Not fewer than eight persons, among them students, were crushed to death when a tipper conveying sharp sand suffered break failure in Mpape, a settlement close to the Maitama District of Abuja. The incident, it was gathered, occurred yesterday around 4 p.m. before the Keke NAPEP Park along the road that leads to Mpape junction, […]
Manufacturers have expressed concerns as the price of diesel has risen to N1,275 per litre in Lagos and above N1,300 outside the state. The product is selling for N1, 270 per litre in Kano State and above that outside the metropolis, reports Daily Trust. This implies a 26 percent increase in the price of the […]
•NAFDAC DG Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has notified the public that the recalled G Fuel brand Energy Drinks by T&E Imports and GPAE Trading Corp, contains high levels of caffeine. The notification of this product is contained in a public alert with No. 034/2023, issued [...
The remaining student of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School, Kaduna, who was kidnapped along with 120 other students of the school when bandits attacked their school in July 2021 has finally regained his freedom. Available facts revealed that no specific ransom was paid for the release of the boy whom many have forgotten after several [&helli...
•Akpabio Joint unions in Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), have kicked against the announcement by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, referring to some members of the agency’s board as executive board members. The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil ...
•Falana and Tinubu Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says the problems the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are facing in conducting credible elections would be complicated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s appointment of members of political parties as Resident Electoral Officers. Falana, who was a guest on Channels ...
•Emefiele Justice Adegbola Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Adeniyi made the order after Emefiele filed a Motion Ex-parte, seeking his release from the custody of the Economic and...
•Lagos PPRO Hundeyin A 34-year-old man identified as John has died after drowning in the Elegushi Beach, in Lagos State, on Saturday, during a church hangout. It was gathered that the unnamed Ikorodu-based church had organised a picnic for its youths which the late John was a part of, reports The PUNCH. It was gathered […]
•Tinubu The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court for allegedly appointing a member of his party, the All Progressives Congress as Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The suit was filed by the Chairman and Secretary of the state PDP, Aniekan Akpan an...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, assured Nigerians of sufficient stock of currency notes for economic activities in the country. It was earlier reported that as the December 31 deadline for the use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes approaches, scarcity of cash has hit Kano and Borno states as well as […]

