Falana seeks investigation of petrol importation scam
02 Sep
Politics

Falana seeks investigation of petrol importation scam

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Politics tamfitronics Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for the swift investigationof the Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) scam.Falana made this call during Channels Television’s SundayPolitics programme, saying there is no better time to probe petrol scam thannow.“It is high time the importation scam was investigated. I amnot talking of the joke that is going on in the National Assembly. The mediamust help civil society organisations to expose the fraud,” he said.There have been reports that a $6 billion debt the NigerianNational Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) owes petrol suppliers has worsenedpetrol scarcity in Nigeria.Recall that the NNPCL on Sunday finally admittedthe company’s significant debt to petrol suppliers, saying it posed a threat tothe sustainability of fuel supply.“Once the government begins to speak about affordability andsustainability in response to growing queues at filling stations, there areproblems,”...
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Atiku’s Camp Reacts as Defence Minister Calls Tinubu ‘Daddy’ in China
02 Sep
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Atiku’s Camp Reacts as Defence Minister Calls Tinubu ‘Daddy’ in China

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Politics tamfitronics The camp of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has slammed Defence Minister Mohammed Abubakar Badaru over a comment made during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to China.In a video shared by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Badaru was seen shaking hands with Tinubu and greeting him with the words “Welcome, Daddy”. In reaction, Atiku’s special assistant on broadcast media, AbdulRasheed Shehu, accused Badaru of “sycophancy”.Shehu took to social media to mock the minister, saying: “Badaru greeted BAT by saying, ‘Welcome, Daddy,’ in a display of sycophancy.”Badaru, a key ally of Tinubu, was among the Nigerian public officials who accompanied the president on his trip to China.
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REVEALED: Vessels linked to Dangote’s brother to deliver imported fuel from Malta amid billionaire’s row with NNPC
02 Sep
Politics

REVEALED: Vessels linked to Dangote’s brother to deliver imported fuel from Malta amid billionaire’s row with NNPC

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Politics tamfitronics Two Lagos-bound vessels linked to family members and friends of Dangote Refinery CEO Aliko Dangote are on course to deliver cargoes of imported premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from Malta, POLITICS NIGERIA can authoritatively report after reviewing a cache of documents including maritime tracking details.This development comes weeks after Dangote’s shocking now-debunked allegations blaming others about the importation of low-quality fuel from the European country. The billionaire, who had earlier accused Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) of sabotaging his refinery, said that some NNPCL officials were importing substandard petrol products into the country from a blending facility in Malta. This claim was later proven to be false.Although NNPCL officially refuted and debunked Dangote’s claims saying that neither NNPCL nor its officials owned a blending, publicly available data however showed...
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NAF special forces kill notorious terrorist kingpin, others
02 Sep
Politics

NAF special forces kill notorious terrorist kingpin, others

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Politics tamfitronics The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) special forces have eliminated a well-known terrorist kingpin, Mustapha Abdullahi, and five other members of his group in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.According to Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information for NAF, the special forces were deployed from the 413 Force Protection Group.In a statement released on Sunday, September 1, Gabkwet said the deployment followed an intelligence report received on August 31, that the terrorist kingpin and his group were sighted near Sabon Gida forest along Sabon Birni Road.He said that their mission was likely intended to kidnap, harm or kill innocent civilians.The Air Force spokesperson said that after making contact with the terrorists who were on motorcycles, the terrorists immediately opened fire on sighting the Special Forces, but were met...
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