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Gunmen kill man, burn sanitation agency vehicle in Imo
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Gunmen kill man, burn sanitation agency vehicle in Imo

5 months ago973 min

Twenty-four hours after four policemen and a Point of Sale operator were killed in Irete, Owerri West Local Government Area, gunmen on Tuesday afternoon killed a young man at the nearby Orji in Owerri North LGA. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen who shot sporadically in the air, heading to the Owerri-Enugu Road, also burnt an Imo State Government Waste Management Agency vehicle at the Nkwo Orji Market. When our correspondent visited the Nkwo Orji...

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Nigerian Agency, NBS Confirms Rising Prices of Beans, Yam, Garri As Food Inflation Continues

5 months ago833 min

The latest publication by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown continual increase in prices of food items. According to the release, as of June 2024 , the average price of 1kg beans brown (sold loose) stood at N2,292.76.  This represents  a rise of 252.13% in price on a year-on-year basis from N651.12 recorded in June 2023 and a 14.11% rise in price on a month-on-month basis from N2,009.23 in May 2024.  Also the...

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Dangote Refinery Products Inferior To Imported Ones; Nigeria Can’t Rely On Them Alone To Avoid Monopoly – Nigerian Agency, NMDPRA

5 months ago773 min

He addressed concerns about the nationwide supply of petroleum products and denied claims by some media outlets that they were trying to scuttle the Dangote Refinery. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has cautioned Nigerians against over-dependence on products from the Dangote refinery.   Ahmed highlighted concerns over the consistency and standardisation of the refinery’s output, stating that the quality of its products was inferior compared...

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Dangote Wants Us To Stop Importation Of Fuel, Direct All Marketers To His Refinery –Nigerian Agency, NMDPRA

5 months ago1003 min

Mr Farouk who said this in a video issued by the State House media on Thursday, claimed that Dangote made the request to ensure that all oil marketers in the country would patronise only his refinery for fuel.   The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed has said billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote requested for total suspension of fuel importation into the country.    Mr Farouk who said...

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BREAKING: Anti-Graft Agency EFCC Declares Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello Wanted For N80billion Fraud 

8 months ago1197 min

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2billion.   The EFCC on Thursday said in a bulletin that “anybody with information as to his whereabout should report immediately to the Commission or the nearest police station.”    The Federal High Court in Abuja had adjourned the case against Yahaya Bello, to...

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Gunshots Fired As Kogi Gov Ododo With Help Of Police Escorts Smuggles Yahaya Bello Out Of Abuja Residence Surrounded By Agents Of Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC

8 months ago1208 min

There were gunshots at the Abuja residence of former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello as current state governor, Usman Ododo reportedly smuggled the former out of the premises which were laid siege to by the personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   A security source told SaharaReporters on Wednesday evening that “Ododo, aka Married Woman, escaped with Yahaya Bello,” adding that there was a “serious gun battle in Benghazi Street, Wuse Zone 4...

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EXCLUSIVE: How Tinubu Violated Nigerian Electricity Act In Appointment Of APC Chairman, Ganduje’s Son As Director Of Rural Electrification Agency

8 months ago15723 min

President Bola Tinubu made a constitutional breach on the appointment of a new management team for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), SaharaReporters has gathered.   Tinubu in March in a press statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, appointed Umar Abdullahi Umar as the new Executive Director of the agency.   Umar is the son of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State and the embattled National Chairman of the...

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC Arrests Popular Cross-dresser, Bobrisky In Lagos

9 months ago845 min

    A popular cross-dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky was arrested on Wednesday evening by personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos State. This was confirmed by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale in a telephone conversation with SaharaReporters on Thursday morning.   According to the EFCC spokesman, Bobrisky was arrested for mutilation of naira notes and not for his lifestyle as a cross-dresser.       “It...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC Grills University Of Jos’ VC, Prof. Tanko Over Alleged N355Million Fraud
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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Agency, EFCC Grills University Of Jos’ VC, Prof. Tanko Over Alleged N355Million Fraud

9 months ago10011 min

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has grilled the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos in Plateau State, Prof. Ishaya Tanko over alleged fraud.   EFCC in a letter dated March 19, 2024, signed by Adebayo Adeniyi, Zonal Commander, Abuja, invited the VC for questioning.   The commission requested the VC to come with Dr. Yusuf Abdullahi, the University’s Deputy Dean of Student Affairs to attend an interview with the undersigned through the Head CTGI-P5.1,...

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