The Military high command says the destruction of rogue vessels used to steal crude oil in the Niger Delta is in line with the extant laws guiding the military operations. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while addressing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. Buba, while explaining the rationale behind the destruction of such vessels, said the military was carrying out its operations in line with laid down operational procedures. He said the military would continue to perform its responsibilities in accordance with the law, adding that…
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President Bola Tinubu has been urged to declare a state of emergence on the nation’s refineries. Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Dr Joseph Obele, in Rivers State, made the call in response to an increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, or PMS, popularly known as fuel, at the pump. This in response to Tuesday increase in the price of petrol at the pump, reaching N612 a litre. Obele, however, said that the ex-depot price went from N487.7 per litre to N567.7 per litre. A statement by Obele said: “It is true, that on Tuesday…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja that it was unaware of the over 20-year old United States District Court judgment which ordered President Bola Tinubu to forfeit $460,000 suspected to be proceeds of narcotics trade. According to INEC, the case was not brought to its attention prior to the 2023 presidential election. This was contained in its final written address filed by its lead counsel, A.B. Mahmoud SAN, against the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Mr Peter Obi. In one of the grounds of Obi’s…
The Federal Government, through the Solid Minerals Development, has said it will support the private sector with low-risk, single-digit loans for greenfield exploration in the country. Greenfield exploration refers to uncharted territory where mineral deposits are not already known to exist. The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, Fatima Shinkafi, disclosed while hosting the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Mary Ogbe, on a working visit to the SMDF in Abuja. She said, “We are looking at generating project greenfield for the first time ever at low-risk, single-digit interest rates for the private sector.…
Ayo Makun, commonly known as AY, a renowned stand-up comedian and Nollywood actor, says he will be happy if he dies without ever having interacted with Julius Agwu or Bright Okpocha, better known by the stage name Baskemouth. This is an attempt to again addressed his feud with Basketmouth and Julius Agwu. AY said that despite the moves of his more senior colleagues, he had made every effort to make amends with the pair but they had chosen to remain at odds. The trio are among the most famous stand-up comedians in Nigeria. In March, AY said his misunderstanding with…
Bandits were said to have fled from their hideouts around Kagarko, Iche, Taka-Lafiya Gidan Makeri and Janjala communities in Kaduna State after over 100 troops stormed the forest in Kagarko LGA. City & Crime had reported that many rural communities in Kagarko Chiefdom had been under siege by bandits who abducted residents and farmers a few months ago. But the situation was said to have been contained after troops raided their hideouts and some rural communities and arrested some suspected informants. A traditional title holder in Kagarko, Suleiman Aliyu, while speaking with our reporter through telephone on Wednesday, said the…
The World Health Organisation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, yesterday launched a $9, 261,920 Canada Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) grant to support COVID-19 vaccine delivery and distribution in Nigeria. The two-year CanGIVE grant is from the Global Affairs Canada to WHO to support the scale-up of COVID-19 vaccine delivery amongst high-priority risk groups and strengthen the health system in Nigeria. Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja, the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jamie Chrisoff, said the grant was another example of Canada’s historical institutional relationship with the WHO to support Nigeria in the critical work…
Former governors of Kano and Nasarawa states Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje and Senator Tanko Al-Makura are currently in the running to lead the All Progressives Congress, the party in power. MeridianSpy learnt that, barring any last-minute changes in preparations, President Bola Tinubu may have chosen Dr. Ganduje as National Chairman despite several North Central stakeholders putting up a hard struggle to keep their seats in the zone. Some APC chieftains are said to be kicking against Ganduje on the grounds that the North West, where he comes from, already occupies the Offices of the Speaker, House of Representatives and…
The candidate at the forefront of a scandal involving the falsification of UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) results, Mmesoma Ejikeme, has written to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) pleading for forgiveness. On Wednesday, the 19-year-old read a letter of apology in front of the House of Representatives’ special committee investigating the manipulation in Abuja. Mmesoma told the lower chamber that she had admitted what she did was wrong, adding that it was the reason she came to present her ‘Letter of Profound Apology’. “I humbly seek your forgiveness for the mistake I made. I sincerely agree that I…
…urges Employers of Labour Relax Age Requirement Pre-condition The Senate Wednesday resolved to abolish age limitations in job advertisements, just as it has asked the Federal Government to immediately draw up policies that relate to equality of opportunity and treatment in access to employment at all levels. Meridian Spy reports that the country would no longer have an age restriction on job postings If the Senate resolution is approved by the Executive branch of government. The Senate has requested the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity, and other pertinent agencies to impose restrictions and act as a deterrent to…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has clarified that the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has no telephone conversation with anybody including President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on the on-going Presidetial Election Petition on the 2023 election. The Apex Court said that Justice Ariwoola neither spoke with Tinubu nor the Director General General of the Department of State Service (DSS) with a view to pressurizing the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the likely judgment to give in respect of the petitions. The Director of Press and Information, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr Akande Festus made the clarification in…
The former governor of Kano State Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is tipped for the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. This is following the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as National Chairman of the party and his Secretary Iyiola Omisore. Ganduje is a frontiline supporter and mobiliser of President Bola Tinubu from day one. He was one of the earliest governors to support Tinubu’s presidential bid. According to reliable source, President Tinubu is highly satisfied and comfortable with Ganduje as Chairman of the party. He considered him as his number one ally and loyalist since the early beginning…