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NNPC destroys 134 Illegal Refineries Recently

A destroyed refinery  By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks.  Also, the company said  63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks .  The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge.  According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation.  It further said that two large boats, which involve
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Arsonists kill 75-Year Old Woman, Daughter and Grand Daughter In Kogi State



By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade


 A 75-year old woman, daughter and grand daughter were last week, burnt to death by suspected arsonists at Oketekwe in Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Named Mallama Opeoluwa Sabi,the woman  was set ablaze alongside her daughter identified as Hajara and  granddaughter. The incident occurred in the early hours of last Thursday.

Sources said that the assailants invaded the residence of Sani, who was bestowed with the title of Akwuma Attah Igala in 2023 by Attah Igala, with petrol, with which they sprayed the house, and then set it ablaze. 

While Sani and Hajara were reported to have died on the spot on Thursday, her daughter, who made it alive to the hospital, gave up on Friday, police spokesman in Kogi Police Command, William Aya has said. 

According to Aya, a Superintendent of Police, : “Someone came to the station and reported that there was a fire outbreak in one of the rooms in the house in their family compound or so.
“So, when they rushed to the place, they found three people.

“A five-year-old girl was burnt to death while two elderly persons were rushed to the hospital.
“One died yesterday (Thursday) and the information I got today (Friday) is that the third person died today.
“We have commenced an investigation into the matter.”

The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, also confirmed the development in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Lizzy Okoji, on Friday in Abuja.

The statement said: “It is with a heavy heart that I condole with our father, HRM, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa and the royal family over the deaths of his sister and her granddaughter, whose lives were taken most painfully.

“I also commiserate with the entire people of Igala Kingdom at this time because this is a loss to every one of us.

“I call on security agencies to investigate the alleged arson and bring the perpetrators of this act to book so that it would serve as a deterrent to others. Such acts of sacrilege must be discouraged in our land.

“I pray that Almighty Allah grant the souls of the late Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa, and her granddaughter, Onechojo Aljanah Firdaus.

“I also pray Almighty Allah grants the family the heart to bear the loss.”

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