The policy comes as Nigeria intensifies efforts to reduce dependence on imported petroleum products and ramp up domestic refining. The 650,000 barrels-per-day Dangote Refinery in Lagos has commenced diesel and aviation fuel production, while modular refineries in Edo, Rivers and Imo states have started small-scale petrol refining. However, despite these…
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Court grants Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, 11 others bail
A Magistrate’s Court in Kuje, Abuja, on Friday granted bail to publisher and activist, Omoyele Sowore; Aloy Ejimakor, a member of the legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu; the IPOB leader’s brother, Emmanuel Kanu; and 10 others, in the sum of ₦500,000…
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I’ll testify in Kanu’s trial if subpoenaed – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Authority, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he will appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, if subpoenaed by the court. Wike stated this during his monthly media chat on Friday…