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By, ~Onome Jackson The naira-for-crude deal emboldened the Dangote refinery to lower the prices of PMS repeatedly, forcing the NNPC to do so even when it was affecting its margins. Industry sources said stopping the naira-for-crude deal might be a calculated attempt to reduce the influence of the $20bn refinery, which some players in the downstream accused of planning monopolistic ...
March, 2025
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18 March
Fubara threatens Tinubu hours before Broadcast
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa Governor Fubara Similayi of Rivers States gave President Tinubu a piece of his mind, just before Me President go on air to declare the state of emergency. In the manner of a wounded Lion, he had explode earlier today; “I think we have given Mr. President and the Supreme Court too much undeserving respect, enough is enough. ...
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18 March
Full text of Tinubu’s broadcast, Orders State of Emergency in River State
Text of the Broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, declaring State of Emergency in Rivers state on Tuesday 18 March 2025 Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development with the hope ...
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18 March
Tinubu removes Fubara, nominates new Administrator
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa Political crisis in River State has come to a head, State of emergency has been declared! By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State have been suspended for an initial period of six months. President who ordered ...
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18 March
Prof. Ijaodola, SAN is dead, buried
By, Ayoofe Aiyedatiwa Professor Rasheed Jimoh Ijaduola is dead. Former Dean of Law at the Oba Erediuwa College of Law,Igbinedion University,Okada,Edo State, Prof. Ijaodola, SAN, was laid to rest on Sunday, March 16, 2025, in accordance with Islamic rites. Professor Ijaduola was no doubt an authority. He was a rare personality who devoted his time to academics and community service. ...
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18 March
Crisis looms as stage set for Fubara’s impeachment
By, Afolabi Odeyemi There are clear indication that crisis of monumental proportion is looming in River State, if or perhaps when the governor is impeached. YOUNEWS is aware that some Ijaw groups had threatened a crisis in the region if Fubara is impeached. Recently, the Ijaw National Congress, the Ijaw Youth Council and other groups expressed strong opposition to the ...
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18 March
Lawmakers break fast with Tinubu, donate half salary; N705m
By, Onome Jackson President Bola Tinubu had Iftar ( to break fast) with leadership of the House of Representatives, on Monday, at Aso Rock. Pledging their support to the President, the lawmakers donated N705m, being half of their salaries, to government’s humanitarian efforts. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, thanked President Tinubu for the invitation to break ...
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18 March
Revealed : “Jandor who just decamped to APC was a mole”
By, Joke Thomas Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, who just following returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress, has been tagged a mole, s spie, a destroyer. Adediran, who was the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, announced his return to APC at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. Adediran, leader of the Lagos4Lagos ...
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18 March
Amosun kicks as Dangote knocks him, praises Dapo Abiodun
By, Joke Thomas Former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has fired back at Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Dangote had alleged that his cement factory in Itori, Ogun State, was demolished twice while Senator Ibikunle Amosun served as governor. And in the same vein singing praises of the incumbent governor, Dapo Abiodun, for an investment ...
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17 March
Policeman shoot self inside toilet, dies
By, Onome Jackson Ajele Oloyede, an operative of the Nigeria Police Force, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. It happened on Thursday at Igbesa area of Ogun State…at a ceramics company in Igbesa, where the officer had been assigned as part of the company’s security details. While it remains uncertain whether the deceased’s actions were intentional ...
