The deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of economic policy, Kingsley Obiora has been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS. A report by the Peoples Gazette said that Mr Obiora has now spent four nights in custody under questioning by the security service, which has been looking into […]
A 20-year-old man identified simply as Ridwan has allegedly killed his father, Ishau, for the purpose of ritual in Oshoku Village in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. This was contained in a statement issued by the Commander of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, Soji Ganzallo, through the […]
At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to sources and official documentation reviewed by AFP on Thursday, raising a previously reported death toll. On Wednesday, Congolese soldiers stopped a religious sect from holding a demonstration against United Nations peacekeepers in the city […]
The nation’s fuel consumption has declined by 30 per cent following the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari, disclosed this at the media briefing by the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its 52 affiliate unions across the country have threatened to go on a two-day nationwide warning strike on Tuesday, September 5 over hardship in the country. The Congress threatened to go on an indefinite shutdown of the nation if the federal government fails to take steps to […]
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday allegedly aborted an attempted oil theft at Lekki Waters and arrested four men identified as men of TANTITA Security Service, owned by a Niger Delta ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. They were arrested by men of the Nigerian Navy stationed at FOB LEKKI at waterways near […]
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, says the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. Bwala spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday night a day […]
The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested one Samuel Adeniyi who allegedly killed his girlfriend with a sledgehammer which he hit on her head in a yet-to-be-disclosed area of Lagos. The state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Police Officers Mess, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday. […]
An Abuja developer, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba, has vowed to commit the FCT minister, Barr Nyesom Wike to prison and sue the Director of the Development Control for exceeding the scope of his powers. Earlier in the week, the Federal Capital Development Authority had demolished a duplex under construction at Plot 226, Cotonou Street, […]
A foremost human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday, warned the Federal Government and the political class not to provoke citizens to mutiny. Chief Falana gave the warning in Abuja while speaking at the National Symposium organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, with the theme: “Nigeria Economy and the Crisis of […]
