Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, has alleged some personnel of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, oil traders and terminals have opened a blending plant in Malta. Dangote spoke at the house of representatives on Monday. An oil blending plant has no refining capability but can be used to blend re-refined oil (a used motor oil that has been treated to remove dirt, fuel, and water) with additives to create finished lubricant products. The billionaire said the areas of the blending plants are known. “Some of the terminals,…
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Release Kanu, Opposition Federal Lawmakers Urge Tinubu
Members of the Minority Caucus drawn across various political parties in the House of Representatives on Monday adopted a motion seeking for the immediate release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The motion was sponsored by the member representing Ikwuano, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Hon. Obi Aguocha which was adopted by the Minority Caucus, during the Dinner to commemorate the end of the first legislative year of the 10th Assembly. Hon Aguocha who made an impassioned appeal to the Minority…
Read MoreImo LG Elections: Mbaitoli Leaders Pass Confidence Vote On Nlemigbo’s Leadership, Flay Media Reports
…Say: Equity, fairness favours Mbaitoli East to produce next Chair. Mbaitoli leaders and stakeholders have described as baseless, divisive and unfounded, recent media reports accusing the apex leader of the APC in the area, Chief Marcel Nlemigbo, of alleged clannishness due to the zoning of the chairmanship position of the LGA to Mbieri. At a Press conference in Owerri, yesterday, which had personalities like Hon Uche Nwole among other leaders in the area present, Barr Kingsley Ononuju while speaking on behalf of Mbaitoli leaders and stakeholders, queried the moral authority…
Read MoreImo Labour Party Chairman, Says Party Won’t participate In LG Polls
…As Achonu calls for commitment The Imo State Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Calistus Ihejiagwa last Saturday said the party will not participate in the proposed September 21 local government election in the State. Ihejiagwa stated this during the party’s stakeholders meeting held in Owerri, Imo State. “We cannot participate in any election being organized by the All Progressive Congress’ State Independent Electoral Commission because it will not be fair, credible and transparent”. “It will be waste of resources and time. The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission is an agency…
Read MoreOhanaeze Ndigbo knocks Bayo Onanuga over protest allegation on Peter Obi
The Igbo head organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has knocked President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on information and strategy, Chief Bayo Onanuga, over his allegation against Peter Obi, describing it as Igbophobic, deep-seated hate for a Nigeria tribe and an act of uncouth repugnancy. Onanuga had alleged that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party was responsible for the rumoured nationwide protest plot by Nigerian citizens for the month of August. Reacting, Ohanaeze Ndigbo recalled that Onanugu’s allegation against Obi was not the first time he showed his deep hatred for…
Read MoreKamala Harris will be hard for Trump to defeat –Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister
An erstwhile Foreign Affairs Minister, Bolaji Akinyemi, says Kamala Harris will be a strong opponent for Donald Trump in the next election, highlighting that she will be a hard nut for Trump to crack. DAILY POST recalls that Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out from the US presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s fresh nominee, shaking up an already extraordinary race for the White House. In the letter announcing his withdrawal, Biden said it was in the best interest of his party and the…
Read MoreImo Govt Should Give Attention To Agriculture As Food Prices Soar
Imo is said to be among states with reported high cost of food items. President Bola Tinubu had in June this year, reportedly gave all the state governors seven days to provide concrete feedback on their plans to rev up food production in their respective states. Tinubu who reportedly gave the directive at the 142nd National Economic Council meeting attended by state governors and some deputies at the State House, Abuja, expressed worries of the rising cost of food items in the country, and demanded immediate action from the governors…
Read MoreHas Patrick Ndubueze Lived Up To Expectation?
By Kingsley Osuagwu During the countdown to the last General election, I had a reservation of the candidates that would vie for the Senatorial seat of Imo north. Since after the seat was occupied by Senator Godwin Ifeanyi Araraume I have never seen a powerful representation and purpose driven Senator among the lots that went after Araraume not until recently. Sometime in the year I took a visit to the National Assembly complex to submit some letters and visit the office of distinguished Senator Patrick Ndubueze before leaving. After submitting…
Read MoreTrump Did Something He’s Never Done Before With RNC Speech, Election May Already Be Over
By Douglas E. Schoen Donald Trump may well have sealed the outcome of the 2024 election with a performance on Thursday night in Milwaukee that has largely been unmatched in recent American political history. The former president eschewed the polarization and division that has marked much of his rhetoric in the past. In his speech officially accepting the Republican Party’s nomination there were only a couple of references to the 2020 election. Trump was able to hit on key messages when speaking about topics like inflation, and especially immigration, in…
Read MoreBelated Supreme Court Judgment On LG Autonomy, Big Loss ToImperial Monopoly Of Funds Due To LGAs By State Governors
By Vitalis Unachukwu For donkey years, crooked and corrupt politicians dictating the affairs of the States, purposely allowed the Local Government System to become comatose and moribund, because of billions and trillions streaming from the Federation Account, which they controlled at will, leaving the system of government that’s closest to the people, to be extinct. What an outrageous evil done to the people of our land, by Governors of States of the Federation! Nigerians are often in the habit of asking: WHO DID US THIS THING? We all know who…
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