President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the constitution of a 14-man steering committee to enforce petroleum products supply and compliance with official prices. This is in response to outrage by consumers of petroleum over the worsening scarcity of the commodity amidst price hikes that have primarily become unregulated. In a statement yesterday, Buhari who has […]
Barely a week after fire gutted a spare parts market at Araromi, another market in Ibadan was razed on Thursday overnight. Many shops in the Bashorun market were gutted by the fire that reportedly started late Thursday night. Men of the fire service have put out the fire as traders scrambled to salvage what is […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, took its presidential campaign rally to Oyo state even as the Governor, Seyi Makinde was conspicuously absent. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP standard-bearer, who spoke at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the venue of the presidential campaign, commended Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, for ensuring that the rally […]
On Thursday, at the All Progressive s Congress rally in Rivers State, twin explosions were recorded to have disrupted the large gathering in Rumu-Woji in the Mile One axis of Port Harcourt. It was gathered that the Rivers State APC governorship candidate, Tonye Cole and the other candidates vying for various positions were present at […]
In a much anticipated exhibition match, the Al Nassr Star, Cristiano Ronaldo put up a show of class scoring two in an exhibition match between Al Nassr and Paris Saint German of France in Saudi which ended in a 5-4 winning triller for PSG The star-studded match saw the five-time Ballon d’Or winner scored a […]
There is growing concern as scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called Petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Ibadan, Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, and Minna, among other places. Marketers alluded to inaccessibility to the product as only two depots were dispensing the commodity in […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has accused the administration of President Buhari of non-implementation of several groundbreaking judgments obtained so far. In a press briefing in Lagos tagged ‘Failed Promises: Corruption in the Water, Health and Education Sectors in Nigeria, SERAP Deputy Director, Oluwadare Kolawole said failure to implement court judgment is ‘incompatible […]
The tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has been extended amidst speculations of his likely retirement before the general election starting February 25. The extension was contained in a letter to relevant authorities following tenure elongation by the President. Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, speaking to newsmen after the Federal […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its first meeting in 2023 on Wednesday, approved the proposal by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its subsidiaries to invest N1.9 trillion for the reconstruction of 44 selected federal roads across the country.
The world’s oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118. Born in 1904 in southern France as Lucile Randon, she assumed the name Sister Andre when she became a nun in 1944, she has lived through two world wars and witnessed 27 French heads of state. She died in her sleep at her […]
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