The facility was discovered on Saturday, October 31, by operatives of the commission\u2019s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 following intelligence and surveillance.\n<\/p>\n
According to EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, operatives found underground tanks, waste products and substances suspected to be diesel.\n<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations indicated that the operators sourced black sludge from Warri, Delta State, and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, before transporting it to Ogere for processing.<\/p>\n
The facility was deserted when the operatives arrived, while investigations are ongoing to establish the identities of the operators and ownership of the refinery.\n<\/p>\n
2. Obi campaign: OK Movement tackles NDC, Obidients<\/h3>\n
A fresh disagreement<\/a> has emerged among groups supporting Peter Obi\u2019s 2027 presidential ambition, with the United Kingdom Coordinator of the OK Movement, Adebayo Brown, accusing leaders of the Nigeria Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council and the Obidient Movement of creating divisions among supporters.\n<\/p>\n The disagreement followed claims that Obi and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had distanced themselves from the OK Movement.\n<\/p>\n Brown urged the Obidient Movement coordinator, Dr Moses Paul, to concentrate on grassroots mobilisation rather than engage in public disagreements.<\/p>\n However, the NDC campaign council dismissed the controversy as a distraction, while Paul\u2019s media aide, Chidi Iloamaeke, said the coordinator was focused on his responsibilities within the Obidient Movement.\n<\/p>\n The development comes with 76 days remaining before the 2027 general elections, according to Brown.\n<\/p>\n The World Bank has criticised<\/a> Nigerian state governments over their spending priorities, warning that increased revenues following recent economic reforms have not translated into corresponding investments in education, healthcare and social protection.<\/p>\n A senior economist at the World Bank Nigeria Office, Gloria Joseph-Raji, raised the concerns on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of BudgIT\u2019s 2026 State of States Report.<\/p>\n She said spending on transport infrastructure had grown faster than investments in essential public services, including in states with weaker human development indicators.\n<\/p>\n BudgIT\u2019s Country Director, Vahyala Kwaga, disclosed that aggregate revenue across 34 states rose from N4.99tn in 2022 to N15.53tn in 2025.\n<\/p>\n However, the states had spent only N8.60tn, representing 24.4 per cent of their combined N35.22tn approved budgets, by June 2026. <\/p>\n The report also showed that Lagos was the most indebted state, with N2.9tn in debt, while it ranked first in overall fiscal sustainability.\n<\/p>\n The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has discontinued its parallel presidential campaign structure<\/a> and renamed its campaign council the Osun State APC Parliamentary Campaign Council.\n<\/p>\n The party also expanded the council from 168 to 183 members to accommodate all members of its state executive committee following protests over the initial composition.<\/p>\n The dispute followed the emergence of separate campaign structures after Ademola Adeleke, a member of the Accord Party, was appointed state coordinator of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s campaign.\n<\/p>\n Four Osun APC executives had earlier rejected the composition of the party\u2019s parallel campaign council, alleging that some state working committee members were excluded.\n<\/p>\n However, the party\u2019s welfare officer, Adesola Ayangbile, subsequently denied authorising the statement in which her name appeared as one of the signatories protesting the council\u2019s composition.\n<\/p>\n An official of the National Youth Service Corps has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a certificate linked to former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, was not issued<\/a> by the organisation.\n<\/p>\n An Assistant Director in the NYSC Department of Certification, Yusuf Jumare, identified four irregularities in the disputed document while testifying as a prosecution witness on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n He said the certificate number carried a prefix introduced in 1990, although the document purportedly dated to 1985.\n<\/p>\n He also identified discrepancies in the call-up number, the duration of service stated on the certificate and the designation of the official who purportedly signed it.<\/p>\n However, during cross-examination, Jumare admitted that he did not establish whether Nnaji had ever been issued a certificate by the corps.\n<\/p>\n Nnaji, who resigned from President Bola Tinubu\u2019s cabinet following the controversy over his academic credentials, is facing a six-count charge bordering on alleged certificate forgery, money laundering and abuse of office. He has pleaded not guilty.\n<\/p>\n The court adjourned the case until November 30 for continuation of cross-examination and January 29, 2027, for continuation of the trial.\n<\/p>\n Other important developments on PUNCH this morning\n<\/p>\n Beyond the five stories in the homepage\u2019s Top News section, these developments are also attracting attention:\n<\/p>\n Will Jawando, Junior Ezeonu, Oye Owolewa and Carol Kazeem have won<\/a> elective positions in the US midterm elections, while Segun Adeyina\u2019s result remained pending.\n<\/p>\n3. Revenue boom: World Bank faults states\u2019 spending priorities<\/h3>\n
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4. Osun APC scraps parallel Tinubu campaign council<\/h3>\n
5. Ex-minister Nnaji\u2019s certificate forged, NYSC witness tells court<\/h3>\n
Four Nigerian-Americans win US midterms<\/h4>\n
State police: 28 assemblies approve, Tinubu\u2019s assent<\/h4>\n
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