Large consignments of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, being imported by major oil marketers, are to hit Nigeria from next week and may force down the price of the commodity, both major and independent dealers stated on Sunday. It was also gathered that crude oil refiners were currently releasing refined petroleum products on credit […]
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Two fishermen identified as Antonio Sabino and Osorio Pires from Neves in the SaôTomē and Principe were on Sunday rescued in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria, five days after they got lost in the Atlantic Ocean. The Portuguese-speaking fishermen were said to have been rescued by a trawler fishing around the […]
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INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Presidential Petition Election Court has adjourned to Tuesday, July 4, the hearing of the defence filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The court on June 23 fixed Monday, July 3 for respondents to open their case in defence of the petition filed by aggrieved parties challenging the outcome […]
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By Martins Oloja Despite the complexity of managing expectations and priorities these days, another time has again come to reflect on this thing called federal character in the context of the urgency of nation-building. As I have noted here several times, the urgent task before us is how to rebuild this country’s broken walls. I […]
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Edo State Police Command has arrested two students of the University of Benin over the death of their friend, Francis Anuide, who drowned in Ekosodin River, Benin, where the trio had gone swimming. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrested students are a 200-level student of Biochemistry and a 500-level student of Optometry. […]
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By Tola Adeniyi Say what you like, but for the Nigeria Media, those who were hell-bent on destroying the country would have succeeded a long time ago. It was the design of the destroyers, right from the inception of the so-called Amalgamation, not to allow the peaceful and all-trusting indigenous inhabitants of the space now […]
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The suspension of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and his subsequent arrest and detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) may appear plausible, even predictable to many Nigerians who readily blame the apex banker for their financial woes, particularly in the last days of former President Muhammadu Buhari government. […]
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Residents of the Trademore estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday took to the streets to protest the planned demolition of buildings. The Guardian reports that they carried placards with different messages, calling on the government to improve the waterways to tackle the persistent flooding in the area […]
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The National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Police Service Commission ( PSC), to pay retired AIG Mbu Joseph Mbu the sum of N40 million as general damages. The payment as ordered by Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, was for the unlawful retirement of Mbu before he attained the mandatory age of 60 years. “I hold that […]
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Mr. Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa Chapter, has commended the reconciliatory effort of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his immediate past predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode. In a statement on Monday, he commended Sanwo-Olu for attending Ambode’s 60th birthday party and praising him for his dedication to […]
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