Industry experts, petroleum products marketers and organised labour have backed Aliko Dangote’s recent assertion that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries under the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) may never function effectively again, despite billions spent on their rehabilitation. The stakeholders, who spoke exclusively with LEADERSHIP, cited decades of mismanagement, outdated technology, and lack of sustainable crude […]

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that Port Harcourt Airport airspace has been reopened for flight operations after closure following an Air Peace runway mishap. Several flights of local airlines were disrupted on Sunday after an Air Peace Airlines flight, P47190, skidded off the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omegwa, Rivers. The aircraft […]

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, has dismissed insinuations that a key member of the coalition, Nasir El-Rufai poses a threat to the President’s reelection in 2027. Dare insisted that El-Rufai has no electoral value, stressing that there are other opposition members who can command better votes. […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has mourned Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in London. ECOWAS President, Dr Omar Touray, on behalf of all ECOWAS institutions, expressed condolences in a message to the bereaved family, President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government, and Nigerians, on Monday. He said that ECOWAS […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced seven days of mourning to honour former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday. Tinubu disclosed this in a condolence message on Sunday. According to him, as a mark of respect to the former leader, he has directed that all national flags fly at half-mast across the country for […]

Former President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State. According to TVC, Buhari will be laid to rest tomorrow, Monday, in Daura. Buhari passed away at a clinic in London, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, at 4:30 pm on Sunday. His former media spokesman, Garba Shehu, […]

A nursing mother in Ekoli, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Onyinyechi Uzor, has called for the arrest and prosecution of the killers of her husband, Nnachi Uzor.Uzor was shot dead in his house in the community on Wednesday, July 9, by suspected political thugs who stormed the house. The community was engulfed in […]

Winners have emerged in the just-concluded Lagos State Local Government Elections, with the All Progressives Congress, APC, sweeping all declared chairmanship seats across the state. According to results obtained by DAILY POST, APC candidates were returned elected in all local government areas and local council development areas, LCDAs, announced so far by the Lagos State […]