Petroleum marketers under the aegis of Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, have urged the Nigerian government to sell the Warri and Kaduna refineries.   PETROAN disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, January 4 titled, ‘Retrospect of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Downstream Sector in 2024′, signed by its National President, Billy Gillis-Harry; Secretary, Adedibu Aderibegbe; and …

The Nigerian Army has refuted claims accusing the military of illegal detention and alleged mistreatment of a POS operator, Nansak Selbar on the order of one Major General Nansak Shagaya.     It was gathered that Selbar, also a school teacher was arrested at his duty post in Nyak Government Secondary School, Ajikamai in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau …

Mexico has opened the possibility of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press briefing that in cases where the US would not return migrants to their countries “we can collaborate through different mechanisms.” …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Friday 27th December 2024 arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker at his Lekki Hotel room following the arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, same day at a warehouse in Ajao estate Ikeja.     A statement released by NDLEA …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, started the new year with the arrest of a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye on Wednesday 1st January 2025 in her mansion at Okota area of Lagos following the interception of a truckload illicit drug consignment from her staff same day.     A …

Belfast featherweight boxer Michael Conlan says that “the only reason” he is still boxing is to win a world title. Conlan last fought in December 2023 when he suffered a knockout defeat by Jordan Gill. The Northern Irishman’s seventh-round stoppage by Gill came after world title defeats by Leigh Wood and Luis Alberto Lopez. And after a year out of …

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 15-year-old girl, Zahra’u Dauda, who conspired with her ex-lover to kill her 29-year-old husband, Kamisu Haruna.      The incident occurred at Haruna’s residence in Albasu village, Jahun Local Government Area of the state on December 22, 2024, two days after the couple’s wedding.      It was gathered …

A missing 21-year-old woman, Ayabonga Mjilo, was found m8rdered and buried in a shallow grave in eNanda, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.    Mjilo was reported missing on Monday, 23 December 2024, after she was last seen leaving a restaurant in Umhlanga, KZN on Christmas Day.    KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda, who confirmed the incident said that a 37-year-old man …

Youths of Odo Ape community in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State blocked the Lokoja-Kabba federal highway following the k!lling of two farmers by suspected kidnappers.   It was gathered that the gunmen struck the community on Friday, January 3, 2025, k!lling two people in their farms.    One of the victims identified as Mr Black was said to …

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked a report that Ayomide Adeleye, who was arrested for killing Christianah Idowu, had been released.    The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Saturday, January 4, 2025, said that the suspect was charged with murder and remanded.   Hundeyin made the clarification in response to a report by …