A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old motorcycle rider, Idris Agunbiade, to 21 years imprisonment for armed robbery. Justice Sherifat Sonaike sentenced Agunbiade after she found him guilty of the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery. The judge said that the sentence should run…
Pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has increased prices of DStv and GOtv for the third time in 2023. According to the update sent to subscribers, the new bouquet price which is a 17% hike will take effect from November 6, 2023. In the new update, GOtv subscribers will now pay N12,500 for the Supa+…
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, has hinted on the need to declare a state of emergency on malaria given the spate of the bacterial disease across the country. To this end, the House called on the Federal Government to subsidise malaria drugs if it cannot make them free at all government-owned health centres for…
The Lagos State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, on Thursday, called on stakeholders in the Lagos State transportation sector to make a law that would stop the sale of alcohol and drugs in motor parks across the state to reduce road fatalities. Speaking at the 2023 Ember Months Road Safety Campaign flag-off on…
BUA Industries Limited has been given a seven-day deadline by the Nigerian government, to submit and produce specific tax documents. Recall that some weeks back BUA Cement PLC made headlines for announcing that the price of their cement would drop from approximately N5,000 to N3,500. Per bag FIRS has demanded that the company settles with…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has condemned reports of insufficient stock of currency notes in the country. CBN through its Director Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, noted that there is sufficient stock to facilitate economic activities in the country. He made this known on the CBN Twitter handle X platform. In his words: “The attention…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has said he is neither a saint nor a criminal. The former Anambra State Governor added that he did his best and served meritoriously when he was Governor and also in the private sector. He stated that there is nothing wrong with Nigeria as…
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to all candidates participating in the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, as well as the electorate to ensure free and fair elections. The President made the appeal in Abuja during the presentation of the All Progressives Congress’ flags to the standard-bearers in the upcoming elections….
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has said that the loss of supply currently being experienced in Imo state is as a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in the state. This led to the union shutting down the source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving the company with…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday said the health condition of its President, Joe Ajaero is very critical and may be flown abroad for full medical examination after he was seriously beaten, brutalized and battered by alleged agents of the state including policemen on Wednesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Recall that suspected agents…
