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The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is set to supply 300,000 barrels of crude oil to Dangote Refinery .  Mele Kyari, NNPC’s group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC, spoke on Thursday at the Nigeria oil and gas opportunity fair. The event was held at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) conference centre in Bayelsa state. The Dangote Refinery, a 650,000 barrels per day integrated refinery project, is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 22, 2023. “The NNPC saw the strategic interest of doing business, and we will be supplying 300,000 barrels of Nigerian crude to Dangote Refinery from NNPC. That is a marketing opportunity,” Kyari said.  Meanwhile, the NNPC GCEO said Nigeria must focus on gas production, adding that the country must begin to expand its gas footprint. With that, he noted, the country will begin to achieve the industrialisation it seeks. “The only way this industry can become the catalyst and fuel for that is for ...

The Labour Party has said it will be calling 50 witnesses to testify against the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and will need seven weeks to get this done. According to the party’s counsel, Awa Kalu, who addressed the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) in Abuja on Saturday, the duration is because the forensic investigation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) has yet to be carried out as directed by the court. BVAS is an electronic device designed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to read permanent voter cards (PVCs) during elections for the verification of voters. Secondly, Kalu said the petitioner is awaiting some documents requested for. It was also agreed the star witnesses would need 30 minutes to demonstrate any electronic evidence. That class of witnesses will be cross-examined for 20 minutes and five minutes will be for re-examination, while 10 minutes was allotted for other witnesses. For the respondents, 20 minutes...

An audio in which Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Ibrahim Masari, former vice presidential placeholder candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), discussed the meeting between President-elect Bola Tinubu and Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), is currently trending. Tinubu and Kwankwaso met for four hours in France, where they discussed a wide range of issues, including the possibility of the NNPP Presidential Candidate joining the incoming cabinet. The audio of the conversation has generated different reactions across social media. Ganduje, who expressed how unhappy he was with the development, said Tinubu had considered Kwankwaso as an alternative. Below is the complete transcript of the conversation: Ganduje: Hello Ibrahim Masari: Your Excellency Ganduje: How is work and everything? How is Abuja Masari: Glory be to God, I just came into Abuja Ganduje: Kano is all over with noise. Masari: Your Excellency, I told you what is going on...

The Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education (EPST) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Tony Mwaba Kazadi has confessed that he impregnated his Deputy Minister, Aminata Namasia, describing it as “accidental.” Local reports revealed that Kazadi and Namasia,  despite being married,  developed feelings for each  other as they worked together in the DRC education ministry. According to The Heritage Times, a DRC journalist, Lungila John took to Twitter to reveal the affair between both officials that led to the deputy education minister’s pregnancy. The duo have come under heavy criticism from citizens of DRC, accusing them of reeking bad conduct and immorality. Archy Lema, a citizen of DRC and a Twitter user said, DRC is a country of shame. She said Namasia has no education to give to any young lady in the country. Another citizen of DRC said if politicians in the country, especially Kazadi and Namasia wanted to be referred to as “excellencies” or “honoura...

Former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday said he used to lose sleep over insecurity that in the country during his tenure. Jonathan stated this while he commissioned projects constructed by Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku in Jalingo. Addressing the crowd at the commissioning of the 22 kilometer dual carriageway from Panti Napo to NYSC orientation permanent camp, the former president praised people of the state for choosing to live in peace. He also commended the state governor and the contractor handling the project, Claneburge Construction Company for a quality job. “When I was the president of Nigeria, the insecurity of the nation did give me sleepless nights, sometimes even while in the church, my ADC would bring a phone to show to me how people were being murdered or kidnapped, and that gave me serious headache. “As I came into the Jalingo airport, I saw the director of SSS and I quickly asked him how is Taraba security wise, he replied that Taraba is relatively peace...

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