The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 36-year-old robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, who stole his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was hired as a driver. Daniel confessed to …
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CBN to sanction banks rejecting old dollar notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria has warned against the continued rejection of old series and lower denominations of the United States of American dollars by its regulated entities in Nigeria. …
Read More »Dangote refinery: Declare crude supply emergency, oil producers tell Tinubu
As concerns mount over the lack of domestic crude oil to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other indigenous refiners, the Independent Petroleum Producers Group has called on President Bola Tinubu …
Read More »NHIA, stakeholders agree to hike tariffs for healthcare providers
The National Health Insurance Authority and stakeholders have agreed on a new medicine and services pricing structure. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the acting Director …
Read More »ICYMI: NNPC declares state of emergency on oil production
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it has declared a state of emergency on oil production. It said this was a move towards increasing Nigeria’s crude oil production and …
Read More »Couple jailed 11 years for sexual assault of girl, 15, in Lagos
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, arraigned and sentenced on an amended charge, a couple, Ezimora Okechukwu, a 49-year-old, to seven years and three years consecutively …
Read More »FG threatens to jail civil servants leaking official documents
The Federal Government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. The Secretary to the Government of the …
Read More »CBN’s 26% interest rate stiffling growth, Dangote laments
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has criticised the latest increment of interest rate to almost 30 per cent by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). …
Read More »‘Nigerians spend N16.5tr, 60% of 2024 electricity budget on generators’
About N16.5 trillion, which translates to 60 per cent of the country’s 2014 budget of N27.5 trillion is being spent on electricity generating sets for homes and industries, the Minister …
Read More »Again, bandits kill five, abduct four in Katsina
Bandits have killed four people working in their farmlands at Jibia Local Council of Katsina State. The incident occurred on Monday around 11.00 a.m. at Gurbin Magarya and Zaure in …
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