Nigeria is on the verge of another fuel crisis and a nationwide blackout of unimaginable proportion as workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, shut down the activities of the corporation nationwide over the unbundling exercise. The workers, under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas …
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday, took over the functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly over the crisis that engulfed the assembly in the last one month. This is even as it called on the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase to immediately seal off the assembly since …
Read More »Twenty-two people have now died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos, a rescue official said Wednesday. “We recovered four more bodies today when we resumed operations, bringing the total death toll so far to 22,” Ibrahim Farinloye, from …
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An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand a 41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, in prison custody for alleged defilement of his seven-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiye Omoruyi, refused to admit the cleric to bail. The Prosecutor, Kenneth Ugiagbe, said the pastor committed the incest …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the immediate unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into seven independent operational units. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, who announced the unbundling of the national oil company in Abuja, said five of the seven operational units will be …
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have found themselves at the centre of a privacy row after they chose to take their first family holiday in secret. The royal couple flew with Prince George, two, and 10-month-old Princess Charlotte to a secret location in the French Alps last Wednesday. Unlike …
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She once tried to break the internet as she bared her naked derriere on the cover of a magazine. And Kim Kardashian is likely to do it all over again as she has shared a seriously racy nude throwback selfie on her Twitter page. The 35-year-old reality star appeared …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced one Favour Eboigbe to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking six girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution. Eboigbe was arraigned on 12 counts before Justice A. A. Okeke. It was gathered that the 37-year-old man was living outside the country …
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Workers in the Niger State civil services have expressed shock at the decision of the state government for sack 6,000 “casual” and “ghost workers” in the state. The workers were left out of the payroll after the state government organised screening of workers in December, through a consultant, to determine …
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A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on their …
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