Kyari Defends NNPCL Fuel Import Monopoly

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL Mele Kyari, has defended the company’s current monopoly in fuel import, arguing that oil marketers withdrew from fuel importation…

Putin Tells Russia His War Objectives Are Unchanged

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Russians that peace with Ukraine will only take place "when Russia achieves its objectives". He is holding his first major news conference since he…

Five Feared Dead as Armed Robbers Attack Banks in Ekiti

A deadly bank robbery in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Wednesday afternoon, reportedly left five people dead, including two officers of the Amotekun security outfit. VOP News gathered that the masked…

FG Has No Hand in Rivers Crisis, Says Minister

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Malagi, has dismissed allegations that the Federal Government orchestrated the political crisis in Rivers State. In a TV interview today, Malagi clarified…

Tinubu Govt Replies Asari Dokubo Over Crisis in Rivers State

The federal government has reacted to the allegation by former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo against President Bola Tinubu on the current political crisis in Rivers State. The government…

PDP Confirms 2 Of 27 Rivers Lawmakers That Defected To APC Have Returned

Two of the twenty-seven Rivers State House of Assembly members who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This development was…

Tinubu Suspends NCAA Boss Musa Nuhu, Orders EFCC to Probe Him, Others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension of the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu. The presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a…

World Bank Says NNPCL Not Transparent on Subsidy and Dollar Revenues

The World Bank disclosed that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL is not transparent about the financial gains from the fuel subsidy removal. The bank noted that this extends to…