The cost of a new presidential jet will be included in the 2024 supplementary budget, TheCable understands. Sources have disclosed that the proposal will be sent to the national assembly soon. In April, President Bola Tinubu resorted to a commercial aircraft on his way to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh after the aircraft he travelled with to The Netherlands developed a fault. Around the same time, Vice-President Kashim Shettima was seen arriving in Ogun state in a chartered aircraft. The vice-president would later abort his trip to the US mid-air after the aircraft transporting him developed an engine…
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… says ‘no cause for alarm, only one section affected’ Only a section of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was gutted by the Wednesday’s fire outbreak, the company’s management has said. Dangote Industries Limited spokesperson, Anthony Chiejina, told TheCable that the incident occurred at only the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP). An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse — to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent. Chiejina disclosed that the inferno had been contained, stressing it was a minor incident. According…
There were explosions on Wednesday following a major fire outbreak at the Dangote Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. However, the Dangote group had yet to react to the fire outbreak as of the time of filing this report. Recently, the owner, multi-billionaire businessman and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote had revealed how he fought and defeated a strong group of local and foreign mafias before establishing the $19 billion refinery. Dangote claimed that the mafias in the oil sector, who are stronger than drug lords tried every means to sabotage the refinery project. Dangote, who spoke at Afreximbank annual meeting and…
President William Ruto of Kenya has vowed to strike back against “violence and anarchy”. This came after protests against his government’s proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament. The demonstrations carried out mainly by youths had been largely peaceful as they grew over the past week but chaos erupted in Nairobi, the country’s capital. on Tuesday, with crowds throwing stones at police, pushing past barricades, and entering the grounds of parliament. Lawmakers who were at the parliament building reportedly escaped through an underground tunnel. Military was deployed to support police who, according to a rights group, fired tear…
Nigeria’s seat of power, the State House, spent a whopping N244,654,350 on the purchase and supply of tyres under 24 hours, Daily Trust has reported. Investigation and data on govspend, a portal documenting the Presidential Villa expenditure, according to the Daily Trust, revealed that the State House paid for the supply of an unspecified quantity of bulletproof tyres and Westlake tyres, the same week President Bola Tinubu-led administration marked its one year in office. President Tinubu took over the reins of governance from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, on May 29, 2023. The report disclosed that documents showed that the sums…
Muslim Rights Concern, again, on Wednesday, raised a fresh alarm that the Sokoto State Government is still bent on deposing the Sultan, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. MURIC’s fresh alarm is coming inspite of the denial by the Sokoto State Government on the reported alleged plan to depose the Sultan. MURIC Executive Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made this fresh allegation on Wednesday in a statement. According to Akintola, a bill titled, “Sokoto Emirate Council Amendment Bill” has passed through the first and second readings and if passed into law, the Sultan of Sokoto will be stripped of certain powers. On…
Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, dragged the Kaduna State House of Assembly before the Federal High Court, over the legislature’s claim that N432 billion was siphoned during his eight-year administration, leaving the state with huge debt liabilities. El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the state House of Assembly. The former governor, through his counsel, Abdulhakeem Mustapha, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), is challenging the report of the Assembly’s Committee which indicted him of alleged corruption. The ad hoc committee set up by the Kaduna State…
Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $1,426,175.14 linked to the firmer governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Presiding judge, Justice Ayokunle Faji ordered the final forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government. The final forfeiture order followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday. EFCC had earlier on May 29, 2014, secured an interim order temporarily forfeiting the money. Justice Faji ordered the publication of the court order in the newspapers to give anyone interested in the funds to appear in court…
Over 500 members of the Synods of Charismatic Bishop Conference of Nigeria led by Archbishop Leonard Kawas have intervened in the lingering crisis between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour, over minimum wage and high rate of electricity tariff, demanding a peaceful resolution of the matters. The Bishops In a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday by the CBCN President General, Archbishop Kawas, urged the NLC to continue to engage the Federal Government in negotiation, rather than going on strike and shutting down the country, which might increase inflation and hardship. According to the clerics, “The Synod also wade…
Lukman Adeyemi, a 50-year-old bricklayer, recounts his harrowing 24-year ordeal behind bars, the result of a misguided act of loyalty towards a friend. His story, reported by Vanguard, highlights systemic flaws and injustices that led to his prolonged and wrongful incarceration. Adeyemi describes his initial encounter with the justice system as a descent into hopelessness. He spent nine years in pre-trial detention, followed by an unbearable 15 years on death row. The conditions he faced were nothing short of torturous, akin to a dark and endless nightmare. During interrogations by SARS Police officers, Adeyemi endured severe physical and psychological torment,…