Vehicular movement was hampered and commuters stranded on Wednesday as students of the University of Benin blocked the Benin/Ore Highway in protest over a power outage in the institution’s campuses in Ugbowo and Ekhewan. The university was thrown into darkness following its inability to reach an agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company over perceived…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mrs Tosin Olagunju, be remanded in Suleja prison, Niger State, for obtaining N12.4m from job seekers under false pretence, with the promise that she could secure them employment. Mrs Olagunju, who was arraigned on…
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, who stole his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was hired as a driver. Daniel confessed to having taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. Briefing journalists at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday, the…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu was not part of his discussion with South-East governors in Enugu State on Tuesday. The former President and Chief Emeka Anyaoku met with the governors on their own invitation to discuss regional development issues. According to a statement on Wednesday by Special Assistant…
Nigeria’s upper legislative branch the Senate, on Wednesday, raised an alarm over the influx of substandard Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) or diesel into the Nigerian market. In a matter of urgent national importance, Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong observed that on June 16, 2024, a report revealed that…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to ignore the criticisms of FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday when he flagged off the construction of the Kugbo Bus Terminal in the FCT. The Senate President commended his host (Wike) for his infrastructure drive…
The personnel of the Anambra State Police Command have continued to get more battle-read to combat criminal elements and different kinds of crimes in the state, while also improving their professionalism and operational efficiency. The Command, led by CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has recently launched various training and retraining programs for its officers, with the…
The House of Representatives has introduced a bill seeking the creation of an additional state to be called Etiti State in the South East. The bill, titled: “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2024 (HB. 1525), was sponsored by Rep Amobi Godwin Ogah and four others and passed first reading at…
Chairman and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has condemned the latest increment of interest rate to almost 30 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank had increased the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) for the third straight time from 24.75 per cent to 26. 25 per cent in May….
Salihu Lukman, a Former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has opined that the Northerners serving in the Tinubu-led administration have been reduced to members of a choir group poorly singing ‘On your mandate we stand’. According to him, the opportunity for Northern political leaders to redeem themselves and return the…
