Due to the hike in petroleum products and exchange rate in the country, bakers under the aegis of the Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN) have disclosed that most of its members have started to shut down their operations. The President of the association, Emmanuel Onuorah, who spoke to The Cable, said things in the…
Following the continued attacks on communities and public facilities in Kaduna State and the country as a whole, the Senate on Tuesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to declare a full-scale war against terrorists, to fully secure all the nation’s territory from them in whatever guise. The upper legislative chamber also called on the Army and…
The Secretary-General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria, Barrister Musa-Lawal Ozigi, has been reportedly killed after terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train. Scores of passengers have been declared missing while others are receiving treatment at the hospital since the train attack. Bandits, already declared terrorists, used Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to stop the…
Six corp members abducted by bandits have been rescued by men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun, in collaboration with security agencies in Kogi State. Two leaders of the kidnap gang were also arrested by the security outfit after the payment of N1 million out of the N2 million ransom demanded before…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has blamed rising food and fuel prices in the country on external forces. Reacting on behalf of the government, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, described the rising prices of petroleum products in the country as a global problem. The minister who spoke at a press conference in Abuja said…
A suspected fraudster, Emmanuel David has opened up on what he used the proceeds from the fraud to achieve. He disclosed that he used the ill-gotten funds to pay for his post-University Matriculation Test Examination expenses and accommodation. David, who was nabbed by the Osun State Police Command, alongside two other teenagers, Chibuike Godspower, 16,…
A man has been remanded in prison for calling Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state a s#x maniac. The Akwa Ibom State Magistrates’ Court gave the remand order against 40-year-old Mr Idongest Idiok. Udom had accused him of publishing libelous statements against him. Idiok, who used the profile name, Soundcraft Owo OBA, on Facebook,…
A notorious fraudster, Mohammed Sani Zubair, has been handed a two years sentence by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja for defrauding a retired Army General. A statement by the EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said Mr Zubair, a serial fraudster was first arraigned on October 8,…
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced it will be suspending its operations following yesterday’s attack by terrorists. NRC said it has temporarily suspended its service along the Abuja-Kaduna route due to unforeseen circumstances. It made this announcement on Tuesday morning. Recall that the Kaduna-bound train with an unspecified number of passengers on board was…
Seven victims have been reportedly trapped under a container that fell on three vehicles along the LASU-Igando road, Lagos. It was gathered that the container was being transported on a truck to an unknown destination when it fell on the vehicles between Omark and Akeson bus stop in Igando on Monday, March 28. One of…