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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project is set to sue President Muhammadu Buhari if he refuses to order probe into the spending of the country’s four refineries. These are Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Kaduna Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (KRPC) and Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC).​ SERAP in a statement on Sunday urged the President to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and anti-corruption agencies to probe spending of the four refineries. The statement quoted SERAP’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, as saying this in a letter dated March 5,…

Policy Alert says it is alarmed by Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly’s haste to pass the controversial 2022 supplementary budget sent by the state government.  The organisation made the call Friday following reports from the State Assembly on Thursday that the Executive arm of the Akwa Ibom State government had sent a supplementary appropriation bill of N45 billion to augment the initial N586.88 billion, which will bring the total revised budget to N631.38 billion if approved. Miffed by the haste, the non-governmental organization promoting economic and ecological justice in the Niger Delta has called on the house of Assembly to subject the Supplementary bill to public scrutiny.…

More than 100 Support Groups under the aegis of New Tribe have enjoined Nigerians to embrace and root for Yemi Osinbajo to become Nigeria’s President in 2023. Under Uyo Declaration, New Tribe, a movement with belief to build a new society has called on Nigeria’s Vice President Osinbajo to run for the office of President of Nigeria without any further delay. This is as President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure of office will expire on May 29, 2023 after he was elected under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from 2015 to 2023. Read also:  Osinbajo Puts Interest Of Nigeria Above Other…

Disturbed by the danger of indiscriminate storage of petrol to lives and properties, Lagos State Government said Saturday it would probe the packaging of the product as souvenir for guests at a party. Going by current market data, the commodity goes for prices ranging more than N200 in Lagos, though the official pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Nigeria is N165. Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso said in a statement that government’s attention had been drawn to a viral video showing kegs of petrol being handed out as souvenirs at an Event Centre in…

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) said it would soon roll out the Fifth Generation (5G) network services in country.  This was even as it said spectrum licenses for the companies that will rollout services have been issued. Developed by 3GPP in 2016, 5G enables a new kind of network to connect virtually everyone and everything together including machines, objects, and devices with United States having the highest 5G at 49.2%, followed by the Netherlands (45.1%), South Korea (43.8%), Kuwait (35.5%) and Qatar (34.8%). The NCC Executive Vice Chairman /CEO, Prof. Umar Garba Dambatta, stated this during the NCC Day at Kaduna international…

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), South- South Zone has threatened to down tools if the Federal government fails to re-negotiate the 2009 agreement with the association and implement the Memorandum of Action. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the 4th Zonal Executive Council Meeting of the South-South Zone of SSANU, hosted by Akwa Ibom State University, AKSU. Briefing newsmen, Comrade Cheta Azumah, the Vice President South South Zone, SSANU, recalled that the Memorandum of Action, the union entered with government in February 2021 has never been implemented, part of which includes the payment…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have invited a 25-squad stars for the 2022 World Cup playoffs with the Black Stars of Ghana. In the squad list revealed on Friday March 4, Odion Ighalo Emmanuel Dennis, and Ademola Lookman were among the 25-man squad invited for the clash. Also called up were goalkeepers Maduka Okoye and Daniel Akpeyi, defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Oluwasemilogo Ajayi and Abdullahi Shehu, midfielders Oghenekaro Etebo and Joseph Ayodele-Aribo, and forwards Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze. Read also: World Cup 2022 qualifiers: Super Eagles whack One Stars of Liberia Seven players placed on standby, include forwards Taiwo Awoniyi…

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was attacked Friday and taken over by Russian forces in the ongoing Ukraine war. This action is sparking Western horror at the threat of Moscow’s war causing another Chernobyl and contaminating all of Europe. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar, Ukraine, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world. It was built by the Soviet Union in southeastern Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar, on the southern shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv called the attack a “war crime,” tweeting that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s shelling of the plant…

Kim Kardashian, reality TV star, has been declared legally single from rapper Kanye West by the Los Angeles Court, after about eight years of marriage. The businesswoman and star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians filed for divorce a year ago, citing irreconcilable differences with West, who has legally changed his name to Ye. The couple have four children ranging in age from two to 8. West, 44, had objected to the divorce and publicly appealed for his wife to return to their marriage. In recent Instagram posts, he criticized her parenting and her new relationship with “Saturday Night Live”…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and other regulatory agencies are tasked to scrutinise the ExxonMobil-Seplat deal and other ongoing divestments by International Oil Companies (IOCs) in the country to conform with extant laws. ExxonMobil had announced last week that it has reached an agreement to sell its equity interest in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to Seplat Energy, a Nigerian independent oil and gas company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Seplat Energy Offshore Limited. Read also:  COVID-19: ExxonMobil Shakes As 14,000 Staffers Soon To Go ExxonMobil Joins Chevron In Job Cuts COVID-19: Akwa Ibom Govt, ExxonMobil At Loggerheads Over Quarantine Centres This comes…