Dangote maintains the "Nigeria First" stance, while IPMAN and PETROAN resist and caution against monopoly. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the president of the Dangote Group, has requested that President Bola Tinubu add refined petroleum products to the list of goods prohibited by the Federal Government's "Nigeria First" policy. However, on Sunday, several industry analysts and oil marketers uniformly disputed this.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has attributed the suspension of operations on some of its rail lines to insecurity, banditry, and vandalism of its rail tracks. According to reports on the condition of the nation's railway infrastructure, John Otivere, an NRC official in Minna, revealed this. Mr. Otivere spoke on behalf of NRC, Minna's district rail superintendent, Blessing Okanezi. Mr. Otivere clarified that the company had been compelled to suspend operations on certain routes due to the problems of vandalism and insecurity.
The two-day zonal hearing is scheduled for July 4–5 in six geopolitical locations. Various interest groups around the nation have submitted 18 petitions for the development of extra local government regions and 31 recommendations for the creation of new states to the Senate Committee on Constitution Review (CRC). This was revealed by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele's media office in a statement on Thursday.
In order to ensure their inclusion in the benefit systems outlined in current legislation, people with disabilities have urged the federal government to enact a supplemental Petroleum Industry Act. The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities organized a three-day session on the PIA and Disability Laws in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, where the demand was made. The Ford Foundation provided funding for the event, which was called "Ending Barriers Against Niger-Deltans with Disabilities."
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, in its weather outlook released on Friday in Abuja, has predicted early morning thunderstorms followed by rain, which begins from Saturday to Monday across Nigeria. According to NiMet, early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Adamawa states in the northern region. Thunderstorms with rain are anticipated over parts of Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Borno, Kaduna, Sokoto, Gombe, and Bauchi states later in the day. “In the North-Central region, early morning thunderstorms are expected over parts of Benue, Plateau, Niger, the Federal Capital Territory, and Nasarawa States.
Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 29, will remain unforgettable for the people of Mokwa, as an estimated 200 people were drowned in a flood that followed the rainfall. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said over 50 houses and their occupants were swept away by the flood. According to NSEMA, over 3,000 persons were displaced, 503 households were affected and an official casualty figure of 161 recovered corpses. Days after the flood water receded, the agency announced corpses recovered in different parts of the town, with some of them buried in the ground while others were covered by debris. Nearly two weeks after the devastating floods which swept through Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, residents are lamenting over the stench of decaying corpses believed to be those of flood victims still buried under sand and debris.
