Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has been re-elected as Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Akinsanya, Alhaji Sulyman Ojora – Deputy Chairman; Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle (Sego) – Treasurer and 20 other executive members were elected unopposed yesterday at the 10th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference held at…
On Thursday, November 30, authorities from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and security personnel discovered an illicit oil refining facility in Mabushi, situated opposite the Mobile filling station on Ahmadu Bello way in Abuja. The Director of the Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mukhtar Galadima, after the operation said the illegal refining site…
The pan-Yoruba social-political group, Afenifere, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the Port Harcourt Refinery begins operation in December as promised. It should be recalled that the Federal Government had assured Nigerians that the local refinery would commence production by December. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (oil), had, while inspecting…
Men of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested eight kidnap suspects around the Maigana General Aea in the Soba Local Government Area of the state. This was according to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansur Hassan, in Kaduna on Thursday. According to him, the suspects have been responsible for…
Three students have been shot at Lifecamp Government Secondary School, in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT.L The students were reportedly shot by some boys who came to the school with guns. A highly placed source who disclosed this to our correspondent said the incident happened on Thursday within the school premises. The incident occurred 500…
A fighter plane that took part in a daring raid on Italy just days before the Allies invaded has been found more than 80 years after its pilot vanished. Warren Singer, a US airman, disappeared with his P-38 Lightning on August 25, 1943, during an attack on airfields near Foggia, Italy. The mission hoped to delay Italy’s…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the demolition of property across the country. In a statement on his X account on Thursday, Obi expressed concern, urging the government to focus on alleviating economic hardships and implementing measures to lift people out of poverty. He wrote, “It’s with complete despondency and…
A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, told Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, that N1.219 billion was airlifted to the former Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose. According to Obanikoro, the inability of a defunct commercial bank, Diamond Bank, to disburse the colossal sums of money prompted…
Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday in Abeokuta shot dead an accountant of the Ogun State Government, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi, and escaped with the money he just withdrew from the bank. Oyekanmi was said to be the Director of Finance and Accounts at the Governor’s Office. No official could say how much was withdrawn…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has given Nigerians the assurance that automation of the passport application process will begin next week. Recall that he first hinted about it in an October 4 interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying citizens would be able to use the feature from December. He made an appearance…