According to reports that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command claimed David Shikfu Parradang, a retired Nigerian immigration service Comptroller General, was kidnapped and murdered in the country’s capital, the reports have been disproven.
Contrary to initial claims, the police have confirmed that the ex-NIS chief passed away in a hotel.
SP Josephine Adeh, a spokesperson for the FCT command, stated in a statement to Persecondnews on Tuesday that Parradang arrived at Area 3 Junction in Abuja on March 3, 2025, at 12:00 PM in a black Mercedes Benz.
According to Adeh, the deceased checked in and paid N22, 000 for a one-night stay.
He later instructed the hotel room attendant to escort a female guest who had come to his room.
The hotel’s grounds were evacuated around 4:00 p.m. the same day. After the woman left, Mr. Parradang did not leave his room.
A friend of a military officer who was concerned for his well-being found him at 4:00 in the morning of March 4, 2025. The hotel receptionist and the officer arrived at his room, where he was discovered dead and seated in a chair.
Officers immediately arrived at the scene, secured the area, took photos, and collected all necessary evidence to preserve the integrity of the crime scene.
The hotel staff is currently cooperating with police inquiries, and the body has been moved to the National Hospital for necessary procedures.
She claimed that making an arrest for the woman is in high gear.
We urge the public and the media to refrain from spreading false information, including those that might cause fear or panic, including claims of kidnapping.
“The FCT Police Command is dedicated to carrying out a thorough investigation to find out the circumstances surrounding his death.”
According to an economist, Paul Alaje, the ongoing price conflict between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Dangote Refinery will “erode the abnormal profit” enjoyed by investors.
On Tuesday on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, Alaje said, “You may want to call it a price war, but in economics, a duopoly fight is the best for the populace because they will force themselves to make neutral profits.”
He argued that because of the lack of a deal between NNPCL and Dangote Refinery, Nigerians should be happy. The economist argued that “more of the competition should continue,” noting that “be prepared to buy (petrol) at over 1.000 again if any of them fizzle out.
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On September 4, 2024, a man rides his motorcycle past a fuel station in Lagos while holding jerrycans. (FAWAZ OYEDEJI/AFP photo)
The $20 billion refinery Aliko Dangote’s richest man and industrialist, cut the ex-depot price of gasoline from 890 to 825 per litre on February 26, 2025.
Customers can purchase the premium commodity in Lagos at 870 per litre in the South-West, 880 in the North, and 890 in the South-South and South-East under the new arrangement. Diesel has recently been cheaper thanks to Daggett.
The NNPCL dropped its retail price in Lagos from 945 to 860, with similar price reduction effects apparent at NNPCL locations throughout the Federation.
NNPCL trucks lining up at the Dangote Refinery to load gasoline. X/@nnpclimited
Alaje claimed that Nigerians will like the development. If the “cartel” agrees, he claims that Nigerians are in trouble, but the price war benefits the general public.
He claimed that a gasoline price drop of less than 700 per litre is sustainable.
However, the economist argued that NNPCL should produce locally rather than rely on imported goods to compete effectively with Dangote Refinery.
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is dealing with energy issues because all of its state-owned refineries are shut down until 2024. The state-run NNPC, the main importer of the necessary commodities, heavily relied on imported refined petroleum products.
In the nation, fuel lines are frequent. Since President Bola Tinubu removed the subsidy in May 2023, driving costs have more than quadrupled, adding to the problems of the drivers who use gasoline to power their vehicles and generating sets, despite decades-long epileptic electricity shortages.
Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, stated on Tuesday that he wanted to “make things right” with Donald Trump and work under the “strong leadership” of the US president.
Zelensky said his public spat with Trump last week was “regrettable” and promised to sign a significant minerals deal with Washington. This was his first public comments since Trump stopped US military aid to Ukraine.
In order to end the three-year conflict, he also called for a “truce” in the sea and sky.
Since Zelensky and Trump clashed in the Oval Office last week, the Kyiv-Washington wartime alliance has suffered a dramatic collapse, with crucial military assistance being suspended by Ukraine’s top ally.
Zelensky wrote on X: “My team and I are prepared to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to bring about peace.”
The Ukrainian leader continued, “Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go as planned.” The time has come to “make things right.”
Trump’s shocking decision on Monday to stop aid to Ukraine stoked concerns in Kyiv and many other European cities that the United States was moving away from its allies and toward Russia.
Moscow praised Trump’s decision, calling it a “solution that could really bring the Kyiv regime to a peaceful process,” according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
The European Union has been trying to bolster Kyiv’s support by excluding Ukraine from US-Russian discussions on a potential truce.
Trump and Zinelnsky clashed last week, and Trump made the threat even more pressing by saying his Ukrainian counterpart “won’t be around for very long” without a ceasefire agreement.
Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, presented on Tuesday a plan to mobilize 800 billion euros ($840 billion) for Europe’s defense.
She claimed that the funding would “massively increase” Ukraine’s support and give it “immediate military equipment.”
An urgent summit of the EU’s members on Thursday is scheduled to cement their commitment to Ukraine.
On February 28, 2025, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in the White House’s Oval Office in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP)  
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Stab in the back
What they thought was a betrayal by Trump shocked ordinary Ukrainians who spoke to AFP.
A 33-year-old Kyiv financial assistant, Sofia, who only provided her first name, told AFP, “It’s like a stab in the back.”
Sergiy Sternenko, an army volunteer, posted a message on Telegram asking for Trump to “wants Ukraine’s surrender, the deaths of our people, the surrender of our territories.”
Poland’s government pointed out that America made the decision without consulting NATO allies, and that its weapons and aid logistics hub, which hosts Ukraine, already has evidence of its effects.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk remarked, “Reports coming in from the border, as well as from our hub confirm the announcements made by the American side.”
