Oil marketers stated on Friday warned that the frequent appearance of queues of desperate motorists at filling stations in search of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, could affect the Christmas and New Year festivities. It was also gathered that oil marketers were now free to sell petrol at any rate as the Federal…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore on Wednesday, knocked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, over the newly-redesigned naira notes. Sowore accused Buhari and Emefiele of playing Nigerians by redesigning the naira. In a tweet, the AAC presidential candidate described the…
A new report has revealed that Nigeria’s naira is among the world’s worst-performing currencies, after Ghana’s cedi, which is down nearly 55% this year, and the Sri Lankan Rupee. Bloombery reported that Naira’s peers include Sierra Leone’s Leone, which is down 36%, and the Egyptian pound, which has lost 35%. Nigeria’s economy operates a tightly…
Sonia, the daughter of federal lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday appeared in court accused of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to Daily Mail, the younger Ekweremadu, was accused alongside her father Ike Ekweremadu, 60, her mother Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, and 50-year-old doctor Obinna Obeta of…
Convicted internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, is about to be sentenced to jail. It has been revealed that the Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Hushpuppi, would know his fate over fraud charges on Monday in the United States. Earlier on Friday, reports flooded the media space that Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years…
As many as 146 people have died in a really tragic manner in South Korea. They were confirmed dead and 150 others injured in a crowd stampede in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Saturday night. The unfortunate incident happened during Halloween celebrations, the local fire department has disclosed. The incident occurred in the…
Princess Taibat Adeyemi, a former Commissioner in Oyo State and daughter of the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamide Adeyemi, has honoured her late father by marking her birthday today in his outfit. The princess revealed she wore his outfits to show how much she misses him. “The saying goes “you never know what you…
54-year-old man, Dauda Bello was on July 7th arrested by operatives of Ogun state police command for allegedly killing one Mrs. Mesesi Adisa, a 71-year-old woman after which he cut off the victim’s wrists and ankles. The suspect was arrested following the sudden disappearance of the victim, who left home on the 8th of June…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has reacted to the terrorist attack at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre. While condemning the attack, Lawan said the success of the terrorist attack was as a result of the failure of the country’s security architecture. He said this after leading a delegation of the leadership of the Senate to…
Controversy has surrounded the whereabouts of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, after bandits attacked Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, where he was kept. The PUNCH had reported that gunmen attacked the Custodial Centre in the Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Tuesday night. During the attack which lasted hours, some inmates…