Nigeria
4 Apr
Candy Love Nature Care Limited, has introduced a 28-day detox tea and flat tummy food supplement, to help its clients live totally healthy lifestyle. Candy Love Nature Care Limited, founded by Asaruchi Queen Smith, has branches in the United Kingdom, Port Harcourt and Lagos. It started operation in 2017 and has grown to become the…
4 Apr
The Social Democratic Party, on Thursday, presented one witness at the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal, who admitted that the SDP had agents across the polling units in the state.
4 Apr
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has apologised to its Band A customers who were charged the new tariff of N225 Per Kilowatt Hour. The DisCo made the apology in a notice via its X handle stating that they are aware of the wrong charges by Band A customers who tried to recharge their meters…
4 Apr
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday. Bobrisky is expected to be docked by the anti-graft agency on allegations concerning money laundering and Naira abuse. The crossdresser, who was arrested on Wednesday by…
4 Apr
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted a popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky bail. Sources at the commission said Bobrisky has been granted bail but is yet to meet the bail conditions for his release. The bail conditions were however not disclosed but it was learnt that Bobrisky may have to hand over his…
4 Apr
Kwara State Government has refuted claims that it is behind the current corruption trial of former Governor Abdulfatahi Ahmed, saying the burden of governance does not permit any distractions or targeting of anyone, including former public officials. In a statement on Thursday, Kwara State Commissioner for Communications Bola Olukoju said the trial of the former…
4 Apr
President Bola Tinubu has assured that the future of Nigerian children is going to be brighter after he signed the Student Loans Re-enactment Bill into law. Tinubu spoke on Wednesday night when he hosted members of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and the Independent Campaign Council to Iftar at the State House, Abuja. "The only…
4 Apr
The Senate said on Thursday that it would debate the 300 per cent hike in electricity tariff and take a position in favour of ordinary Nigerians upon resumption from recess. Chairman Senate's Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, dropped the hint in an interview. READ ALSO: List of Lagos areas on Band A…
4 Apr
Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday inaugurated two commissions of inquiry into cases of political violence and misappropriation of public assets during the past administration. The commissions are expected to investigate cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence, and missing persons between the period of 2015 and 2023. They are expected to…
4 Apr
Ahead of the November 16 Ondo State governorship election, the Action Democratic Party (ADP), has pegged its nomination and expression of interest forms at N12.5 million. ADP National Chairman, Yabaji Sani, stated this on Thursday in Abuja, when an aspirant, Ayodeji Emmanuel Akinnodi, picked the forms. Sani expressed confidence that the party would trounce the…
4 Apr
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 14 suspects involved in oil theft and also uncovered an illegal oil refining site with a capacity to produce over 9.6million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) per day in creeks around Elem Krakama in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Navy in an exercise conducted by the…
4 Apr
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, approved an increase in the electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. The Vice Chairman of NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see customers paying N225 kilowatts per hour (KW/h) more than the current N66. Customers under Band A are to enjoy 20–24 hours of…
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Ahead of the Ondo State governorship poll, the National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has called on aggrieved aspirants of the party to bury their hatchet and work in concert with Governor Lucky Aidatiwa towards his victory. Speaking at the start of the reconciliatory meeting held Thursday at…
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Wednesday, April 24, will ever remain memorable in the minds of residents, passersby, and business owners along Atiku Abubakar Avenue, Uyo, as it marked a major turning point in the gory history of the road and its environs, with the inauguration of projects by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Inaugurating the 1.3-kilometre, 8-metre-deep, 2x2x0.3-metre-deep underground flood…
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The Taraba State Police Command has paraded 28 suspects arrested for various offenses, including kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide, cybercrime, banditry, cattle rustling, criminal conspiracy, and theft. Commissioner of Police David Iloyanomon addressed journalists at the police headquarters in Jalingo and highlighted the collaborative efforts between law enforcement agencies and the public, which have resulted…
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Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun, on Thursday, said the government has shut down 12 private schools for safety infractions and illegal operations. Speaking at the ongoing annual ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Alli-Balogun, said the decision was to…
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Senator Ayogu Eze, a former lawmaker who represented Enugu North Senatorial District between 2007 to 2015, is dead. The former senator who was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) died in an Abuja Hospital after a protracted illness. Born in 1958, Eze died at 66. Although the cause of his death was…
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Dana Air has announced that it is processing refunds for flights affected after it was suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo directed the NCAA to suspend the airline to conduct a safety and financial audit following a runway incursion incident involving one of the…
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The Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, has hailed road marshals nationwide for their doggedness and sacrifices in checkmating routes violations thereby reducing road traffic accidents by 42 per cent.
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The Oyo State Police Command has announced that it is investigating a shooting incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday, April 22nd, at a popular nightclub along the "Under G" area of Owode-Ogbomoso. The police, in a statement on Thursday, said the shooting incident claimed the life of one Iyanda Damilola. A distress…
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Authorities have confirmed the escape of 118 inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger state, following a heavy downpour that wreaked havoc on the facility, Wednesday night. The rain which lasted hours was said to have destroyed part of the main facility and the perimeter fence giving way for the inmates to escape.…
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A yet-to-be-identified elderly passenger has passed away in a commercial bus while travelling along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Kwara State. Eyewitnesses said the deceased was believed to be in his late 60s. The incident, which left fellow passengers in shock, reportedly occurred after the bus experienced mechanical problems near Ote town. According to Abeni Okin,…