Petroleum product marketers and fuel retailers are pointing fingers at each other as the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) approaches 1,000 naira per litre across Nigeria.

According to a report, retail outlets operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) have raised fuel prices nationwide.

In cities such as Abuja, Nasarawa, and Kogi, the pump price surged by 65 naira, from 890 naira to 955 naira per litre. This sharp increase means that, Nigerians are paying significantly more to purchase petrol, adding pressure to already rising living costs.

Former Oyo State Governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has been nominated as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland.

The nomination was confirmed on Monday by the Olubadan-In-Council during a meeting at the Olubadan Palace in Oke-Aremo, Ibadan. The meeting was chaired by the Balogun Olubadan, Oba Tajudeen Ajibola.

The council unanimously endorsed Ladoja as the next Olubadan and will forward the resolution to Governor Seyi Makinde. The governor will set a date for the official presentation of the staff of office.

The coronation will be postponed due to the burial of the late Olubadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin.

The Oyo State Environmental Mobile Court on Monday convicted 13 individuals for illegally selling diesel without permits around the Toll Gate area in Ibadan.

Presiding Judge Adio Jubreel ruled that each offender must pay a 200,000 naira fine or face five years in prison for violating environmental laws by engaging in unauthorized diesel sales.

The court noted that the unlicensed trade posed serious environmental and safety risks. Although the standard penalty is 5 million naira or jail time, the court imposed a reduced fine, citing the defendants’ status as first-time offenders and small-scale traders.

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Former senator and APC founding member, Abubakar Sadiq Yaradua, has resigned from the party, citing its failure to uphold its original mission. His resignation was conveyed in a letter to his ward chairman in Katsina, where he accused the APC of abandoning the masses.

The APC-led government was blamed for worsening insecurity and imposing harmful economic policies. Yaradua said the leadership had remained indifferent as citizens suffered violence and hardship.

He described APC leaders as “bandits in government” and said he could no longer support a party that had betrayed public trust.

Yaradua urged his supporters to join him in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he called a better alternative for all Nigerians.

Newcastle United have turned down Liverpool’s opening bid for Alexander Isak. The offer, reportedly worth around £110 million plus add-ons, fell short of Newcastle’s 120 million pounds minimum, well below their 150 million pounds valuation.

Liverpool is now preparing a second bid for the 25-year-old Swedish striker, who has made it clear he wants to leave St James’ Park this summer.

Isak, currently training alone at former club Real Sociedad’s facilities in Spain, has not joined Newcastle’s pre-season tour of Asia. While the club has cited a minor thigh issue, sources suggest the striker is pushing for a move away.