The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the objections raised by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, against the N100B suit instituted by Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, over the issuance of import licences to five oil companies. Dangote Petroleum Refinery had approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to void the import licences issued to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and four other companies. The case of the refinery company is that the import licences…
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Famous Nigerian cross-dresser, Bobrisky, has revealed the number of celebrities he has dated in the country, just as he or she plans to reveal their identity to the public Bobrisky made this known while speaking about betrayals that drove him into exile. The cross-dresser, in a recent video shared on Snapchat, confessed to having an intimate relationship with seven Nigerian celebrities. While announcing plans to expose and name those celebrities, Bobrisky, in his heated rant, described them as fake individuals in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Reflecting on the condemnation he faced from some Nigerian celebrities and politicians during his EFCC…
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has boasted that he sees no competent opponent as he seeks re-election in the November 8, 2025 governorship poll. Soludo stated that there is a consensus among Ndi Anambra (the people of the state) that his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA,) has delivered dividends of democracy and should be given another chance in the next election. He made this statement during a media chat to celebrate his third anniversary, adding that the people of the South-East state can vote for any party during national elections but are loyal to APGA when it comes…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two persons in connection with the explosion that rocked the Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC)-operated Trans Niger Delta Pipeline. Thegazellenews.com gathered that the incident occurred from the night of Monday, 17 March, 2025 through to the morning of Tuesday, 18 March, 2025 at the border of Kpor and Bodo communities. The Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer, (PPRO),SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025. According to Iringe-Koko, a “thorough investigation to determine the cause” of the explosion, which resulted in an inferno, has…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a 30-year-old woman, Hauwa Sani, for allegedly smuggling ammunition concealed in a palm oil container. The police also apprehended a syndicate transporting hard drugs meant for criminals operating in Yobe State. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025. Adejobi said the arrests were made by the Force Intelligence Department-Special Tactical Squad during separate operations. According to the statement, Sani was intercepted along the Keffi-Abuja Expressway on December 23, 2024, while carrying 124 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres…
The Chairman, Special Committee on Renovation of Public Schools (SCRPS), Lagos State, Hakeem Smith, on Tuesday, 18 March, 2025, said 4000 new classrooms have been built and renovated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu since the inception of his administration in 2019. Smith spoke at a briefing held in Lagos ahead of the Wednesday opening of another 16 new classrooms by the Governor built by the administration across the state. Smith said since Governor Sanwo-Olu resuscitated the committee in 2019 after he was sworn-in as the governor, the committee has been able to rehabilitate 386 blocks of classrooms in both primary and…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome killing of 39-year-old woman, Emem Effanga by her boyfriend, Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, 32. The tragedy according to the police stemmed from a disagreement over the use of the woman’s phone to take pictures. The police said investigation revealed that the man, now in custody, beat Emem and strangled her to death. The Police statement said: “Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson,32, for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, 39, and stealing her mobile phone after committing the crime. “Sometime…
Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 arrested 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Bauchi, Bauchi State. The suspects were arrested based on credible intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud at Kaure New Government Reservation Area, GRA, Bauchi and Awala, Maiduguri road, Bauchi state. Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include one BMW and Toyota Camry cars, three play station 5, 30 expensive phones, one flat screen television set, six Point of Sale, POS, machines, four ipads, and five laptops. The suspects will be…
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 17, 2025 arraigned one Catherine Ijeoma Ugwu before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a four -count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, criminal misappropriation and cheating by impersonation to the tune of N6.815 million. Count one reads: “That you Catherine Ijeoma Ugwu between the period of June, 2023 to August, 2024 in Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the aggregate sum of N6, 710,300.00 (Six…
By Adebayo Adeoye A journey of a thousand miles, in the words of Chinese philosopher Laozi, famously romanticized as Lao Tzu, begins with a single step. Laozi, also an author, had penned those words to encourage people to start and take action towards their goals in life. Several decades after Laozi literally gifted the world this inspiring quote, evidence abounds that a Nigerian businessman, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, CON has been most inspired by it. It all began when he took a leap of faith to dump Law, a profession he had practised with impressive record, while he worked in a…