“Entire trains” carrying US supplies for Ukraine are being stopped and prevented from reaching their destination, according to French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who spoke to lawmakers in Paris.
He stated that France would use “all available means” to help the country close the aid gap left by the US decision.
According to The New York Times, the US pause affects the shipment of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine.
On February 28, 2025, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Washington, DC’s Oval Office. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP)
summit of the EU
Zelensky visited Washington last week to sign a multi-billion-dollar mineral deal, but it ended up being canceled following a confrontation with Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Zelensky stated on Tuesday that Kyiv was prepared to “anytime and in any convenient format” to sign a deal granting the US preferential access to Ukraine’s natural resources and minerals.
For the end of the war, Ukraine is requesting stringent security guarantees.
Kyiv is turning to other, Western-backed measures as the United States opposes its bid to join NATO.
Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the UK, contacted Zelensky over the phone on Tuesday, stating that “no one wanted peace more than Ukraine.”
Britain and France are looking into a proposal for a one-month Ukraine-Russian truce that might be backed up by troops on the ground following weekend crisis talks in London.
In a Monday interview with Fox News, Vance made fun of the idea of sending soldiers to Ukraine from “some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years.” Politicians in France and Britain reacted incredulously to that.
Udom Emmanuel, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operations for allegedly committing N700 billion fraud.
Emmanuel was detained after the EFCC invited him to respond to allegations that the Network against Corruption and Trafficking had laundered and diverted money from his account on Tuesday.
The petitioner claimed that Emmanuel left a 500 billion debt load and unpaid ongoing projects worth 300 billion dollars after receiving N3 trillion from the Federation Account in eight years. Additionally, it is said that he was allegedly incapable of keeping N700 billion accountable.
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Emmanuel is being interviewed by operatives, and the EFCC’s investigations are ongoing.
Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s representative, was contacted but could not be reached.
The Treasury Management and Revenue Assurance (TMRAS), a new revenue platform, was unveiled by the Federal Government on Tuesday.
The Remita platform, known as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved payment gateway, would still be operational, according to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) in a statement released on Tuesday.
Remita would be integrated into the TMRAS along with other eligible Payment Solution Service Providers (PSSPs) for government revenue collection and remittances in order to promote liberalization, according to a statement signed by an OAGF spokesperson, Bawa Mokwa.
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The Office claimed that the TMRAS policy was developed in accordance with President Bola Tinubu’s and Wale Edun’s recommendations to achieve effective treasury revenue assurance and improved budget performance across all ministries, departments, and agencies.
The Federal Government’s revenue collections and payments are managed by the Treasury Management and Revenue Assurance (TMRAS), which is intended to coordinate, streamline, and manage all MDAs’ Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
The office claimed that it would facilitate efficient, timely analysis of the information regarding government revenue payments and enhance revenue collections.
Remita is one of the “secured channels of revenue payment,” according to Remita. These other reliable payment systems will now be connected through the TMRAS (Tashlor Management and Revenue Assurance).
“So, it won’t just be Remita, but it will also be possible for all other payment service providers that are CBN licensed to operate.”
Remita has been the only approved payment gateway for Federal Government payments and revenue collection for at least two months, the OAGF clarified in order to lessen concerns about revenue payers and the general public.
Six Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) have been appointed, according to the Police Service Commission (PSC).
The commission’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, also announced the promotion of Uzuegbu Kanayo’s Commissioner of Police to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in a statement released on Tuesday.
Sadiq Abubakar, the new DIG, is the head of the Police Staff College Jos, and Williams Adebowale, the head of the Police Staff College Jos, are the new DIGs: Benjamin Okolo, the former AIG in Zone 16, Yenagoa, and AIG Department of Information Communication Technology, Force Headquarters Abuja.
Other members include Adebola Hamzat, AIG Zone 16 Yenagoa, AIG Zone 16, Annex Enugu, Annex Enugu, Idegwu Ukuoma, AIG Zone 14, Bzigu Bali, AIG Zone 16, and former Oyo State Command Commissioner of Police.
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Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Assistant Commissioner for Operations, Zone 9, Umuahia, Area Commander, Owerri, Area Commander Karu, Nasarawa state, Commander Switch Operation Switch, Portharcourt, Deputy Commissioner Finance and Admin Edo State Command, DCP, state CID, Osun State, and Commissioner of Police Operations, Communication, Force Headquarters, Abuja were the members of the commission’s list of AIGs.
The Commission also approved the appointment of Oyo and Enugu State Command police commissioners. CP Oyo State was created in the capacity of CP Ademola Johnson, the Inspector General of Police’s principal staff officer.
He also served as Delta State Command’s Deputy Commissioner. Enugu State’s CP Mamman Bitrus Giwa succeeds AIG Kanayo Uzuegbu, who was recently promoted. Prior to joining the Police Mobile Force, CP Giwa served as the former DCP Operations Kaduna and Imo State Command, ACP Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters Abuja, and CSP A, Commissioner of Police Mobile Force, Force Headquarters, among other positions.
Additionally, the Commission approved the promotion of eight Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next position. They are Margaret Okonkwo, Sani Abdu, Ifeanyi Owo, Vincent Orole, Elisha Atikinkpan, Sani Abdu, Sani Abdu, and Abdullahi Kamba Usman. Imo Owinizi Ezekiel and Alhasan Aliyu Guga are the other two.
“The newly promoted senior police officers were given written exams and an interactive oral interview.”
The Commission’s Chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), and Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, Justice of the Supreme Court, Commissioner representing the Judiciary in the Commission, DIG Taiwo Lakanu (rtd), Commissioner representing the Police, Onyemuchi Nnamani, Secretary of the Commission, were present.
