News Update

Three major oil marketers have told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the planned monopoly of the energy sector by Dangote Petroleum Refinery will spell doom for the country’s oil sector.
According to the oil marketers, Dangote’s plan to monopolize the oil sector is a recipe for disaster for Nigeria...

.The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris, has called Donald Trump to concede the election.

This comes hours after the race was called and her loss was confirmed.

According to the Daily Mail, Harris had a warning for the president-elect, lecturing him even as she congratulated him.

“She discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans,” a senior aide said.

Harris is expected to concede to the nation at Howard University later today.

The White House has already confirmed that President Joe Biden also has called both candidates.

Biden has also invited Trump to meet with him, telling him about “the importance of working to bring the country together.”

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The death on Tuesday of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja has thrown the nation into mourning. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered flags to be flown at half-mast nationwide for seven days.

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 Bandits on Wednesday abducted over 50 persons at Wanke and Gurusu villages of Gusau and Gummi Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Locals said the victims were abducted in Wanke and environs while working on their farms and three others, along the Anka-Gurusu road in Anka Local Government Area of the state.

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After a 48 hour ultimatum issued by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kano State Branch, in response to the alleged assault on a female doctor at the Emergency Pediatric Unit of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, the Association has announced withdrawal of services from the hospital.

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 The wealth of billionaire Tesla and X owner, Elon Musk, has soared by about $13 billion hours after his ally, Donald Trump, won the United States presidential election. Early Wednesday, investors said Trump’s win will also be a win for Musk’s major public holding, Tesla (TSLA), sending shares of his electric vehicle maker up 13% at the market open, CNN reports.

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Suspected gunmen have allegedly killed 10 persons in Wayam community of Sabon-Gari District in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday in the early hours of the morning.

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Gunmen have abducted Rev Fr. Emmanuel Azubuike, the parish priest of St Theresa’s Catholic Parish in Obollo Community, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered on Wednesday that the victim was abducted on Tuesday night along the Ayayi community when he was returning from an assignment, according to church authorities

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has killed two armed robbers during a gun duel and arrested four in the Jahi area of the nation’s capital. Also, no fewer than five car snatchers were arrested and 13 stolen vehicles recovered during the operations conducted by the scorpion squad of the FCT command.

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Combined security operatives have reportedly neutralised four gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed militia, the Eastern Security Network. The operation took place in the early hours of Wednesday at Eha Alumona in Nsukka Local Government Area.

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 The Zone 16 Police Command on Wednesday disclosed that it detained officers who were involved in the extortion of N10 million. A statement by the Zone 16 Police Public Relations Officer, SP Emonena Gunn, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, hinted that the said officers have been in detention since October 30.