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Gunmen kill four police officers, PoS operator in Imo

5 months ago1204 min

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers at stop and search checkpoint along Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness, who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state, said fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint was mounted at Irete around 6:30 pm and shot...

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One killed, three arrested as soldiers battle robbers in Ebonyi

5 months ago1033 min

Soldiers attached to the Nkwagu Military Cantonment, on Monday, killed an armed robber on the Akpoha/Abaomege axis of the Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. They also arrested three people said to have links with hoodlums allegedly terrorising motorists in the area. PUNCH Metro reports the suspects were part of a gang that has been reportedly causing mayhem and terrorising the axis. The Afikpo/Abakaliki highway in Ebonyi is the easiest...

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BREAKING: Lawyer Temokun Drags Governor Aiyedatiwa, Others To Court Over Appointment Of Transition Committees For Ondo Local Councils

5 months ago8012 min

Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights advocate, has taken Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to court, challenging the legality of appointing and inaugurating Caretaker Committees or Transition Committees to manage local government affairs in the state. The lawsuit, filed at the Ondo State High Court’s Akure Division, seeks a court order declaring such appointments illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. The Attorney General of Ondo State and the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission are also defendants...

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Police arrest 32 suspects after violent attack in Lagos college

5 months ago1005 min

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that 32 suspects have been arrested following a violent attack on a Ministry of Education team at the Federal College of Education (Technical) in the Akoka area of the state. According to Hundeyin, the team had been sent to mediate a three-month-long impasse between staff and the Provost, who had been locked out of his office. However, the situation escalated when staff and...

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EXCLUSIVE: Tinubu’s Executive Order Giving Dangote Refinery Lifeline Followed Meeting Facilitated For Africa’s Richest Man By Lebanese Ally, Gilbert Chagouri

5 months ago8613 min

President Bola Tinubu on Monday gave an executive order to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming indigenous refineries in naira, the country’s currency. This was announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on X, explaining that the order is aimed at achieving stability of the pump price of refined fuel and the dollar-naira exchange rate. Bayo said...

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BREAKING: President Tinubu Orders Petroleum Company, NNPC To Sell Crude To Dangote Refinery In Naira

5 months ago914 min

This was announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga on X, explaining the order is aimed at achieving stability of the pump price of refined fuel and the dollar-Naira exchange rate. President Bola Tinubu has given an executive order to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell crude to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming indigenous refineries in Naira, the country’s currency. This was...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Communications Commission Orders Immediate Reactivation Of All Blocked SIM Cards

5 months ago873 min

This directive was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by the NCC Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the immediate reactivation of all SIM cards barred by the telecommunication companies in the country due to the non-linkage of National Identification Numbers to SIM cards. This directive was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by the NCC Director...

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BREAKING: President Tinubu Signs New Minimum Wage Bill Into Law

5 months ago6333 min

The law reviewable every three years. President Bola Tinubu has signed the new National Minimum Wage Amendment bill 2024 into law. The law reviewable every three years. This follows the resolution between the government, private sector and the organised labour on N70,000 minimum wage. Tinubu signed it at the State House in Abuja on Monday days after the National Assembly passed the bill. The President signed the bill midway into the Federal Executive...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Senate To Hold Emergency Session Wednesday Over #EndBadGovernance Protest

5 months ago1273 min

This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the 109 senators must meet on Wednesday. The leadership of the Nigerian Senate has called for an emergency session to discuss issues surrounding the planned nationwide protest slated to commence on August 1, 2024. This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the...

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Two killed, nine injured in Ogun multiple crash

5 months ago1056 min

A truck driver and his assistant reportedly fled the scene of an accident after ramming into a bus, killing one and injuring nine others along the Sagamu Express junction of Ogun State on Sunday. This is just as a motor assistant lost his life when a containerised truck crashed along the Odo-Gomez area of the same expressway on Sunday. The first accident, according to a Sunday statement by the spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and...

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