The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has categorically debunked a report that claimed it has recently imported 200 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol or fuel. In a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, stressed that the company had not imported … Read more
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has described late Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, as a towering figure in Nigerian politics and a relentless advocate for the rights of the Niger Delta. The President General of AYCF, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, in a statement on Tuesday, extended the group’s condolences to the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of … Read more
Tragedy struck on Kemta-Somorin road as Professor Oladipo Ademuyiwa of FUNAAB was killed by a hit-and-run driver on February 16The community of Ajebo Road Housing Estate mourns his loss and demands immediate government action to install speed breakers and ensure road safetyDr Ayo Ajasa has called on the Governor of Ogun State to intervene and … Read more
CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh has assumed duty as the 41st Commissioner of Police at the Lagos State Command. Henzodaily reports that he took over from CP Olanrewaju Ishola, who was redeployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja. This was made known in a statement on Tuesday by the Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin. CP Jimoh, who hails from … Read more
True nationalist, these are the two words that aptly captured nationalism that the late Chief EK Clark displayed when he used his first daughter, Elizabeth as guinea pig by enrolling her in Queens College Enugu shortly after the civil war that ravaged the entire South East. Clark did not stop there, he reconstructed schools and … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Ugenyi Kalu, a former banker, for fraud. The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, sentenced Kalu to four years and two months in prison. The ruling was delivered by trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi. Kalu, who served as the Head of the … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has described the death of PANDEF Leader Cheif Edwin Clark as a deep lossIn a statement by a presidential aide, Tinubu extended his condolences to the Edwin Clark family, the Ijaw nation, the people of the Niger Delta and the state governmentChief Edwin Clark reportedly died at the age of 97 on … Read more
Both chambers of the National Assembly have reversed the passage of the 2025 national budget earlier approved last week. Henzodaily reports the reversal by both the Senate and the House of Representatives is to effect corrections on some errors in line items under capital and recurrent expenditures. While the total budget size remains at ₦54.9 … Read more
The Police Command in Osun has confirmed that six persons lost their lives in the crisis over the control of local government secretariats in Osun on Monday. The crisis erupted between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the Court of Appeal judgment sacking of APC council chairmen and councillors. … Read more
The Nigerian Army has set up a General Court Martial for the trial of five officers and 20 soldiers for different offences in the jurisdiction of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu State. Inaugurating the court martial, President of the General Court Martial (GCM), Brig.-Gen. Buhari Sadisu, said that the court martial was … Read more