The pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, have risen to between N1,050 and N1,150/litre depending on the area of purchase, following the hike in the cost of the commodity by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and various depot owners. Dealers confirmed that PMS prices would continue to rise since the major component in fuel production, crude oil, has been on the upward swing lately. The National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Festus Osifo, earlier alluded to this when he pointed out…
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K1 De Ultimate’s mother dies at 105
Fuji Maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, has lost his mother, Alhaja Halima Anifowoshe. The news of her death was announced on K1’s official media page on Saturday morning. A photo of K1 with his late mother accompanied the announcement, which read, “With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of King Wasiu Ayinde’s beloved mother. May her soul rest in peace, Alhaja Alimotu Shadiya Omoakeredolu Aya Anifowoshe. Iya rere. Sun re oo.”
Read Moreex-Delta First Lady dies in London
Edna, a former first lady of Delta State and wife of the first civilian governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru, has passed away. Edna, a former Miss Nigeria and the first Nigerian/African to represent Nigeria at Miss Universe in 1964, died in London after a brief illness on Wednesday. She had two children for Ibru who was the first democratically elected executive governor of Delta State between 1991 to 1992. Dr. Paul Aidido Ibru, the head of the Ibru family confirmed the passage of the former first lady in…
Read MoreHow masked gunmen kidnapped AIG Odumosu’s wife
Details have emerged on how gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted the wife of Hakeem Odumosu, a former Lagos state commissioner of Police and retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The Witness gathered that the four hooded heavily armed men intercepted the wife of Odumosu as she was about to enter her compound at about 9:55pm on Thursday. Her Lexus SUV was forcibly stopped, and she was dragged out before being whisked away through a swampy area to an…
Read MoreWhen a side chick decides to move on
So you rent a three-bedroom flat for your side chick and furnish it, it does not make you her lord and personal saviour. What will make her treat you like the king of the manor is how you treat her. If you treat her like trash and she stomachs it, don’t be fooled into thinking that she has no choice. She does. She is just biding her time. Besides, every woman has a limit. Once the elastic of her endurance gets to the limit, she will snap and that part…
Read MoreDangote jacks up fuel prize, says its in response to global price surge
As a result of an upsurge in the price of Brent, Nigeria’s crude export to the global oil market, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery says it has necessitated an upward adjustment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to its customers. In an email statement obtained by our Correspondent on Friday, the refinery announced that its refined products would now be priced at N955 per litre at the loading gantry, marking an adjustment in its pricing structure. It noted that marketers buying between 2 million – 4.99…
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