The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has convicted a medical doctor and founder of MedContour Services Ltd, Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, for conducting a failed plastic surgery that led to the death of one Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020.

A former Director-General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera, disclosed this on Friday via X social media.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, has said that the fire incident that took place this morning was at a depot belonging to HOGL Energy Ltd (Honeywell Depot), and not an NNPC Retail Ltd.’s facility as reported.

Disclosing this in a statement on Friday, Olufemi O. Soneye. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, noted that the incident will not affect petroleum products supply and distribution across the country.

His words: “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) wishes to clarify that the fire incident at a tank farm in Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos, was at a depot belonging to HOGL Energy Ltd (Honeywell Depot), and not an NNPC Retail Ltd.’s facility as circulated by early responders.

“The fire, which has since been extinguished, was as a result of petroleum products spillage within the perimeter of the tank farm.

“Meanwhile, NNPC Ltd and other depots in the area have resumed loading activities.

“NNPC assures that the incident will, in no way, affect petroleum products supply and distribution across the country”.

The death toll from Wednesday’s attack on a mosque at Gadan, a community in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, has risen to 11, the police and residents of the area have said.

Residents said they buried at least 11 victims of the attack, mostly aged persons.

A resident of the community, Shafi’u Abubakar, had sprayed the mosque with fuel, locked worshippers inside and set it ablaze. The police initially said Mr Abubakar used a petrol bomb, but locals believed no explosive device was involved.

It would be recalled that one person died while on admission at the Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital following the incident that affected almost 40 people, including children.

The police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said on Thursday that 11 victims of the attack had died as of that morning.

Kiyawa said 13 more victims were receiving treatment at the Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital.

The police arrested Mr Abubakar immediately after the incident early Wednesday morning.

The state commissioner of police, Usaini Gumel, earlier told reporters that Mr Abubakar, 38, had told investigators that he targeted the worshippers over a family dispute over the sharing of an inheritance.

Residents who spoke feared that the casualty figures could rise judging by the severity of the injuries of those in hospital.