David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has convened a meeting with prominent cement manufacturers to discuss the escalating cost of cement. He expressed worry that, despite huge patronage by road and housing contractors to cement manufacturers, the cost of the product was rising at an astronomical rate. A statement signed by the Minister’s Special…
The Ogun Police Command has apprehended a seven-man gang suspected to specialize in trafficking human body parts for money rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed that a human heart and two kegs filled with human body parts were parts of exhibits recovered from the suspects. The men arrested on Thursday were identified…
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has lashed out at President Bola Tinubu over the sealing of warehouses. Lamenting over the ongoing hardship and hunger in the country, she stated that Tinubu wants to use hunger to kill Nigerians. Yesufu alleged that the President wants people to reach the stage where they will sell their…
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 4 have reportedly intercepted a shipment of weapons destined to be delivered to Bakura, a Boko Haram factional leader in the Lake Chad region. An intelligence and security counterinsurgency group with a special interest in Lake Chad and North East Nigeria, known as Phantom Eye…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that he would not establish a price control board or approve the importation of food as measures to cushion the hardship in the country. Nigerians, in the last few weeks, have taken to the streets to protest against hardship in the country. An action which was painted by…
Social commentator Reno Omokri has responded to President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of his son-in-law, Oladimeji Ojo, as the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority, FHA. Ojo was one of the beneficiary of the President’s approval of the reconstitution of the Executive Management teams of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Housing and…
As investigators from the United States National Transportation Safety Board intensify their inquiry into the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Access Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, his family, and associates in California, several notable Nigerians have been visiting the bereaved family members in Lagos. The US NTSB had…
The Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has disclosed that the nation needs to start implementing a cost-effective tariff model as it can no longer sustain subsidised electricity. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, February 14, Adelabu disclosed that the country owes Generating Companies (GenCos) N1.3 trillion and gas companies $1.3billion. The minister…
The naira has again tumbled against the dollar at the exchange rate market. Vanguard reported that the naira yesterday depreciated to N1,565 per dollar at the parallel market from N1,510 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the naira yesterday depreciated to N1,503.38 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data from FMDQ showed…
Former senator and social activist, Shehu Sani, has urged the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to investigate the allegation of usage of “juju” (charm) by the goalkeeper of the Ivory Coast national team, Yahia Fofana in the just concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON). “FIFA should investigate the alleged use of Juju by…