There was a fire outbreak at Ports and Cargo Terminal berth 7 and 8 at Tin Can Island port, Lagos, on Thursday, July 20. A crane caught fire and affected a vessel, MV. ALGECIRAS EXPRESS, which was loaded with containers Eyewitnesses say the crane caught fire while off-loading containers from the vessel, which extended…
A 17-year-old Nigerian boy, Akor Kelechi Kingsley has broken the Guinness World Record for the most watermelon consumed in 30 seconds. Akor had since received approval from GWR before embarking on the challenge on Thursday. July 20.
The National Economic Council (NEC) is currently meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Kashim Shettima is provisionally presiding over the meeting that holds 48 hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) reviewed the petrol pump price from N540/litre to N617/litre. This is the second major increase…
The best-graduating student of Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf, has talked about how she excelled in school. In June, Yusuf became the first LASU undergraduate to get a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 5.0 in 40 years. Speaking with BBC Pidgin, the law graduate said she usually…
A young lady identified as Chinyere Awuda was allegedly beaten to death by fun seekers in a club inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was beaten to death for allegedly stealing…
The National Public Relations Officer of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Yakubu Suleiman, has said that even with the sudden hike in the pump price of petrol in Nigeria, the country still has the cheapest price of the product among other African countries. He stated this during a chat with ARISE…
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today July 20, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu access to doctors of his choice and medical records. The judge gave the order while ruling in a…
The number of Bureau de Change (BDC) dealers has been reduced from 5,689 previously approved last year to 2,991 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank on Wednesday published a list of approved BDCs which revealed that the licences of 2,698 BDCs had been revoked. Recall that a similar list was…
The PUNCH reports that the Nigerian Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is set to issue an order against moves by Point of Sale agents to hike transaction charges across the country. The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Babatunde Irukera, confirmed this exclusively to The PUNCH on Wednesday. According to him,…
Ejikeme Mmesoma has publicly tendered an apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). She apologised over the alleged forgery of her unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result. Mmesoma spoke on Wednesday when she appeared before an ad hoc committee of the house of representatives investigating the alleged forgery of result. Ishaq Oloyede,…