Zookeeper killed while trying to rescue woman from lion – NASU chair
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State have shut down the zoological garden on the institution’s campus following the killing of a veterinary technologist, Mr Olabode Olawuyi,…
DSS asks NLC to shelve nationwide protest, says some elements planning violence
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shun its planned nationwide protest. On Friday, the NLC declared a two-day nationwide mass…
Court remands Anambra lawyer for brutalising maid
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Awka, has remanded a lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, at the State Criminal and Investigative Department custody…
FG transfers operations of Zungeru hydropower plant to private firm
The federal government has officially transferred the operations of the Zungeru hydroelectric power plant to Penstock Limited. According to a statement signed by Stanley Nkwocha, senior special assistant to…
I never authorised Mambilla settlement agreement with Sunrise – Buhari
Former president Muhammadu Buhari says he never authorised any settlement agreement with Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited on the Mambilla hydroelectric power project. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo previously…
Peter Obi says customs FX rate increases killing businesses
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has asked the federal government to end the inconsistency in customs duty charges, saying it is…
Emefiele demands N25bn as damages from Akpabio over ‘defamatory remark’
Godwin Emefiele, immediate-past governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has demanded the sum of N25 billion as damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio over an alleged defamatory…
Naira continues free fall, sinks to N1,900/$ at parallel market
The Nigerian naira, on Tuesday, depreciated further to N1,900 to the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The naira declined by 9.83 percent from…
151 homes submerged, residents trapped as flood ravages Lagos community
Residents of Ayobo in Lagos experienced a dire situation when heavy rainfall caused the Marwa Bridge to collapse, leading to flooding in their homes on Tuesday, February 20. According…
JUST IN: FG threatens to open borders for cement importation
The federal government has threatened the possibility of opening the borders to cement importation if Nigerian cement manufacturers refuse to play ball on cement reduction in the country. It…
