Author: Adeniyi Daniel
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced plans to begin nationwide distribution of Premium Motor Spirit and diesel from August 15, 2025. The company is deploying 4,000 brand-new Compressed Natural Gas-powered tankers to boost delivery capacity and improve access to fuel across the country. The offer, according to a statement released on Sunday, is open to marketers, petrol station dealers, manufacturers, telecoms operators, aviation firms, and other large-scale fuel users. The firm also disclosed plans to support distribution through the establishment of booster CNG stations and a dedicated fleet of over 100 gas-powered tankers. It noted that the logistics support, including…
The inspector-General of police, Kayode Egbetokun, has extended the deadline for the enforcement of vehicle tinted glass permit to August 12, 2025. This move follows several concerns and feedback from the public regarding the re-activation of the digital application process for the permit.In a statement on Saturday by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force public relations officer, the police acknowledged the importance of public input in shaping its policies. ”The extension of enforcement is also intended to give room for additional enhancements and refinements to the application process, ensuring that no member of the public is unduly disadvantaged,” Adejobi said. He noted…
– Recovers tramadol consignments in winter jackets at Lagos airport; intercepts N1.1billion opioids in Rivers The operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Iran bound 45 year old businessman at the Port Harcourt International Airport for ingesting 53 pellets of cocaine. The suspect, Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian was arrested on Saturday 7th June while trying to board Qatar Airways flight QR1434 flying to Tehran Khomeini, Iran via Doha. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, said Ezemokwe was asked to step aside after a body scan proved positive to ingestion of illicit drug. He was placed…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has condemned a fatal road crash that occurred over the weekend at Origan, Oko-Afo, along the Badagry Expressway, involving a tricycle and a Mercedes-Benz SUV reportedly driving against traffic. According to preliminary investigations, the SUV—bearing a customized plate “OSUNFNKE”—was travelling against the designated flow of traffic from Ile-Epo towards Oko-Afo when it collided head-on with a commercial tricycle (Keke Marwa) registered as MUS 716 QM. The tricycle operator suffered severe injuries, including a dislocated knee, and was confirmed dead at the scene. Eyewitnesses and officials confirmed that the SUV driver immediately abandoned the…
Hundreds of youths in Benue on Sunday took to the streets to protest the continuous attacks, killings, and displacement of people in the state. The protest followed the killing of many at Yelwata community in Guma local government area on Friday night. The protesters who converged at the Wurukum Roundabout in Makurdi called on the federal government to live up to its responsibility, which is to protect all the citizens within its sovereignty. They also urged security agencies to redouble their efforts to ensure that all displaced people return to their ancestral homes and continue with their normal lives. Speaking…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred national honours and granted a full state pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight other members of the Ogoni Nine, nearly three decades after their execution the regime of late General Sani Abacha. The president made the announcement on Thursday during a joint sitting of the national assembly to commemorate the celebration of Democracy Day, June 12. During his address at the session, President Tinubu posthumously awarded Saro-Wiwa the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), while his fellow Ogoni activists —Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera,…
A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has said. Initially, authorities ruled out survivors among the over 200 passengers and crew aboard an Air India plane that crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, the city’s police commissioner disclosed on Thursday. The aircraft, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, operating as flight AI 171 from Ahmedabad to London, crashed into a doctors’ hostel belonging to a medical college at around 1:30 p.m local time, triggering a massive fire and chaotic scenes in the densely populated area. Sources said…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered an AK – 47, ammunition and motor bike from a fleeing suspect. According to the command’s spokesman, SP Ramhan Nansel, ‘On June 7, 2025, at about 1600hrs, the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Command, CP Shetima Mohammed, received credible intelligence regarding the movement of a suspected criminal transporting arms and ammunition. “Acting swiftly on this report, the Commissioner ordered a coordinated manhunt to apprehend the suspect. “In compliance with these directives, police operatives from Giza Division mounted a strategic stop-and-search operation along the Giza-Kadarko Road. “During the operation, a suspicious individual riding an…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has neutralized seven suspected kidnappers, apprehended five armed robbery suspects and recovered five stolen vehicles as well as arms and ammunition. According to a statement from the Force PRO, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, “on the 4th of June 2025, operatives of the Delta state police command alongside local vigilantes and anti-cult volunteers, acting on credible intelligence on the activities of suspected kidnappers along the Abraka Railway axis engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel, which led to the neutralisation of four suspected kidnappers and the recovery of one AK-47 rifle and thirteen rounds of live ammunition.…
The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, has dumped the main opposition party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Amode, along with other PDP chieftains, announced the defection at a news conference on Monday in Ikeja. Speaking, Amode said he and other defectors were motivated and inspired by the visionary leadership of the 2023 state PDP governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), who had earlier moved to APC. “It is with great honour and a profound sense of responsibility that we stand before you today to announce a pivotal decision; one that…