Author: TheRadarNewsNG

Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution backing its plan for the disputed Western Sahara region. Known as Unity Day, the holiday will celebrate Morocco’s “national unity and territorial integrity,” according to a statement from the royal palace. On Friday, the UN approved a resolution describing genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as the “most feasible solution” to the 50-year-old conflict over the disputed territory. Morocco already controls much of Western Sahara, though part of it remains under the control of the Polisario Front, an armed…

Today, Monday, numerous private depots in Nigeria, especially in Lagos, were notably empty as the Dangote Refinery began distributing petrol on a large scale to retail outlets across 12 Nigerian states. Marketers and retailers, who have traditionally relied on private depot supply chains, have now rerouted their trucks to Dangote’s facilities due to the significant price benefits they offer, which are hard to overlook. At the refinery’s loading area, petrol was priced at ₦820 per litre, which is a noticeable deviation from the existing depot prices in Lagos. On Friday, WOSBAB and AITEO set their prices at ₦836, while MENJ…