Four persons died in a lone accident along the Sagamu-Ore-Benin expressway on Friday. The accident which occurred at the Ijebu-Ode axis of the highway claimed the lives of all the occupants of the vehicle. The FRSC Public Education Officer in Ogun State, Florence Okpe confirmed the accident to journalists in […]
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Capacity Building: IGP orders reorientation programs, arms drill for personnel
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has ordered regular and continuous reorientation courses, arms drills and Baton and Rifle Exercises (BARE) for all Police personnel across the country. The IGP reaffirmed his commitment to repositioning the NPF through modern global practices through training and retraining of police officers and […]
Tinubu signs amended Electricity Act bill into law
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this in a statement he signed on Friday titled ‘President Tinubu assents to Electricity Act (amendment) bill. The Presidency revealed that the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, […]
NLC, TUC issue 14-day ultimatum to FG over non-implementation of agreements
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement both parties reached after the removal of the petrol subsidy. In a statement signed by the leaders of the two labour unions, Joe […]
Ex-NDDC director Cairo Ojougboh is dead, Tinubu, Atiku mourn
A former Executive Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Cairo Ojougboh, is dead. A family source, who confirmed his death to Newsmen, said he slumped in his Abuja office while watching the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa late Wednesday. President Bola […]
Abducted Plateau Catholic Priests Regain Freedom
The two abducted Claretian missionaries at the Parish Rectory of Saint Vincent De Paul Parish in Fier, Catholic Diocese of Pankshin, have regained freedom from their abductors. According to the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Plateau State Chapter, Reverend Father Polycarp Lubo, the priests were released in […]
NNPCL Says There Is No plan to hike fuel price.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday said it was not planning to increase the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol. The NNPCL in a statement by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians against panic buying of petrol. Oil marketers expressed fears that there […]
IPOB Rejects Continuous Trial Of Nnamdi Kanu
The Indigenous People of Biafra, on Thursday, rejected the further court trial of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The group said it was standing on the ruling by the Appeal Court in Abuja, on October 13, 2022, which discharged and acquitted Kanu of all the charges against him by the […]
Anambra Govt busts baby factory near university, rescues 6 pregnant teenagers, arrests 5.
The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from ‘a baby-making factory’ at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state. Dr Afam Obidike, state’s Commissioner for Health told journalists after the raid that the camp where babies were being sold, had […]
FG orders immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice, maize.
The food crisis in the country, coupled with the inflationary trend, has compelled the federal government to order the release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize to Nigerians. The government has also disclosed that it may embark on the importation of whatever shortfalls may be experienced to augment […]