Skip to main content

Featured post

Marketers Will Pay Naira for Dangote Fuel -IPMAN

Aliko Dangote Refined petroleum products from the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery are to be sold in naira and not in the United States dollar as speculated in some quarters, oil marketers clarified on Monday. Dealers in the downstream oil sector also stated that the registration process for marketers at the refinery was still ongoing, as many operators had continued to register with the plant. It was further gathered that officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority were meeting with the management of the refinery to perfect the pricing template for products produced by the facility. On January 12, 2023, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced the commencement of production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had in a statement issued by the firm, said, “We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this mon...

Man, 20, in police net for alleged rape of 16-year-old girl


A 20-year-old man, identified simply as Uche has been arrested and detained for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl at Ekwe Street Mile 3, Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State.


Operatives of Diobu Vigilante Group had based on information made the arrested while the suspect and his friend had taken the victim to an uncompleted building in the area around 1 pm, Wednesday.

Chief Security Officer of the vigilante, Godstime Ihunwo, had handed over the suspect to police, upon arrest, adding that the second suspect escaped.

Ihunwo said: “Around 1 pm, people called me from Ekwe street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt, where we operate that they saw some group of boys trying to rape a girl.


“When we got there we caught one Uche raping a girl who is about 16 or 17 years old and apprehended him while having carnal knowledge of the victim.

“They were three of them who attempted act, but the others saw our men and escaped but the Uche who was already having carnal knowledge of the girl was caught.”

However, Public Relations Officer of the state police command, SP. Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident, noted that the Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Joseph Mukan had ordered the matter be transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department for investigation.

Comments

Post a Comment