BREAKING: Heaps of Lies Will Be Reaped in Due Time – Obasanjo Reacts to Nigerian Refineries’ Commencement
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BREAKING: Heaps of Lies Will Be Reaped in Due Time – Obasanjo Reacts to Nigerian Refineries’ Commencement

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed scepticism over the commencement of operations at Nigeria’s government-owned refineries. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) recently announced the restart of the 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), which was first approved for rehabilitation at the sum of $897 million in 2021. Nigeria has four national refineries, one each in Kaduna and Warri, and two in Port Harcourt. The 60,000bpd phase one of the Port Harcourt refinery began the refining of key fuels a few weeks ago. It can be recalled that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari had awarded the contract for complete rehabilitation and overhaul of the four state-owned refineries over three years ago. However, Obasanjo has questioned the viability of the refineries, citing a past experience where...
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PM Narendra Modi comes from Gujarat…, Shinde group’s flamboyant leader Manisha Kayande hits back at MVA
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PM Narendra Modi comes from Gujarat…, Shinde group’s flamboyant leader Manisha Kayande hits back at MVA

Mumbai: Once again, politics seems to be heating up in Maharashtra regarding the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena spokesperson and MLA Dr. Manisha Kayande on Saturday asked the opposition's questions whether Gujarat is in Pakistan. Gujarat is a state of our country from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Gujarat have an old relationship. What is the problem if a sculptor from Gujarat or a company makes it?gave a strong message to the opposition Kayinde's statement came a day before the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislature. Even after the crushing defeat in the Maharashtra elections, the issue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue may be raised in the House along with the Parbhani violence by the opposition. Kayande said that the shortcomings left last time should be removed...
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Nyesom Wike and the politics of nihilism, By Austin Tam-George
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Nyesom Wike and the politics of nihilism, By Austin Tam-George

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.By constantly imagining himself as governor of Rivers State and seeking so desperately to control the affairs of the State, Nyesom Wike may be exhibiting the worst strain of all hallucinations – the hallucination of power… Wike and his proxies have been waging a futile battle in the courts, in the streets, and in the media, to unseat the legitimate government of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.Over the past one year, former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has shown that he is unable to accept the reality that he is no longer the governor of Rivers State. Although he is the current Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with a full bucket of administrative responsibilities to the residents of the FCT, the minister has his total attention fixed on Rivers State, where he still...
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Will act on civil disobedience once clarity emerges: KP CM
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Will act on civil disobedience once clarity emerges: KP CM

Party awaits clear instructions regarding what needs to be done to initiate the movement: GandapurInfo Minster blasts PTI leadership for pursuing ‘politics of violence’PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday declared that there is no clarity on the matter civil disobedience movement yet and they will act on it once clarity emerges. “The PTI founder had “made the announcement and whatever Khan’s order is, we have to implement that in the same spirit but there is no clarity until now,” he declared while speaking to the media in Peshawar on Sunday. KP CM Gandapur said that the party was waiting for clear instructions regarding what needs to be done to initiate the movement. “Once there’s clarity, God willing, we will do it,” the KP CM said. He said that their demands include the release of the...
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