The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the death of 10 individuals, including four children, in a stampede that occurred during a food distribution event at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, Abuja on Saturday. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the incident happened around 6:30 am when a crowd of […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, from N1,020 to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria in a statement released […]
The Pakistani Taliban claimed a brazen overnight raid on an army outpost near the border with Afghanistan on Saturday, which intelligence officials said killed 16 soldiers and critically wounded five more. The siege started after midnight and lasted about two hours as around 30 militants pummelled the mountainous outpost from three sides, one senior intelligence […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says the old Port Harcourt refinery has not shut down operations. Reports had made rounds that the refinery was nonfunctional months after a rehabilitation exercise. In a statement on Saturday, Femi Soneye, NNPC’s spokesperson, described the reports as “totally false”. “The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company […]
Some yet-to-be-confirmed number of persons are feared dead and others injured following a stampede that occurred at the gate of the Obijackson Centre, in Okija, in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Saturday. The stampede occurred during the sharing of palliatives including rice, vegetable oil and money. It was gathered that victims […]
The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown early Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March. With the midnight deadline already expired by minutes, senators dropped normal procedure to fast-track the package to a vote, halting government shutdown preparations and saving […]
Saturday 21 December 2024 Yahaya Bello released after meeting bail conditions Soaring costs, shrinking income dampen yuletide celebrations Lagos hideout where foreigners pay Nigerian recruits N300k for romance scam Raining curses on someone online is criminal offence, FPRO says Death-for-fowl: Obi lauds Adeleke’s intervention, berates legal system NIMC to sanction agents charging for NIN registration […]
The federal high court in Abuja has remanded Olamide Thomas, an activist, charged for her social media comments against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu. On Friday, Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge, rejected the oral bail application filed by the counsel to Thomas. Nwite directed the defence counsel to file a formal bail application. […]
2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged to fulfill the bail conditions of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was granted bail by an Ekiti Magistrate Court in a defamation case involving Afe Babalola. The bail conditions require a N30 million bond, two sureties (one of whom must own a house), surrendering his […]
A Nigerian lawyer, Inihehe Effiong, has criticised Muyiwa Adejobi, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), over his remarks on what constitutes cyberbullying in law. Earlier, Mr Adejobi posted Friday on his X wall, saying that raining cuss words on someone on the internet amounts to cyberbullying, which is a criminal offence under the […]
