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis of the highway around 7:00 am, abducting commuters and taking them into the bush. “We have been stuck here since morning, waiting for the military to clear the road,” said Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter stranded near the area. “The bandits were still on the road until around 9 a.m., and we could hear gunfire as the…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed plans by his administration to introduce a price control mechanism in the state. Governor Abiodun also disclosed that henceforth, all forms of market levies have been suspended, noting that only development and environmental levies will be allowed, as they are meant for the development of markets in the state. The Governor made this known during a meeting with market leaders led by the Iyaloja General, Chief (Mrs.) Yemisi Abass, at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Prince Abiodun said as part of measures to control the uptick in the prices of food items,…

The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) is yet from over as the party’s Caretaker Committee in Abuja has urged Julius Abure to stop parading himself as the National Chairman of the party, saying his tenure expired on 9 June, 2029. The Secretary, Board of Trustees, of the party, Salisu Mohammed said this during a news conference organised by the leadership of the Labour National Transitional Committee, NTC, in Abuja. He said the decision was reached at the Umuahia stakeholder meeting by the Nenadi Usman-led Caretaker Committee which was lawful and legitimate. Mohammed said the NTC engaged and mobilised all…

The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has advised President Bola Ahmed to strengthen social protection for the vulnerable to cushion the impact of the recent hike in Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) pump price and flooding. The Resident Representative of the IMF in Nigeria, Christian Ebeke ,made the call Wednesday, 11 September, 2024 during an Arise Television interview. Ebeke’s comments come as Nigerians groan over the hike in the petrol pump price to N897 and N980 per litre for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited retail outlets and independent marketers filling stations from N617 and N720. According to the IMF boss, the development…