Many feared trapped as school building collapses in Plateau A two-storey school building has collapsed around Zara road in Plateau state. Eyewitnesses said some students and teachers are still trapped in the building. The school, which is located in the Busa Buji community, in Jos north LGA, collapsed on Friday morning while students and teachers...
Former Enugu Disco worker arrested for bypassing and tampering with prepaid meters in Anambra A former employee of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), Lawrence Okeke, has been arrested for allegedly bypassing and tampering with prepaid meters for the EEDC customers in Onitsha, Anambra State. He was accused of replacing original meter sensors with...
Two suspects arrested as Navy seizes boat with stolen 12,000 litres of diesel in Rivers The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS) said it has arrested two persons and seized wooden boat laden with 12,000 litres of Automated Gas Oil (AGO) in Okarki Water Front in Ahoada West LGA of Rivers State. Parading the suspects on...
3.7 million families to receive ₦50k monthly grant as Tinubu approves N1tr palliative President Bola Tinubu has announced a National Construction and Household Support Programme, which will see 100,000 families in each state getting N50,000 monthly grant for three months, N155bn to be disbursed for assorted foods, N540bn for household grants. Tinubu gave the directive...
EFCC forms a team to investigate El-Rufai and others over alleged N423 billion fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has assembled a group of investigators to examine the alleged mishandling of N423 billion by ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and certain prominent figures in his administration. The former governor will be summoned by...
Oh No: American rescued from committing suicide on Third Mainland Bridge An American citizen in his early 30s was restrained from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge at 1:23 p.m. on Monday, according to a statement from the Lagos State Police Command II. The man, whose name has been withheld, was driven to the...
Nigerian petrol that was smuggled into West African markets is now being sold for N1,700 per litre The Federal Government expressed concern on Monday regarding the resurgence of smuggling activities involving petrol. This rise in smuggling comes in the wake of significant price increases for the commodity in neighboring countries. The average price of petrol...
RCCG City of David allegedly in N320 million debt as Pastor Kpandel takes over from Pastor ID Iluyomade Pastor Charles Kpandei, who replaced a former Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s City of David parish in Lagos State, Idowu Iluyomade, resumed at the parish on Sunday. According to Church Times, on resumption, Kpandei...
Revocation of Heritage Bank’s Licence Will Hurt Confidence in Banking System – Peter Obi Former Anambra Governor and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Peter Obi, yesterday, said that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) revocation of Heritage Bank’s operating licence, has a far-reaching impact on the bank’s depositors...
NLC Strike: Organized Labour has reached an agreement with FG and their resolutions are as follows: 1. PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU IS COMMITTED TO MORE THAN N60,000 MINIMUM WAGE- SGF 2. NO WORKER WILL BE VICTIMISED AS A RESULT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION- SGF 3. WE HAVE HAD A REALISTIC AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING-SGF 4. Tripartite committee...
