Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Dangote Refinery has confirmed the suspension of the sales of fuel in Naira. This was contained in a statement issued on the company’s official X handle on Wednesday. NPO Reported earlier the collapse of the refinery’s Naira-for-Crude deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. Announcing the suspension of the fuel sales, Dangote stated that the decision was made to avoid mismatch between the refinery’s sales proceeds and its crude oil purchase obligations, which are currently denominated in U.S. dollars. While dismissing claims that it stopped loading due to an incident of ticketing fraud, Dangote refinery assured…

Safiu Kehinde Former Minister of Solid Minerals, Oby Ezekwesili, has accused President Bola Tinubu and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of serially violating the constitution and assaulting Nigeria’s democracy. Ezekwesili, in an open letter posted on her official X handle on Wednesday, labelled Tinubu and Akapbio as two classic cases of hubris who are bloated by overconfidence in the power of the public offices they occupy. The ex-Minister slammed Tinubu for violating the Nigerian Constitution with his suspension of Rivers state executive and legislative arms. On the other hand, she accused Akpabio of engineering a fake recall of suspended lawmaker representing Kogi…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has, on Wednesday, sworn-in new Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd). This is coming barely 24 hours after the President declared a state of emergence in the state. NPO Reported that Tinubu announced the appointment of Ibok-Ete as Rivers Sole Administrator following the six months suspension of governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and Rivers Assembly lawmakers. As confirmed in a post shared on X by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Ibok-Ete was sworn-in at the State House, Abuja. “President Bola Tinubu swore- in the Sole…

As Ex-Senator Reminds Igbokwe How He Begged Osinbajo for Money Safiu Kehinde Former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, and the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, have traded words over Ushie Rita, the youth corp member who called President Bola Tinubu a “terrible President”. Igbokwe had in a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday called out Ojudu for criticising him. He trolled the ex-lawmaker, claiming that he had been embittered since his principal, ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, lost the 2023 Presidential ticket to President Bola Tinubu. “It is difficult if not impossible for me to understand Senator Femi…

Says It Saved Fubara from Impeachment Safiu Kehinde Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has explained why the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, was not involved in the state of emergency declaration on Rivers State. NPO Reported that President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday night declared a state of emergency in Rivers over the unresolved political crisis in the state. The President further declared six-month suspension of the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. This had sparked outrage from the public with notable…

Safiu Kehinde Rivers State Council of Elders has lauded President Bola Tinubu over the declaration of state of emergence. NPO reported that Tinubu had on Tuesday night made the declaration to said attempt to deescalate the unresolved political crisis and tension in the state following the explosion of a pipeline hours earlier. The pipeline explosion which occured on Monday night tend to have triggered the President to summon security chiefs for an emergency closed-door meeting. Shortly after the meeting, Tinubu declared the state of emergence on Rivers in a nationwide broadcast. He also declared the suspension of the state governor,…

Safiu Kehinde Dangote Refinery is set to stop loading petroleum products for Nigerian market as the renegotiation of the naira-for-crude deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited collapse. This was diclosed in a post shared on X on Wednesday. NPO reported that the NNPC has last week announced the expiration of the initial Naira-for-crude deal agreement with Dangote after six months. The company hinted possible renewal of the deal while disclosing that over 48 million barrels of crude oil available to Dangote refinery since October 2024, adding that in aggregate, over 84 million barrels of crude oil were…

Safiu Kehinde Ondo state residents has, on Wednesday, taken to the streets in protest over high level of insecurity and incessant killing by Fulani herdsmen. The protesters had mobilized following report of armed herdsmen invasion of Aba Oyinbo, Akure North Local Government Area of the state, in the early hours of Wednesday, killing no fewer than five farmers. According to report, 20 farmers in four farm settlements in the same local government area were also killed by suspected bandits few days ago. This had sparked outrage from residents of the state as they stormed the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure,…

Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of state of emergency on Rivers state has sparked outrage at the House of Representatives as two female lawmakers engaged in heated argument. The moment, captured in a viral video shared on X on Wednesday, saw both lawmakers fiercely exchanging words as their male counterparts watched on. It appeared that the involvement of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in the Rivers crisis had triggered the argument as one of the lawmakers could be heard asking “Who is Nyesom Wike?”. Both women would later be separated by members of the House as the…

Agency Report The suspended Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday, disagreed over the Senate’s application seeking to vacate the order made by a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 4. The Senate, in a motion on notice filed on March 17 by its lawyer, Chikaosolu Ojukwu, SAN, had sought an order setting aside Order Number Four, among orders, in the enrolled ex-parte order made by Justice Obiora Egwuatu on March 4 against the defendants in Natasha’s suit. Natasha, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, had, in a motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025, sued clerk of…