The price of a bag of sachet water has been increased from N150 to N200, the Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) has announced. The Oye-Ekiti and Ikole-Ekiti Zonal Chairman of the association, Tale Oguntoyinbo, announced this in a statement in Oye -Ekiti on Friday, February 25. According to Oguntoyinbo, the price increment was necessary…
Following the invasion of Ukraine, Facebook has restricted Russian state media’s ability from earning money on the social media platform. “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world,” Nathaniel Gleicher, the social media giant’s security policy head, said on Twitter on Friday. He added…
Two children kidnapped in Rivers state have been rescued by the state police command. Three suspects linked to the kidnap of the children aged four and 12 were also arrested. The victims were kidnapped from their mother’s shop on September 25, 2020. The state Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka who paraded the suspects, said the command…
Alexei Shebarshin, Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, has assured the Nigerian government that its citizens won’t be harmed following the invasion of Russia in Ukraine. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who met with the envoy behind closed doors on Friday, February 25, quoted Shebarshin as saying that Nigeria is a friendly nation to…
Senator Shehu Sani has a word of advice for Nigerians dying to study abroad amid the invasion of Russia in Ukraine. He urged them to stay back home and get into any of the Universities in Nigeria. According to him, it is better to hustle with ASUU than get trapped by war and racism in…
The sum of Thirty-five million Naira has been recovered from robbers that invaded four banks in Uromi, headquarters of Esan North-East Local government Area of Edo State on Thursday, February 24. According to reports, shortly after the robbers fled the scene, Ubiaja youths were able to block Ubiaja Road by the rail line, forcing the…
Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the fire outbreak on his farm by hoodlums in Benue state. The former President whose mango plantation located at Hawe in Aliade area of Gwer East Local Government was burnt down in January 2022, said this on Friday February 25 while receiving a delegation from Benue State and…
Bello Shagari, one of the grandsons of late former President Shehu Shagari, has disclosed that his grandfather only spent N200 of his personal funds which is less than N250,000 today during the first presidential campaign in 1979. He made the disclosure on Friday, February 25, while celebrating the late ex-president’s 97th Posthumous Birthday. “Do you…
Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans has been found guilty by a court The Lagos High Court in Ikeja found Evans guilty on a two-count of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The victim is the Managing Director of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi on Friday convicted Evans alongside two of his…
Following the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, Nigerian clerics are calling for prayers to salvage the situation. Russian forces launched attacks on military formations in Ukraine on Thursday. Although Russia President Vladimir Putin insists that civilians are not the target, several persons have been killed and others wounded in attacks. Commenting on the development,…