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Ondo Chocolate Factory: Akeredolu’s aide disagrees with Senator over sale of Factory

The Senator representing Ondo Central, Ayo Akinyele, has alleged that some aides of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, are selling some state assets fraudulently following the Governor’s ill-health. However, aide to the Governor has dispelled the allegations saying due process was followed. Akinyele, in a media briefing in Abuja is accusing the Senior Special […]

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Lawmakers Threaten To Issue Warrant of Arrest on CBN Governor Over Old Naira Notes Deadline

Members of the House of Representatives have threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of other banks The threat was issued by the Speaker of the House, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary following the disclosure of […]

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Buhari chairs 14-man committee to enforce official price amidst worsening fuel scarcity

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 […]

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Fire Razes Bashorun Market in Ibadan

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 […]

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Fuel queues

Concerns as Petrol Price Hits N300 per litre in Cities Across Nigeria

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 […]

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SERAP on Buhari

SERAP Accuses Buhari’s Administration of Delay in Implementing Judgment Against Corruption

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 […]

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Police IG, Usman Baba, Gets Tenure Extension Ahead of General Election

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 […]

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FEC Approves N1.9 trn For NNPCL to Build 44 Roads

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.

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Sister Andre: World’s Oldest Person dies aged 118

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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Students sent to hospital after doing 400 push-ups

Football players in a school in Texas were rushed to the hospital after gruelling team workout leaving parents horrified at the development. High school football players of Rockwall-Heath, in Texas were forced to do nearly 400 push-ups without a water break with resultant medical condition. Dr Osehotue Okojie, a parent of one student who had […]


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