The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced shutdown of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), beginning from Saturday, 24 May, 2025, as a result of scheduled maintenance, thegazellenews.com reports. NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Femi Soneye, who made this disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday, 24 May, 2025, said the shutdown is part of a planned maintenance and sustainability assessment aimed at ensuring optimal performance of the facility. “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) wishes to inform the general public that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) will undergo a planned maintenance shutdown. “This scheduled maintenance…
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Chairman of the Governance Advisory (GAC), Prince Tajudeen Olusi, on his installation as the Atobatele of Ado-Ekiti. The Governor said the chieftaincy title bestowed on Prince Olusi by Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, is well-deserving, considering his remarkable contribution to Yorubaland as an elder statesman, politician and respected leader. In a statement issued on Saturday, 24 May, 2025, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, the Governor said the former federal lawmaker being honoured with a chieftaincy title in his maternal homeland of Ado Ekiti…
By ‘Tunde Ogunmola_ I have a tenacious belief that life is a puzzle, and inherently unpredictable. Life’s unpredictability transcends humans’ understanding from generation to generation. Although, a great philosopher Aristotle, says there is Law of Cause and Effect. For him, for every effect in man’s life, there are specific causes. He says things don’t just happen. Everything, according to him, happens for a reason. He opined that, neither success nor failure is an accident, what happens to man is neither determined by luck nor coincidence. Much as I strongly understand and believe in the Law of Cause and Effect, in…
Truck Crushes One Student To Death, Injure One Other In Ogun A truck on Friday, 23 May, 2025 crushed to death a yet-to-be identified female student of Seico Secondary School, Ikangba, Ijebu Ode and another severely injured while returning back from school. The incident occurred on the newly rehabilitated Ikangba/Agoro road. It was gathered the students were returning home after finishing their West Africa Examination for Senior Secondary when the truck coming from Molipa end lost control and ram into the students coming from the opposite direction. Giving an account of the incident, a resident in the area and Chairman…
Seven Barcelona players and six Real Madrid stars have been included in the La Liga Team of the season. They were included following their individual performances in the LaLiga for their clubs this season. Barelona and Real Madrid are the two leading clubs this season in the LaLiga table. S The Blaugrana are champions topping the LaLiga table, while Real Madrid are in second position. However, the seven Barcelona players that included in the Team of the Season are: Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Jules Kounde, Pedri, Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez. Similarly, the six Real Madrid players included in…
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested a housewife named Zaliha Shuaibu for allegedly killing her co-wife’s three-month-old baby by feeding him acid in Malari village, located in the Soba Local Government Area of the state. The incident, it was gathered occurred inside the family compound shared by the suspect, her husband, and the baby’s mother, Maryam Ibrahim on Tuesday, 13 May, 2025. The Katsina State Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident through a statement, saying that the suspect was arrested following a swift investigation by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of…
As part of measures to reposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections, former Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been appointed to lead the party’s high-level Reconciliation and Strategy Committee. The committee is tasked with healing internal rifts, restoring party unity, and crafting a forward-looking agenda for Nigeria’s main opposition party. In a tweet posted via his verified X account (@bukolasaraki) on Friday,23 May, 2025 Saraki disclosed that he had concluded a strategic meeting in Enugu with Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, alongside committee members, Senators Seriake Dickson and Ibrahim Dankwambo. The session…
No fewer than 21 insurgents terrorizing parts of Katsina State have been eliminated by the Joint Task Force North West Operation Fasan Yama The Nigerian Army Headquarters which made this disclosure in a post on its official social media pages on Friday, 23 May, 2025, said the successful operation was recorded in Ruwan Godiya, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to the army, the troops subdued the terrorists in a fierce firefight, forcing them to abandon their base and flee. “During the ensuing pursuit, 21 terrorists were neutralized, with some succumbing to drowning in a nearby river. “The…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has said that defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC), would not stop it from pursuing corruption cases against governors and other political office holders. Fagbemi, who stated this in statement issued in Abuja,said the President Bola Tinubu’s administration would continue to uphold the rule of law and would not falter in the fight against corruption, no matter whose ox is gored. He said this while refuting a claim by an aide to a former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…
Tommy Watson was bound for the Premier League this summer regardless, but the teenage goal ace is taking Sunderland with him. Watson, who has agreed a £10million end-of-season move to Brighton, came off the bench to settle the Championship play-off final at Wembley with a wonderful goal in the 95th minute. It completed a spectacular turnaround for the Wearsiders, who trailed from midway through the first half until Eliezer Mayenda’s equaliser in the 76th minute. The £200m windfall from a return to the Premier League for the first time since relegation in 2017. Watson’s winner crushed Sheffield United, still searching…