KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...
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NECA DG URGES FG TO AUDIT REHABILITATION CONTRACTS OF REFINERIES BEFORE ANOTHER DEAL. (PHOTO).

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 NECA DG URGES FG TO AUDIT REHABILITATION CONTRACTS OF REFINERIES BEFORE ANOTHER DEAL


The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association wants the federal government to investigate the billion-dollar rehabilitation contracts that could not get Nigerian refineries working or deliver sustained refining output before it will consider engaging in another deal


Director-General of NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde expresses this concern while reacting to the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Chinese firms for the “restart, completion, and expansion” of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries.  


He says, while the nation is desperately in need of functional refineries, however, it cannot ignore the decade-long pattern of billion-dollar rehabilitation contracts that have delivered zero sustained refining output. It will be unpatriotic to endorse another deal while questions on past spending remains unanswered.


the Director-General notes that “it is on record and apt to say that the nation cannot afford another trail of wasteful spending. In the last few years, $25 billion had been spent with zero value. Between 2010 and 2023, Nigeria expended over ₦11 trillion  approximately $25 billion on refinery rehabilitation projects, maintenance, and turnaround programmes, yet the state-owned refineries remain significantly unreliable and non-functional”. 


Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde  emphasizes that While the intention might be right, , however, it is  important for the NNPC to avail Nigerians sufficient informational explanation on status of past spending and audits carried out on the refineries.

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