Category: News
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Makurdi—No fewer than 22 persons have been killed in Chito and Tyo Akosu communities of Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, following a rival gang fight and attack on a drinking spot. It was gathered from sources in the area that the gang supremacy fight, which erupted, weekend, in Chito Community between the notorious…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) trains 1,000 Peace Mass Transit drivers on safe driving and customer service. Peace Mass Transit (PMT), one of Nigeria’s leading transport companies, has initiated a refresher training programme for 1,000 of its drivers at its Emene workshop in Enugu. This training, which commenced on October 19, 2023, is being…
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Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers operating under 81 Division NA have successfully prevented a suicide attempt by one Mrs Francesca Spark who plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos in an attempt to take her own life. Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Lt. Col Olabisi Ayeni made this known on…
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Scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas also known as cooking gas has hit Lagos and some other states in the country. The other affected states, according to findings by our correspondents are: Katsina, Sokoto, Delta, Kaduna and Kano. The rise in price of the commodity has been noticed since late last month, causing a continuous rise…
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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 39-year-old woman, Lilian Nwarache, who drank an insecticide on Friday in the Iwaya area of Lagos State. She was said to have been frustrated with having an illness. Nwarache was reported to have been suffering from a protracted illness and had been seeking a…
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As the Jim Obazee-led special investigative panel probing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wraps up its assignment, influential Nigerians fingered in various financial infractions are jostling to meet with President Bola Tinubu to secure a soft landing. Top on the list are top importers, manufacturers and politically-exposed businessmen who are allegedly neck deep in…
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The Food and Agricultural Organisation has reported that around 26.5 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger in 2024. The report noted that Nigerians in the FCT, Sokoto, Borno and Zamfara states are most at risk of hunger next year. Dominique Kouacou, the FAO country representative disclosed this during the presentation of the Cadre Harmonise…
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2, Onne, Rivers State, said on Friday that it generated a total sum of N246 billion in ten months. The Comptroller of Customs in the command, Comptroller Baba Imam, disclosed this to newsmen at a briefing in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the state. Imam said the command raked…
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Despite inconsistent government policies coupled with bureaucratic bottlenecks hindering the smooth operations of indigenous airlines, West Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace, recently recorded another breakthrough. This time it is not the expansion of its fleets as has been the case, rather the private carrier made a remarkable entry into the European air space after securing…
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The first container freight train of the Lagos-Ibadan railway, built by #CCECC, has set off from Apapa Port in Lagos, #Nigeria. It departed from Apapa Port and carried a total of thrity 40-foot containers, arriving at Ibadan station in just two and a half hours.