By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab There was commotion on Saturday at the popular Banex Plaza phone market, located in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja, as soldiers and some traders clashed over the sale of a defective phone. National Watch Tv reports that a trader said that the soldiers were attacked after a disagreement with…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Aliko Dangote, Chairman of the Dangote Group, announced that by next month, Nigeria will no longer need to import gasoline due to the operational plans of the Dangote Refinery. Speaking as a panellist at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Dangote highlighted that the refinery, which has already…
By Musa Usman Malomo The first batch of Nigeria Pilgrims from Kebbi and Nasarawa states performed Jummat Prayer in Madinah on Friday. A cross-section of the intending pilgrims interviewed in Madinah expressed appreciation to the State and Federal Government for their efforts to ensure the successful take-off of the inaugural flight. The first flight from…
By Lami Ibrahim The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL Tank Farm at Kayode Street, Marine Beach, in the Apapa area of Lagos was on Friday was gutted by fire. According to an eyewitness, Mr Tunde Are, the raging fire starter at about 11:00 am. He said people ran helter-skelter to contain the fire before…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, said 11 persons have died following Wednesday’s bombing incident at a mosque in Gadan Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed this to our correspondent. Haruna said three more of the victims died on…
By Lami Ibrahim Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Hamzat Adebola, on Thursday, paraded the former Chairman, Park Management System, Lamidi Mukaila fondly called Auxiliary. The Department of State Services penultimate Tuesday arrested Auxillary at his Olodo residence in Ibadan, the state capital, months after the police had declared him wanted for allegedly involving in a…
By Lami Ibrahim Kogi, Kwara, and Ondo are the three states in Nigeria with the highest food prices amid worsening hardship. This is according to the latest National Bureau of Statistics April’s Consumer Price Index and Inflation report. The report ranked Kogi State with the highest food inflation rate at 48.62 per cent, followed by…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Vice President Kashim Shettima, Wednesday flagged off federal government’s inaugural airlift of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2024 annual Hajj, with a charge to the intending pilgrims to maintain national policies aimed at promoting unity, sustainable development and strategic diplomacy throughout the sacred exercise. Addressing the gathering of intending pilgrims during…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab The Kogi State Vigilante Group on Wednesday gunned down leader of a kidnap gang responsible for the kidnapping of students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State. Details Shortly… Watch Video Here…
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has urged the intending pilgrims from the state to be law- abiding and sound moral behavior while they are at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s hajj exercise. He stated this Tuesday during farewell address to the state’s intending pilgrims in Lafia….
