Multiple explosions were reported on Tuesday near a gas processing plant operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News …
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Nigeria court cuts sentence in high-profile blasphemy case
An appeals court in northern Nigeria has commuted a 24-year jail term handed to an atheist for blasphemy to a five-year sentence, one of his lawyers told AFP Tuesday. ad] …
Read More »Police rescue kidnapped Dangote cement worker, intensify search for others
The Edo State Police Command, in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters, on Tuesday rescued one of the kidnapped Dangote Cement workers, simply identified as Omoba, from captivity. The Guardian …
Read More »How hoodlums killed our colleague during COVID-19 pandemic – LASTMA officials
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has been told how an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) was allegedly killed by hoodlums on March 16, 2021, …
Read More »Sterling Bank introduces processing fee for Form A requests
A top Nigerian financial institution, Sterling Bank, has introduced a processing fee for all Form A requests, according to a letter sent via email to its customers, as seen by …
Read More »Reports of bomb threat at bank in Plateau fake news — Police
The Plateau State Police Commissioner, Mr Emmanuel Adesina, on Tuesday, assured the public that rumours on social media of a bomb threat at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in …
Read More »ASUU threatens nationwide strike
The supposed honey moon between the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government appears to be over as the former has threatened to …
Read More »Tinubu, Shettima, military personnel to pay tollgate fees at airports
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and military personnel will henceforth pay the required toll fees at all tollgates whenever they drive through and from all the airports in …
Read More »Eno orders Akwa Ibom LG chairmen to submit performance report
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has directed all 31 local government transition chairmen to submit reports on their achievements in the past six months in office. The governor’s spokesperson, …
Read More »Yusuf launches N50,000 monthly stipend for 5,200 women
Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Tuesday launched a N260 million monthly stipend scheme to improve the economic wellbeing of 5,200 women drawn from the 44 local government areas …
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