By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Bola Tinubu has commended Dangote Oil and Gas Limited in reducing the price of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. Recall that Dangote Refinery on Tuesday, 16 April, 2024 reviewed downwards the gantry price of AGO from N1,650 to N1,000 per litre for a minimum of one million litres of the product, as well as providing a discount of N30 per litre for an offtake of five million litres and above. The price review represents a…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The Onisabe of Igbobi Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Owolabi Adeniyi, has described the Secretary of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Alhaji Mutiu Olatunji Are as a man whose commitment to humanity distinguishes him from the crowd. “He’s a man of honour and integrity, man whose love for humanity and kindness always distinguished him from the crowd,” Oba Adeniyi said of the man who is also the Aare Bobaselu of his Igbobi Kingdom. The referred Monarch gave this commendation in his congratulatory message to Alhaji Are on his 65th birthday which comes up on Wednesday, 17 April, 2024. Oba…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced a further reduction of the price of diesel from N1,200 to N1,000 per litre. While rolling out the products, the refinery supplied at a substantially reduced price of N1,200 per litre three weeks ago, representing over 30 per cent reduction from the previous market price of about N1,600 per litre. This significant reduction in the price of diesel, at Dangote Petroleum Refinery, is expected to positively affect all the spheres of the economy and ultimately reduce the high inflation rate in the country.
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Secretary of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), Alhaji Mutiu Are on his 65th birthday. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued on Tuesday, 16 April, 2024, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Are as a seasoned administrator and committed politician. He said Alhaji Are has made remarkable contributions to governance and politics in Lagos as a chieftain of the ruling party in the State for many years, adding that his positive impacts as scribe of the GAC are felt within the party and the State…
Residents of Odiolowo-Ojuwoye Local Government Development Area of Lagos State, including market women, artisans, civil servants and students, on Monday, at the LCDA Secretariat, enjoyed a one-day awareness action training on climate change. The well-attended training event organised by Vaness Integrated Resources Limited in conjunction with Odiolowo-Ojuwoye LCDA, was unanimously described as timely and life-changing by the excited participants. According to the Convener of the programme, Environmental and Youth Advocate, Mr. Monday Kanu, “it is important we take into cognisance the degradation of our environment due to climate change. And this, has affected every sphere of our lives negatively.” Kanu,…
By Hon Eseme Eyiboh 84-year-old renowned Belgian painter and writer, Erik Pervernagie, says: “People die from lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven (“Le ciel c’est l’autre”). No institution has been so disparaged and stigmatised as the Nigeria Police. It is treated with so much contempt and neither appreciated nor celebrated. Rather, anything bad or despicable is attributed to the police. An average policeman is held in utmost and never enjoys any empathy or affinity from most Nigerians. Although the police are the friend of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Police operatives in Portugal have arrested a 47 year old masseur for allegedly raping a 71-year-old woman at a massage centre in the municipality of Loule, Quarteira. The 71-year-old British pensioner reported the case to police after allegedly being sexually attacked following a massage session in the Algarve town of Quarteira. A spokesman for Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria police force, confirmed the arrest in the Algarve municipality of Loule, Quarteira. “Last Friday the Polícia Judiciaria arrested a 47-year-old man strongly suspected of raping a 71-year-old foreign national at a massage center in the municipality of Loule. “The alleged victim reported the incident which the police found out…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Operatives of the Akwa-Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Inyangake James Peter for killing his 70-year-old mother, Mma-Offiong James Peter, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the arrest of Peter trough a statement issued on Monday, 15 April, 2024. According to the statement, the suspect, who was arrested by the police on April 4, 2024, at about 9:00 am, said he acted based on a voice which kept prompting him to kill her. “The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Inyangake James Peter,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo presided over by Justice Ntong Ntong has ordered the arrest of one Mr Itoro Monday Uko in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state for contempt of court. Itoro Uko is said to have abandoned his wife and only child, a two-year-old girl, in the village to live with his girlfriend in Ikot Ekpene Town. The presiding judge, Justice Ntong ,gave the order after hearing Counsel for the applicant and mother of the child, Barrister Ekom Friday Inwang, following the absence of the accused and his Counsel. The…