Insecurity: Aiyedatiwa not hiring firm to protect Ondo farmers — Aide
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Security, Mr Gbenga Atiba, declared on Tuesday that the governor had not hired any private firm to protect farmers in the forest reserves across the state. A private security firm, Global…
South Africa Denies Nigeria’s Basketball Team Visa To Participate In 2024 FIBA U18 Tournament
The South African government has denied Nigeria’s national under-18 basketball team visas to participate in the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket tournament, scheduled to take place in Cape Town from December 14 to 22. The Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) confirmed the…
Breaking: NNPC Raises Petrol Price to N897 Per Litre, Filling Stations Sell for N950
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Tuesday raised the pump price of petrol to N897 per litre from the official price of N617. This is coming days after the national oil company said it was heavily constrained by the…
Breaking: Court Remands Whistleblower, ‘PIDOM Nigeria’
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has ordered that a Nigerian whistleblower, Isaac Bristol, believed to be behind the prominent whistleblower account “PIDOM Nigeria”, be remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre till September 23. Isaac entered the dock…
NMDPRA: Dangote Refinery Will Supply 25m Litres Of Petrol Daily In September
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says Dangote refinery will supply 25 million litres of fuel daily in September. This agency said this following the commencement of petrol production by Dangote refinery. It also finalized an agreement…
Dangote Refinery begins first petrol rollout
Dangote Refinery has commenced the rollout of its first Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) from its 650,000 barrels per day Lagos-based refinery. The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, disclosed this during a press conference with journalists on Tuesday. He stated…
Don’t blame us for your inability to participate in NYSC, JAMB tells HND graduates
… Says it has no business with HND admissions The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has asked HND graduates not to hold it responsible for their inability to participate in the recent National Youth Service Corps. The board was…
Amnesty kicks as court remands pregnant woman, nine others
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the prison remand of 10 activists arrested in connection with the recent hunger protest in the country. But the civil rights group, Amnesty International, condemned the trial of the prosecution by…
Three Real Madrid youth players arrested over sex video with minor
Spanish police arrested Thursday three unnamed Real Madrid youth academy players for allegedly distributing a sexual video featuring a minor, a police spokesperson said. Officers detained the players, who are between the ages of 21 and 22, at Real Madrid’s…
Adamawa Senator denies controversial viral sex video
The Adamawa State-born Senator Ishaku Abbo is again embroiled in controversial news of an alleged sexual scandal via a video that has gone viral. Senator Abbo, only two years ago during his first tenure in the Senate had attacked a…