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[This Day] Embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources under the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has clarified she has no connection whatsoever with the sum of $52.8million recently repatriated to Nigeria from the US.

[This Day] Richard Edoki, a Nigerian-born broadcast journalist popularly known as Richybongo, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Newcomer category at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2025.

[This Day] Disturbed by the number of persons reportedly lost to repeated incidences of tanker explosions in parts of the country, between September 2024 and now, currently standing at 265 souls, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, set up a high-powered committee mandated to halt a reoccurrence of such accidents.

[This Day] Abuja -- The country's maiden shipment under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has successfully arrived at the Mombasa Port in Kenya, the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office disclosed yesterday.

[This Day] The Enugu State Government and the Landmark Africa Group have sealed a deal to revamp and further develop the potentials of Nike Lake Resort, Enugu.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) at the weekend launched a 110mva power transformer to raise electricity supply to critical areas within its network, including Airport Road, Ajao Estate, Isolo Local Council, PTC, Afprint, Idi-Araba, Aswani, and Pure Hygiene.

[Premium Times] Vandalism has recently become a significant threat to Nigeria's power infrastructure.

[Premium Times] Two days ago, PREMIUM TIMES reported how a suspected Cholera outbreak killed nine people in the neighbouring Rivers State.

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES is deeply concerned about this festering social anomie, which is clearly the product of moral atrophy in a society largely adrift.

[Premium Times] NMDPRA said the current production of Dangote refinery is yet to meet the national daily petroleum products sufficiency.

[Vanguard] The Federal government has set up a committee of stakeholders to unravel the remote and immediate cause of Saturday's Petrol Tanker accident at Dikko Junction, Dikko-Maje Minna road, Gurara Local Government, LGA, Niger State.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government on Sunday dispatched a high-powered delegation to condole with the Emir of Suleja, HRH Sarkin Zazzau Mohammed Awwal, and his people over the tragic tanker explosion that occurred on Saturday in Suleja, which claimed over 84 lives and caused extensive injuries.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has acknowledged the significant expectations Nigerians have regarding the military's role in tackling the country's escalating insecurity.

[This Day] The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has successfully contained a fire at the Bogobiri House, located in Ikoyi.

[This Day] The death toll in Saturday's petrol tanker explosion at Dikko in Niger state has risen to 86 from 50.

[This Day] Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the former Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, are in Paris, France to testify in the ongoing arbitration case involving the $6 billion Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, THISDAY has learnt.

[New Times] The government is developing bio-fortified Irish potato varieties to combat malnutrition and stunting, The New Times has learned.

[New Times] Rwanda has set interventions including improved genetics to increase milk production after missing the target of reaching 1.2 million for 2023-2024 fiscal year.

[Shabelle] Nairobi, Kenya -- Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed as "fabricated" claims circulating on social media that Somali Ambassador to Kenya Jibril Abdulle had been recalled to Mogadishu for consultations.

[Premium Times] The missing man was reportedly abducted on 12 November 2024 in Anambra State.