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Fuel rises to N1,300/litre as depots run dry

5 months ago9821 min

Many depots for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are currently dry, leading to fuel scarcity and attendant queues in Lagos, Ogun, parts of Abuja, Niger, and some other states across the country. The PUNCH reports that black marketers have taken advantage of the situation, selling as high as N1,300 per litre and N1,500 per litre in parts of Lagos and Ogun states. Long queues started building up at fuel stations in Abuja and Lagos...

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SERAP asks CBN to account for N100bn dirty notes

5 months ago985 min

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria “over the failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the over N100bn ‘dirty and bad notes’ and ‘other large sum of cash awaiting examination’ which are kept in various branches of the CBN.” In a suit marked FHC/L/MSC/441/2024 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Lagos, SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel...

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VC laments Babcock’s N300m May electricity bill

5 months ago6474 min

The Vice-Chancellor, Babcock University, Prof. Ademola Tayo, has said high electricity tariff is a great threat to quality education in Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday at the Babcock University 22nd undergraduate and 13th postgraduate convocation, Tayo said the institution paid N300m as electricity tariff in the month of May. “I hereby call on the government to reduce electricity tariff. High electricity tariff is a threat to quality education in Nigeria. University education needs support for the...

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Notorious Terrorist Turji Insists Tinubu’s Minister, Matawalle Aided Terrorism In Northwest Nigeria During Tenure As Zamfara Governor

5 months ago1219 min

A notorious terrorist Mohammed Bello Turji Kachalla, popularly known as Turji, has reiterated his accusation that the current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, supports terrorism in Nigeria’s Northwest region. In a recent video, Turji alleged that Matawalle, the immediate former governor of Zamfara State, has ties to bandits. In August 2023, President Bola Tinubu announced the appointment of Matawalle, the former Zamfara state governor, as the Minister of State for Defence. ...

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NAF aircraft destroys 12 illegal refining sites in Abia, Rivers

5 months ago944 min

No fewer than 12 illegal refining sites in Abia and River states were destroyed by airstrikes from the air component of Operation Delta Safe. The airstrikes were carried out following a surveillance operation by operatives of the Nigerian Air Force, which revealed the presence of active illegal refining sites in both states. A statement on Sunday by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, AVM Edward Buba, said three of the 12...

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Gunmen kill inspector in Borno police station attack

5 months ago1063 min

Some unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, July 28, 2024, killed an Inspector of Police (name undisclosed) during an attack at the Jakaan Police Station, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. “We recorded a foiled attack by unknown gunmen at the police base in Jakana town. The gunmen tried to infiltrate into the police parameters but the efforts of the Police Mobile Force attached to the police station in Jakana were able...

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Taskforce arrests 124 drug suspects In Lagos black spot raid

5 months ago25415 min

The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit raided a drug hub in the Agbado-Oke-Odo LCDA of Alimosho Local Government on Saturday. During the raid led by CSP Adetayo Akerele, the unit was said to have apprehended 124 individuals suspected of drug peddling, abuse, and criminal activities. The state commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Sunday. The statement...

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BREAKING: Youth Leader In Niger State’s Bosso Local Government Sacked For Supporting #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

5 months ago773 min

Abdullahi Isah, popularly known as Biodun, has been dismissed from his position as Youth Leader of Bosso (Wakilin Matasan Bosso) in the Bosso local government area of Niger state for expressing support for the upcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria peaceful protest. The protest, scheduled to hold from August 1 to 10, aims to address the cost of living crisis across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In an official statement issued on July 28,...

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Peter Obi Not A Brave Leader; I No Longer Have Confidence In Him –Former Labour Party Spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo

5 months ago957 min

A former spokesman for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, says he has ended his political association with the party and its candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi. Okonkwo defected to LP on August 24, 2022, one month after resigning from the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket presidential ticket. The 55-year-old, at the time, said he joined LP to promote good governance and a new...

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In Support Of Public Outrage, By SOS/Sonala Olumhense

5 months ago10713 min

Just to be clear: I firmly support the forthcoming public protests in Nigeria. They are a fair and patrioticreaction, and ought to enjoy the full-throated support even of President Bola Tinubu, just as they did 12 years ago. By protest, I mean the free and unencumbered open assemblage of citizens to express their outrage over the poor quality of governance and the horrendousconditions under which they currently suffer. By protest, I do not mean riots. I do not mean violence. I do not mean vandalism. By protest,...

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