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Aliko Dangote,the President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, has stated that his $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery was built to use Nigerian crude and add value to it within the country. Dangote in a statement on Thursday, asked why  the plant should deviate from this focus, as he admitted that the refinery had also been refining crude oil grades from Europe, the United States, and others...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has demanded a refund of N4.71tn from the Federal Government to settle outstanding debts used to import Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into the country. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun.

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 No fewer than nine people have sustained various injuries and many vehicles burnt after a gas explosion triggered a fire at the Mobil Filling Station near the Airport Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos State.
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 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has arrested a suspect impersonating a Nigerian Navy rating and engaging in fraudulent activities in the state. The suspect, Chukwugozirim Christian, a 39-year-old male, was arrested on Tuesday.

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 The Rivers State Police Command has indicated its determination to apprehend the abductors of the host pastor of Light Intercessors Church, Oyigbo, Pastor Kingsley Anosike, after he and three other ministers abducted in the Oyigbo in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State regained their freedom on Wednesday night.

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 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed security agencies to intensify efforts to crack down on illegal miners across the country. Tinubu said his administration would ensure that companies engaging in mineral exploration prioritised the health and safety of Nigerians and the host communities.

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 The Gombe State Government has clarified that it has not yet received the 20 trucks of rice allocated to it by the federal government, contrary to the claim by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.

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 At least 25 persons have died in separate boat accidents in Jigawa and Bayelsa states. Report from Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State said a boat carrying passengers crossing the Gamoda River at Nahuce village yesterday capsized, killing five people, with 15 others missing.

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 Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has said that the recent hunger protest in the north is a wake-up call for governors in the region. The governor said that the majority of protesters in Nasarawa were almajiris who did not even know the meaning of the protest.

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Kano State Government has filed another separate charge against the immediate past governor of the state and the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his commissioner for Local Government, Murtala Sule Garo and 2 other persons.

The charge contains allegations bordering on criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, making false statements and criminal misappropriation.

They were alleged to have unlawfully and criminally diverted the total sum of Fifty Seven Billion, Four Hundred and Thirty Three Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixteen Naira (N57,433,981,816.00) through several personal accounts of Local Government’s Cashiers and other Personal and Corporate Accounts.

The state government also accused them of transforming the funds into cash of United State Dollars and Nigerian Naira which they allegedly criminally appropriated for personal benefits out of which they fraudulently used the proceed, converted same into acquiring properties worth Billions of Naira, including Kano Cotton Ginnery at Challawa Kano City, 200 hundred bed capacity Hotel at Badawa Nassarawa Local Government Area, Kano.

They were also accused of using the proceed to acquire a Service apartment at Murtala Muhammad Way, a commercial apartment at Akoya Oxygen – x20868 Dubai, in Tigerwood and plot 2201 Floor 22 Damac Height, Marsa Dubai Marina, A Multi Billion Naira Hotel at Jabi, Abuja.

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 Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lead Counsels of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has accused a social commentator, Reno Omokri of consistently making insulting and derogatory posts against Igbos and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for financial gains.

Ejiofor in a statement on Friday, said

“Reno deliberately crafts insulting, derogatory, and disdainful posts targeting the Igbos, in his relentless ethnic baiting against Igbos, and the person of Peter Obi.

“Why? Because he knows that by provoking you, he can drive up traffic and engagement on his posts”, he said.

According to Ejiofor, comments and engagements from Ndigbo will only promote Reno’s business by sustaining traffic and popularity on his platforms.

The statement added, “And to your estimation, you think that a man who earns this outrageous sum will change pattern, he cannot unless YOU STOP HIM.

“His strategy is simple: manipulate your emotions to increase his content’s reach and revenue.

“By constantly engaging him to possibly dislodge his often deliberate falsehood, you become an enabler of his intentions and flourishing business. He is not a patriot in the affairs of this Nation, it is only for business enterprise.

“Here is what you can do to stop Reno and his business: Ignore his provocations. Silence speaks volumes. Unfollow him. Do not give him the satisfaction of your attention. Spread the word. Let others know how he operates”.

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