Osun: NSCDC arrests seven fuel attendants for hoarding petrol
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Wednesday, arrested seven filling station workers for allegedly hoarding petrol in Osun State. The NSCDC team, composed of officers and men drawn from the Anti-Vandalism Unit, moved around filling stations in the Osogbo area of the state to monitor the sale of petrol. The spokesperson […]
CUPP condemns fuel hoarding, hikes in prices
The Coalition of United Political Parties has condemned the hoarding of premium motor spirit known as petrol, noting that the pump price of the product has skyrocketed in the last two days. The scarcity of petrol, the CUPP said, started when President Bola Tinubu declared that his administration was stopping subsidy payments on petrol during […]
JUST IN: APC govs in crucial meeting with Adamu
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, his counterpart in Kogi, Yahaya Bello and some other governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress are presently having a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the party. The governors, who arrived at about 5:20 pm on Wednesday evening, went straight into the secretariat for the crucial […]
Kano police parade 93 suspected criminals
The Kano State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded 93 suspects arrested for various offences in different areas of the metropolis between May 27 and May 29, 2023. Briefing newsmen at the premises of the Command’s headquarters at Bompai, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Gumel, stated that before the inauguration ceremony, the police […]
Subsidy: NLC, TUC meeting FG at Aso Rock Villa
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union of Nigeria are meeting the representatives of the Federal Government at the Conference Hall of the office of the Chief of Staff, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited announced a new pump price for petroleum products […]
Gunmen kill security man, abduct two in Ogun
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Wednesday, shot a security personnel and one other person dead while they abducted two persons at a farm in Awo village, Orile-Imo in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The kidnappers reportedly also shot dead a So-Safe Corps Area Commander, identified as Ogunrinde Saheed and a native […]
Panic as fire guts building in LASUTH
Fire, on Wednesday, gutted a building on the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the Ikeja area of the state. The PUNCH gathered that the fire incident caused panic among workers and patients at the hospital The fire was said to have started around 4 pm. The Director, Lagos State Fire and […]
Subsidy: Tinubu holding ‘gun to head of Nigerians’ — NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Wednesday, described the release of a new pump price for Premium Motor Spirit by the Nigerian National Population Company Limited as “an ambush.” The congress said through the act, President Bola Tinubu has put a “gun to the head of the Nigerian people.” The NNPCL on Wednesday afternoon confirmed it […]
Edo court remands two for trafficking minors for prostitution
A High Court in Benin, Edo State, has remanded two suspects, Gift Okon and Omokaro Valentine, to a correctional centre in the state for the alleged trafficking of young girls to Europe for prostitution and sexual exploitation. The suspects were arraigned by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on two counts […]
Dokpesi death a huge loss, says Amaechi
Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has expressed his condolences to the family of the Founder and Chairman of AIT, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, noting that his sudden death has come as a shock to many. A statement from Amaechi’s media office described Dokpesi as a lively and dynamic elder statesman who contributed significantly to […]