Oil marketers have sent a warning to the federal government alleging that petrol may sell N800/litre soon. The marketers claim that once subsidy on PMS is removed, the price of petrol will skyrocket, according to a report by Punch. Industry operators had repeatedly stated that the high cost of subsidy on petrol was a burden…
Dr Ayasen Kemeakigha, the Dean of Student Affairs at Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University, NDU, died in a tragic car crash along the Tombia Amasomma Road while he was on his way from the institution to Yenagoa, the capital of the state on Saturday, January 21. A statement by the Bayelsa State Police Command…
A 17-year-old man and a 27-year-old have been confirmed dead while working at in a pit toilet at Sabon Gari Market in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State on Saturday. The victims died while opening up the chamber for easy use. Spokesman of the state’s fire service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated in Kano on…
Gunmen have invaded the Gambar Sabon Layi community in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State and killed no fewer than five people. They also kidnapped one person in the process leaving the community in total confusion. Our correspondent learned from a resident of the community who craved anonymity, that the gunmen stormed…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested 19 suspects for burning down Kafin-Koro Police Station in protest over the killing of a Catholic priest, Reverend Fr. Isaac Achi. Spokesman for the Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the arrest in a statement said about 28 other suspects are presently at large. “On 17/01/2023 at…
21-year-old beauty queen, Miss Wales, has been hospitalized after she sustained severe injuries in a car crash. Darcey Corria was involved in the crash near Bridgend, south Wales which closed parts of the M4 for several hours. She is reported to have broken two bones in her neck and her pelvis in the accident. She…
A 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, identified as Joseph Olona has reportedly committed su*cide. The lifeless body of the deceased was found on Saturday found dangling from the ceiling in his room. He was said to have taken his own life at his off-campus lodge situated within Aule axis, Akure,…
Following the January 31, 2023 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to deposit all old notes, residents, especially businessmen and women across Kaduna State, have started rejecting the old notes for business transactions. Residents have lamented the situation as commercial banks in the state still dispense old Naira notes. Our correspondent observed…
A nine-man gang of serial ritualists known as “Karangiya” who specialize in dismembering body parts of their victims has been arrested by Borno police command. Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar told newsmen on Friday, January 20, that the suspects were arrested on December 16, 2022, by men of the command. Their last operation involved a…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that any commercial bank that fails to pick up the new naira notes for distribution will be fined N1 million daily. The announcement was made by Adeleke Adelokun, a deputy director at CBN, during a sensitization program with traders on the new Naira notes at Ayegbaju International…