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Point News247 reports that the House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the companies involved in the importation of adulterated fuel. The resolution was passed following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Mohammed Monguno during the plenary session on Thursday. It was earlier reported that the Group Managing Director of the NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari said MRS, Oando, Emadeb Consortium, and Duke Oil, a subsidiary of the NNPC, imported the methanol-blended petrol. A Lawmaker from Akwa Ibom state, Onofiok Luke, while contributing to the motion, said NNPC Limited…

Point News247 reports that the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has asked all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to make drug integrity test an institutional policy for both new and returning students as part of efforts to fight the menace of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. Marwa made the call at the University of Abuja while launching the ‘drug free university campaign’ on Wednesday. He also called for a partnership between the NDLEA and the university system that will allow the agency set up outposts on campuses to further strengthen…

Point News247 reports that Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra,NNAMDI KANU, has again, raised the alarm that despite court order, the Department of State Services, DSS, has not allowed Kanu access to his new clothes. Kanu’s brother told Vanguard that he had in three occasions, personally taken new clothes to the IPOB Leader currently detained at the DSS headquarters Abuja, but was not allowed by the secret police to hand over the clothes to him. “I was at the DSS headquarters today (Thursday) to give my brother his new clothes…

Point News247 reports that Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi has said only Brittania-U imported the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with higher concentrates of methanol. The Consortium made this clarification in a statement signed by the Lead Consortium, Emadeb Energy Services Limited on Thursday, February 10, 2022. The statement read, “… the blanket claims made against the consortium by the NNPC are misleading and contradict the actual events that happened; they do not fully reflect and/or represent what transpired. It is important to inform the public of these facts and provide clarifications relating to the delivery of the said contaminated PMS to the…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun state, Southwest Nigeria, said this shortly after he appeared before the APC Screening Committee at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. Point News247 reports that this was contained in a statement shared on the State Government Facebook’s page titled, ‘I remain the aspirant to beat – Oyetola’. Oyetola, who was accompanied to the party secretariat by party leaders, supporters, and loyalists, including cabinet members, said his performance in the last three years put him ahead of other aspirants. “Recently, I began a strategic consultation with the party members to seek their support ahead of the primary…

Point News247 reports that barely 24 hours after terrorists attacked Bakori-Funtua axis in Katsina, the daredevils have struck again, this time in Magama, Jibia Local Government Area, killing the Divisional Police Officer of the area, DSP Abdulkadir Rano, a soldier and one other visiting Almajiri who recently arrived in the community. The terrorrists were also said to have robbed one Alhaji Haliru of N2 million and abducted his wife in the course of the operation. Vanguard gathered from the acting village head of the Magama Community, where the bandits struck that the well armed bandits whose exact number could not…

Kano State Hisba Board has destroyed bottles of alcohol worth over N100m confiscated within the state. Point News247 reports that the exercise was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by the state commandant Shiekh Harun Muhammad Sani Ibn on Wednesday. He said the alcohol bottles were intercepted in different operations carried out across the 44 local Governments of the state. He said it was part of the board’s efforts to prevent consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants across the state. Ibn Sina explained that the bottles of alcohol worth N100m were destroyed after…

Point News247 reports that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been granted access to commence live broadcast of its programmes. The service announced on Wednesday that it received a broadcast licence from the National Broadcasting Commission to gear up with Direct Satellite Broadcasting as well as Internet Protocol Television. The NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim made this known in Abuja earlier today after receiving the broadcast licence from his NBC counterpart, Mallam Balarabe Ilela. Presenting the license, Ilela praised the NYSC programme as one of the successful achievements of the Yakubu Gowon’s administration. He said the scheme has…

Point News247 reports that the Nigerian Army has recorded a major blow in Anambra state, south eastern part of the country, as one of the combat vehicles conveying soldiers was involved in an accident during an operation. The accident also led to the death of one gallant officer and a soldier, while two others sustained injuries. According to a statement by Director Army Public Relations , Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday, 9 February 2022, the injured personnel are currently responding to treatment at a military hospital. The spokesman said:”Sadly, one combat vehicle conveying troops was involved in an accident…

Point News247 reports thatComptroller Joseph Attah, National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Comptroller AA Oloyede of the Customs Headquarters ICT department, were among the 37 Comptrollers newly redeployed to various Commands and Units of the Service. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Deputy National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller T. Bomodi. The statement reads: “The Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd.) has approved the deployment of 37 Comptrollers to various Units, Departments and Commands across the country. In postings released yesterday the 7th of February,…