The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has denied that it had a dispute with independent petrol marketers over an alleged subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). There were reports that fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria clashed with the NNPC over whether the government was still paying subsidy….
An undercover journalist, Umar Audu, said he received his certificate from a Cotonou-based University in Benin Republic like a pizza within six weeks. Audu, a reporter with the Daily Nigerian newspapers, stated this in an interview on Channels Television monitored by our reporter on Wednesday. He said, “This certificate will be delivered to you just…
The deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu says his decision to run for governorship was divine. Shaibu, however, said despite receiving divine signals to run for the election, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has his own plan. Speaking during an interview on a private broadcast television station in Lagos, Shaibu warned that the…
Africa’s biggest pay-TV broadcaster SuperSport will not broadcast the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). This is because the broadcaster has not been ‘able to secure rights for the tournament’. SuperSport disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. However, the 2023 AFCON will be available on Free To Air (FTA) Channels. The 2023 AFCON is…
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has expressed no apologies for backing the re-election of Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, in the November 11, 2023, governorship election. He believes it was the right decision, as Governor Diri enjoyed widespread support among the people of Bayelsa. Jonathan made this statement on Tuesday when Governor Diri and a high-level…
The Rivers State House of Assembly says Edison Ehie was never elected as its Speaker. Recall that Ehie, who is a loyalist to Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, had resigned as Speaker of the Assembly as part of efforts to ensure peace between the governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom…
Some personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigerian Army have been captured on camera fighting in Lagos State. In a short clip uploaded on Tuesday morning on the X platform (formerly Twitter), a group of FRSC officers were seen shouting at and dragging two soldiers who also attempted to beat up…
The man who guided the Golden Eaglets to win the first edition of the U-17 World Cup in 1985, in China Sebastine Brodericks-Imasuen, has died. Sabara as he is popularly called had been on life support at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for more than a year. It was gathered that the deceased had…
Nigerian celebrities and some fans of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, on Wednesday, took to social media to celebrate the artiste who would have clocked 28 today if he were to be alive. Mohbad, a former signee of Marlian Records owned by Azeez Fashola, known as Naira Marley, died at the…
Two Croatian children celebrated their birthdays on different dates after they were born a minute apart. The two children, twins were born just a minute apart but in different years. According to hospital documents, One of the girls was born at 23:59 on December 31, and the other a minute after midnight on January 1….
