Importers have reacted with outrage to a new policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria requiring foreign suppliers to register on a CBN portal and operate a pricing system regulated by the bank. The new policy is bound to lead to scarcity of goods in the country and will trigger inflation, they warned. The CBN […]

The police in Imo State have attributed the killing of seven persons at Mmaahu community in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state to cult activities. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, yesterday, gave the names of those killed as Charles Mgbarahor, Funky Anane, Charity Nwachukwu, Edeme Okoro, Isaac Ojenya, Ndubuisi Nwabusi and […]

Two persons have been reportedly killed by suspected kidnappers in Molege community, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State and in Ondo town. It was gathered that one of the deceased, a farmer, identified as Zacheus Olotu, was kidnapped and later found dead in the bush in Molege. The deceased hailed from Oka Akoko, Akoko […]

About five years after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo signed an Executive Order mandating the Apapa port to run 24 hours, the Shippers Association of Lagos has revealed that it continues to lose over N50bn annually; even as the port fails to operate round the clock. In an interview with The Punch on Wednesday, SAL’s spokesperson, […]

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said the reason for his constant cry was that he was not elected to preside over displaced persons or dead bodies. Ortom stated this when he received in audience the Director-General of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Mrs Cecilia Gayya, who was represented by Goodluck Audu. The […]

Justice D.A. Onyefulu of the Onitsha High Court on Wednesday sentenced to death two convicts, Valentine Umezinwa and Emeka Okolonji, for the murder of a sex worker, Blessing Eze. Before the judgment, Onyefulu listened to the cross-examination by the state counsel, N.S. Emeka, and the responses from prison officials, who testified to the good conduct […]

• Customers having problems with fuel suing outlets, arresting owners – Marketers Consumers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are allegedly arresting workers and owners of filling stations over the sale of adulterated products that have reportedly affected their vehicles’ engines. It was also learnt that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited might face […]

Members of the House of Representatives during plenary A bill seeking to prescribe a jail term of seven years and/or a fine of N500m for officials who spend public funds on foreign medical trips narrowly passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), the proposed legislation is […]