Nigeria and African news

The chief branding and communications officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has not commenced lifting of petrol from Dangote refinery. In a statement on Thursday, Chiejina said the company was yet to finalise its contract with the NNPCL. “We would like to state that NNPC…

The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested seven suspected kidnappers in Zaria and Kaduna. Mohammad Jalige, spokesman of the command, disclosed this at a news briefing on Wednesday at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna. He said those arrested include one Mannir Salihu, who was napped in connection with the killing of one Idris…

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, has said that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) still remained one of the basic requirement for entry into the Academy. In a statement on Saturday in Kaduna, the academy said speculations that it had suspended JAMB for admission into the 73 Regular Course is not true and urged…

A former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said that  the call by  Nasir El-Rufai, ex Kaduna governor, to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, should not be based on personal grievances but on national interest. El-Rufai who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP),…

  President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency. The President announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He also ordered additional recruitment into the armed forces into the army and the police. Tinubu said the police will recruit an additional 20,000 officers, bringing the total to 50,000. The president noted that…