The police have rescued 126 workers allegedly held hostage for three months at the Popular Farms and Mills Limited located in Challawa Industrial Estate, Kano State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed this in a statement, added that four officials of […]
Nigeria
Update on Coronavirus shows that Nigeria recorded six hundred and forty nine new cases of Coronavirus yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the country to twenty two thousand and twenty
Six hundred and forty nine new cases of #COVID19 were reported in Nigeria yesterday. The new cases brought the total figure of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria to 22,020 after. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, who disclosed this, gave the breakdown of the newly confirmed cases of […]
Oil workers shelve planned strike
The three days strike by oil workers scheduled to commence yesterday was suspended following the intervention of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timpre Sylva, in the crisis. The General Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Mr Lumumba Okugbawa, while giving an update on […]
Four in Police net over fake bank alerts, another for luring Filipino lady to Nigeria
The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects over alleged generation of fake bank alerts and sending same as evidence of online payment for transactions to defraud their victims. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said […]
Update on Coronavirus shows that Nigeria recorded 452 new cases yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 21,371.
Update on Coronavirus indicates that 452 new cases of #COVID19 were recorded yesterday in Nigeria. This figure brings the total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria to 21,371. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the breakdown of the newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country […]
EFCC Arraigns Indian Illegal Oil Dealer in Nigeria
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, arraigned one Rahul Pathania, an Indian, and a vessel, M.V. Bount, before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on three-count charges bothering on illegal dealing in petroleum products. The defendant was arrested […]
Banditry: Military Moves Army Day Celebration To Katsina.
The army has decided to relocate this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration to Katsina State, to kick-start a major exercise tagged “Ex Sahel Sanity”, with a view to checking banditry in the northwest. The spokesman of the Army, Colonel Sagir Musa, told journalists in Abuja that this was one of […]
Discos blames poor customer metering on high import duty
Power distribution Companies (Discos) has attributed the outrageous import duty on meters, imposed by the Nigerian government, to low metering of electricity users in the country. In a statement issued by the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) in Abuja yesterday, Discos appealed to Nigerian government for a downward review […]
Man, 39 allegedly kills girlfriend, commits suicide
A 39 years old man, Chris Ndukwe, and his girlfriend, one 25 years old Olamide Alli, have been found dead in a room at Victory Point Estate, Ilasan. The man, according to the police in Lagos, was suspected to have stabbed the girlfriend to death before allegedly poisoning himself. The […]
Ghana’s Traditional Head Justifies demolition of Nigeria’s High Commission building.
The Head of the Osu Traditional Area and the Chairman of the National House of Chiefs, Okwei Kinka Dowuona in Ghana, has justified the demolition of building identified as an extension of the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana. The Head of Osu stool in a statement obtained by journalists, revealed […]