Category: Breaking News
Police arrest fake doctor in Lagos
07 May 2024
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake medical doctor and practitioner, with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, Olatoye Durosinmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen in Lagos. Durosinmi said that operatives of the Zonal Anti-Piracy Unit arrested […]
Continue ReadingNAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna
04 Apr 2024
A Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Super Mushshak trainer aircraft crashed in Kaduna on Thursday. The Mushshak aircraft crashed at about 2:35 pm. A statement issued by NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, said no casualty was recorded as the two pilots escaped unhurt. “The accident, which occurred at about 3.5 nautical miles from Kaduna […]
Continue ReadingElectricity tariff rises to 300 percent
04 Apr 2024
The federal government has reportedly approved power companies’ move to raise electricity prices to N200 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour from N68 for urban consumers this month. Bloomberg news agency reported that these customers represent 15% of the population that the government says consume 40% of the nation’s electricity. The report added; “Nigerians will now have to […]
Continue ReadingEFCC arrests Bobrisky
04 Apr 2024
Popular social crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, famously known as Bobrisky, has been apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sources within the EFCC, who opted for anonymity due to unauthorized disclosure, confirmed the arrest to Peoples Gazette on Thursday. The circumstances surrounding the arrest remain unclear, as detailed information was […]
Continue ReadingResidents loots rice from warehouse
01 Apr 2024
Residents loot rice from Kebbi govt’s palliatives warehouse and broken down truck Residents of Kebbi state over the weekend engaged in widespread looting of both government and private- owned warehouses in the state. The hungry residents of the state targeted a government storage facility located in the Bayan Kara area, successfully overpowering the security forces […]
Continue ReadingUNILORIN expels, rusticates 19 students over examination malpractice
01 Apr 2024
University of Ilorin (Unilorin ) has expelled or rusticated 19 students involved in various offences. Their offences ranged from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, hostel bed-space racketeering, extortion and assault to admission racketeering, Those expelled included six final year students, the varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun stated in Ilorin on Monday. […]
Continue ReadingPresident Tinubu has appointed Dr Olayemi Michael Cardoso as the new CBN Governor
17 Sep 2023
#BREAKING: PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES NEW CBN GOVERNOR AND MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR SENATE SCREENING AND CONFIRMATION President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal
05 Sep 2023
Government workers in Nigeria are striking over the rising costs of living worsened by the removal of petrol subsidies. The Nigeria Labour Congress has begun a two-day “warning strike”, their second in more than a month, to protest against the growing cost of living caused by the government’s removal of petrol subsidies. The union, the […]
Continue ReadingElevators that killed Lagos doctor, Vwaere Diaso is unfit for use
28 Aug 2023
Elevator that killed Lagos doctor, Vwaere Diaso is unfit for use – NMA panel submits its findings An 11-member panel constituted by the Lagos state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to investigate the death of medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, in an elevator at the General Hospital, Lagos.
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