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By Straightnews Nigerians are apprehensive about Aliko Dangote, the founder and president/chief executive of the Dangote Group,  crashing the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) based on his pedigree in business, Straightnews has filtered the pulse. The concerns arise from Dangote Group monopoly of cement, sugar, flour, salt, seasoning, pasta, and beverages coupled with high costs of the products in Nigerian market, causing soaring prices of the products. Of recent, Dangote, the wealthiest individual in Africa, has been attacking International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria of planning to ensure the failure of the refining facility. Also read: Nigerians in…

By Agency Report Former president Bill Clinton and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton applauded Joe Biden’s decision to abandon his White House re-election bid Sunday, and threw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to take up the baton. Lauding Biden’s “extraordinary career of service,” the Clintons said in a joint statement that they were “honored” to join him in endorsing Harris as the Democratic nominee “and will do whatever we can to support her.” “Nothing has made us more worried for our country than the threat posed by a second Trump term. He has promised to be a dictator…

Anger is trailing a member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Gagdi for gifting his daughter, Aisha, a new Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, after her graduation from secondary school. Reports had earlier emerged online stating that the lawmaker gifted his daughter who graduated from the Lead British International School, Abuja, the luxurious car. It was also reported that Aisha’s gift followed her excellent performance in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Sharing photos from the graduation ceremony on Instagram on Saturday, Gagdi wrote, “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching you, my dear daughter, walk…

A groom and 11 suspects linked to the murder of a police inspector have been remanded in the Correctional Facility by Port Harcourt High Court in Rivers State. The suspects are standing trial on 13 charges, including conspiracy to murder and murder. Inspector Christiana Erekere was killed on April 25, 2024, while she was on stop-and-check duty at a police checkpoint in Taaba community, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State by individuals travelling to Akwa Ibom State for a wedding ceremony. Reports indicate that trouble began when a police team questioned the validity of the documents of one of…

By Agency Report US President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was dropping out of his reelection battle with Donald Trump, in a historic move that plunges the already turbulent 2024 White House race into uncharted territory. However, Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the country’s Vice President as his preferred presidential nominee for his Democratic Party. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve you as president,” the 81-year-old Democrat said in a letter in X, posted while he was recovering from COVID at his beach house in Delaware. “While it has been my intention to seek…

Seven Nigerian tertiary institutions on Thursday received ‌N750 million in prizes awarded by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award (NATAP-M). The institutions were rewarded for strict compliance with JAMB’s admission guidelines. The winners –three universities, a polytechnic, a college of education and an innovation enterprise institution– were presented with dummy cheques during the award ceremony shortly after the 2024 policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions, also convened by JAMB in Abuja on Thursday. Also read:  2024 UTME: Three Akwa Ibom students make JAMB’s list of top scorers  According to the JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede,…

By X handle The Presidency and the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi have wrangled over a planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest. The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Prices of food and basic commodities have gone through the roof in the last months, as Nigerians battle one of the country’s worst inflation and economic crisis sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows. Straightnews learnt that the…

Ibom Air, Air Peace, United Nigeria and other airlines in Nigeria have denied being blacklisted by international lessors. BusinessDay had earlier reported that 13 domestic airlines were blacklisted by international lessors for their refusal to pay lessor fees, but airlines said the blacklist was on Nigeria and not on the carriers. They noted that they do not owe lessors and have no issues with them at the moment. They further explained that the issues with lessors involved past carriers and not current airlines. Obiora Okonkwo, chairman/CEO of United Nigeria Airlines, told BusinessDay that all the four aircraft on the fleet…

Ibom Veterans Peace League has condemned the brutal murder of retired Brigadier-General Uwem Harold Udoekwere, who until his death, was the National Chairman of Retired Members of Nigerian Armed Forces (REMENAF). The league which is an Akwa Ibom State-based Non-Governmental, Non-Military, Non-Partisan Organization made up of retired military personnel of Akwa Ibom origin is demanding justice for their slain colleague. Gen. Udoekwere, an Etinan-born from Akwa Ibom, was reportedly murdered on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at his home in an estate in Lokogoma area, Abuja by six suspected robbers. The suspects were said to have invaded his home at about 3:00…

By Agency Report Fishermen sliced up and sumptuously feasted on Manatee, a marine animal, in Odi community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to Niger Delta Insider, the fully aquatic mammal was caught on Friday afternoon, July 19, 2024. Manatees are sometimes known as sea cows.  All three species of Manatees are classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They are threatened by habitat loss, collision with boats, and pollution. Also read:  Gov polls: CDD decries vote-buying, violence in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi  Further research by Straightnews shows that Manatees, large herbivores that…