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Senator Godswill Akpabio has doubted the claim touted by the state government that Akwa Ibom is the safest state in the country. Akpabio representing Akwa Ibom North West in the Senate dropped the bomb Wednesday in an interview in Comfort 95.1 FM, Uyo as part of preparations by members and stakeholders of All Progressives Congress, APC, to receive President Muhammadu Buhari in Uyo, the state capital on Friday, December 28. Governor Udom Emmanuel who during his 2018 Christmas broadcast in radio and television to Akwa Ibom people declared that “Three and a half years as your Governor, no one has…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, announced a trading surplus of N9.85 billion for the month of September 2018, a significant rebound from the N3.90 billion deficit recorded in August 2018. In a statement on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for September 2018, the NNPC attributed the N13.75 billion improvement in its bottom line to higher revenue by its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. In the statement signed by Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC said NPDC’s production had been on the rise as a result of success recorded…

Force headquarters, Wednesday, denied plan to arrest and kill Senator Dino Melaye, warning him against hate speech. Melaye in his Twitter handle had alleged that Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector-General of Police, has given orders for his arrest and injection to death. While denying that there was no such plan to arrest Senator Melaye or kill him, the Police described Dino’s allegation as hate speech aimed at putting the force into disrepute before members of the public. A statement by Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, said there was no such order from the Inspector General of Police or…

The price oil crude oil Wednesday dropped to $50.00, showing $10 below Nigeria’s $60 per barrel 2019 budget benchmark in the volatile global market. The price of Brent, West Texas Intermediate, WTI and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, basket of 15 crudes stood at $50.00, $45.00 and $53.92 per barrel respectively. Traders attributed the development to over-supply; coming from some non-OPEC oil producers that are not involved in the supply cut deal. Meanwhile, OPEC said it was committed to achieving stability in the market, in the best interest of producers and consumers. The secretary general of the organisation,…

Police, Wednesday, admitted that they have arrested some suspects connected with the killing of Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, former Chief of Defence Staff, who was killed at Jitata, along Keffi-Abuja road while he was returning from his farm. Though details of the arrested suspects were sketchy at press time last night, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, said he could not comment on the matter. He, however, said some suspects would be paraded at force headquarters today without giving an inkling of why they were arrested. Vanguard gathered that a few of those being held may have…

The Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the appropriate authorities to urgently probe to unravel the hidden faces behind the new ownership structure of multi-billion naira telecoms giant, Etisalat Nigeria as well as Keystone Bank. But the APC in a swift reaction to the allegation last night said Atiku Abubakar was suffering from early signs of depression. However, in a statement issued in Abuja Wednesday, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant to Atiku on Public Communication, said such a probe was necessary, in view of reports that members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s family now own…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it spent N623.16 billion on under-recovery otherwise known as subsidy from January to November 2018. This was contained in a report by NNPC to Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the last meeting in Abuja where revenue generating agencies gave an account of their performances in the year. In the report dated December 19, 2018, NNPC revealed that it has arrears of N67.23 billion for deductions made from FAAC. The report said there is a total FAAC deduction of N676.49 billion comprising N599.74 billion as under-recovery for Direct Sales Direct Purchase (DSDP) arrangement…

Ricardo Pereira’s superb 81st-minute strike secured a 2-1 win for Leicester City as Manchester City fell further behind in the title race. Last week, Leceister pipped Chelsea to climb the EPL ladder. Manchester City dropped to third in the Premier League as Leicester City made it back-to-back defeats for Pep Guardiola’s men – Ricardo Pereira’s spectacular 81st-minute strike securing a 2-1 triumph. The reigning champions have lost three of their past four top-flight outings and lie seven points behind Liverpool, whose closest challengers are now Tottenham – six points back of the leaders. As in their weekend defeat to Crystal Palace, Manchester City took a…

Prof. Ben Ayade, the Cross River State Governor has expressed disappointment over the number of young men and women leaving Africa blessed with rich human and natural resources for foreign countries in search of greener pastures. Speaking at the inauguration of the 2018 Calabar Cultural Carnival which began on Wednesday in Calabar, Cross River capital, Ayade said the 2018 carnival, with the theme: “Africanism”, would be used to tell the African story. Ayade said that the problem of Africa was not poverty, but inability of Africans to tell their stories, adding that the “organisers, in conjunction with writers like Wole…

Foremost activist and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the recent spate of killings in Nigeria’s Zamfara State. The police in Zamfara, Sunday, confirmed that 17 people in in Magami Village, Faru District of Maradun local government area were killed in an attack by armed bandits on a community in the state. Aisha in a minute and 43 seconds video recording made available to our correspondent accused the President of playing the ostrich and doing too little to curtail the senseless killings going on in some parts…