The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied revoking 32 refinery licenses issued to private companies in Nigeria. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. “We wish to clarify that DPR did not revoke any refinery licence. “Refinery licenses, like our other regulatory instruments have […]

By Ephraim Oseji A chieftain of Peoples  Democratic Party, PDP, and former Delta State governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has said the worsening security situation in the country would improve if state governors, who are often referred to as Chief Security Officers of the states, were given the opportunity to control security apparatus in their […]

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo Command, has said that no life was lost in the attempted jailbreak at its custodial centre, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, (PRO) Mr Aminu Suleman, said this in a statement on Thursday in Benin. Suleman said that though some […]

…plan to occupy NASS till proposed amendments to Electoral Act were passed By Luminous Jannamike A group of civil society organisations, on Thursday, accused the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the National Assembly of betraying Nigerians after failing to meet two deadlines set for the passage of the Electoral Bill 2020. The group, which […]

THE Borno Emirate Concerned Citizens Forum (BECCF) on Thursday called on governor Babagana Umara Zulum to reverse the State Government Policies in harassing petty traders on outright displacement from their business points and increase in tax which made it difficult for marketers not to increase the prices of their commodities.