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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to “account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825 billion and $2.5 billion meant for ‘refinery rehabilitation’ and other oil revenues.” The amounts are documented in the 2021 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation published on Thursday 27 November, 2024. SERAP urged the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari “to identify those suspected to be responsible for the disappeared oil money and hand them over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the…

Popular gospel Nigerian artiste, Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to the United States on 20 January to minister at the inaugural prayer breakfast for President-elect Donald Trump. The event is slated to be held in Washington, DC. The Akwa Ibom-born gospel artiste is known for his worship songs “Imela,” “Onise Iyanu,” and “Olowogbogboro.” Also read Nathaniel Bassey petitions IGP over alleged fathering of Mercy Chinwo’s son  Meet Moses Bliss, the rising gospel singer Court summons five for defaming Mercy Chinwo, husband It focuses on prayers and worship as spiritual support for the US president and government. Taking to his Instagram, the…

US President-elect, Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case, a judge ruled on Friday, January 3. In May 2024, Trump was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star. On Friday, Justice Juan Merchan said he denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case due to his presidential election victory. The judge said the Republican president-elect may appear for the sentencing, which will take place just 10 days before his inauguration, either in-person or virtually. Also read: Donald Trump in a comeback Emerges as 47th US President Merchan wrote that a sentence of “unconditional discharge” – meaning no…

The Nigerian Army says the military succeeded in killing a total of 10,937 terrorists last year, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba said.   Briefing newsmen on the operations of the military in the year 2024 on Tuesday in Abuja, Buba said that troops reduced the fighting capabilities of terrorists, recording 16,171 surrendered terrorist combatants and their families in the year under review.  Buba said that troops recovered 8,815 weapons, and 228,004 ammunitions and denied the oil thieves an estimated sum over N68.4 billion.   The director gave the breakdown of the recoveries as: 4,332 AK47…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has hit President Bola Tinubu below the belt on issues of governance, daring him to lead by example by identifying himself with the plights of the Nigerian masses. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday on the state of the nation said the President should treat himself at local hospitals and do well to visit educational institutions in the country to ascertain the level of development in the nation’s educational and healthcare sectors. The former Anambra State Governor jeered at the level of corruption in the…

By Agency Report US President Joe Biden and his family who received tens of thousands of dollars from foreign leaders in 2023 would surrender to the Federal Government upon leaving office, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday. The $20,000 diamond received from the first lady Jill Biden was retained for official use in the White House East Wing, according to a State Department document, while the other gifts to the president and first lady were sent to the archives. The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift…

By Straightnews The sale saga of three refineries to Aliko Dangote by the administration of Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007 has been resurrected. Obasanjo stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), turned down a $750 million proposal from billionaire Aliko Dangote in 2007 to manage three of the country’s refineries. In an interview with Channels Television last Thursday, Obasanjo revealed that the offer covered the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries and was intended as a Public–Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to revive and operate the facilities. Despite NNPC’s acknowledged…

Popular Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to surpass 8 billion Spotify streams. The 8 billion streams include both leads and features. His collaborative hit with Canadian superstar, Drake, ‘One Dance,’ is his most streamed song on the platform with over 2 billion streams. ‘One Dance’ holds the Guinness World Record for the first single to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. Also read: 2025 Grammys: Tems, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido make list  Wizkid’s most streamed album on the platform is the deluxe edition of his fourth studio album, ‘Made In Lagos’…

By Agency Report Panic enveloped Ben Curion Airport in Israel following intermittent shelling by Houthi rebels, forcing many to flee into bomb shelters, agency has reported.  This is as Yemeni Armed Forces claimed responsibility for multiple attacks on Israeli and US targets, including Ben Gurion Airport, a power station, and the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, in response to ongoing aggression against Gaza and US-led military actions in Yemen. Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s military, confirmed on Tuesday that Yemeni missile units struck Ben Gurion International Airport, located 20 kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv, with a Palestine-2…

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has prophesied that 2025 will be “a landmark year.” Pastor Adeboye, who made this statement while speaking at the Crossover Service of the church in Shimawa, Ogun State, remarked that many will never forget, and some people may not survive it. He said: “2025 will be a landmark year, a year nobody will ever forget. The day someone has been waiting for will arrive this year. “The wind that started blowing last year will continue to blow this year, but stronger. Related posts ‘My God consuming…