Tanker explodes on lagos/Ibadan expressway

25 May 2024

A fuel tanker on Saturday morning fell and caught fire at the lbafo/Aseese axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency said that no life was lost. Our correspondent, who went to the incident scene, met emergency responders-men of the Fire Rescue Services, Federal Road Safety Corps, and others working […]

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Gov Alia bans holding of public events beyond 10 pm in Benue

25 May 2024

It’s now an offence for families who lost their loved ones to organise wakes beyond 10 pm in Benue State. The state has also prohibited farming on empty unfenced plots of land in front of any premises, on the street, or by the roadside within urban areas; farming on undeveloped areas of government offices or […]

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Nigerian man’s wedding called off after he and his fiancée were arrested over alleged $3.123m fraud in the U.S.

24 May 2024

The wedding ceremony between a Nigerian man, Darlington Akporugo, and his fiancée, Jasmin Sood, which was billed to take place tomorrow, May 25 in Houston, USA, has been called off, following their arrest over alleged fraud. The couple was arrested in April on charges of conspiring to defraud more than a dozen elderly Americans who […]

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Let lecturers breathe do not suffocate us, ASUU tells Tinubu

24 May 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Nsukka Zone, has stated that it is not sharing in the joy of one year in office of President Bola Tinubu due to the administration’s unfulfilled promises Addressing journalists on Friday at the Benue State University, Makurdi, the Zonal Coordinator, Raphael Amokaha who decried the insensitivity of successive administrations […]

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“Even the one wey we dey use, nobi everybody sabi am” – Reactions as Bill to bring back “Nigeria, We Hail thee” as Nigeria’s anthem scales second reading at Senate

23 May 2024

A bill seeking to change the current national anthem titled “Arise, O Compatriots” to revert to the old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” has passed a second reading at the Senate. This is just as the Bill was passed at the House of Representatives on Thursday. It received an accelerated hearing at the lower […]

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Police arraigned four hospital workers over missing placenta and umbilical cord

23 May 2024

Police in Kwara State have arraigned four workers of the Cottage Hospital, Iloffa in the Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara over a missing baby placenta and umbilical cord in the hospital. The four suspects brought before two Kwara Magistrates Courts sitting in llorin on Wednesday and Thursday were Dr Ajibola Joseph, the resident doctor […]

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Cop accidentally killed by colleague in Jos market

23 May 2024

Tragedy struck at Terminus Market in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Wednesday, as a police officer attached to the enforcement team of the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) was accidentally shot dead by his colleague. Security operatives, including police officers and soldiers, were recently deployed by the state government to enforce regulations against […]

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FG approves $750m World Bank loan for rural electrification

22 May 2024

The Federal Government has approved a $750m World Bank funding for the construction of 1,200 mini-grids in rural communities across Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, disclosed this Tuesday, May 21, at a forum in Lagos. According to Aliyu, the loan was approved to close the gap between […]

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Labour Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦54,000 Wage Offer, Talks Continue Wednesday

22 May 2024

The tripartite minimum wage negotiation meeting involving Organised Labour, the federal and state governments, and the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in deadlock, following Labour’s dismissal of the government’s N54,000 offer as expected. Labour leaders also lamented the absence of state governors in the meeting to present their offers, as their representatives said they […]

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