Another LP Reps Defects To APC, Cites Leadership Crisis

The member representing Jos South and East Federal Constituency Alfred Illiya Ajang has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, during plenary on Thursday, the now-defected member claimed that the crisis in the Labour Party was […]

Agency Denies Stopping Gas Supply To GenCos

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has denied issuing a directive that gas supply to power generating companies (GenCos) be halted. In a statement on Wednesday, the authority also denied instructing wholesale gas suppliers to stop further supply of gas to companies due to failure in payment obligations. The NMDPRA described reports […]

Court jails tailor 12 years for raping woman

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, yesterday sentenced one Idris Rasheed, 23, to 12 years imprisonment for raping a woman in purdah. Trial judge, Justice Oyeyemi Ajayi said since the convict confessed to the crime while the doctor’s report confirmed penetration and semen was found, Rasheed was guilty of the charge. The judge […]

FBI Chief Christopher Wray To Resign Before Trump Takes Office

FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that he will resign in January before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “After weeks of careful thought, I’ve decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in January and then step down,” Wray told bureau employees in […]

Users stranded as Facebook, Instagram experience outage

In a major disruption affecting millions of users, Meta’s key apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been down for many users globally. Reports flooding in on social media, including X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the issue is widespread, with many users unable to load their accounts or post content. Downdetector, a platform that tracks […]

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Varsity education in tatters as lecturers can’t fuel cars, sleep in offices to cut cost

Thursday 12 December 2024 Nigeria, Germany to deepen ties as Tinubu hosts Steinmeier Bank workers blame CBN as cash shortage worsens Defamation: Abuja, Oyo courts bar further sale of Farotimi’s boo Users stranded as Facebook, Instagram experience outage, Meta apologises NCS seizes 6,200 litres of PMS monthly in S’South – Zone C ‘Operation Whirlwind’ coordinator […]

Bomb Explosion Kills Two Near Maiduguri — Report

Two persons have been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in a two-hundred housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Available information indicated that the explosion happened around 1pm on Wednesday about the time the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum; and his Yobe counterpart, Mai Mala Buni, were commissioning housing estates in […]