Lagos-Calabar highway: FG begins demolition on structures on right of way
Minister of Works, David Umahi has flagged off the demolition of structures on the government’s right of way for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. In an interaction…
SERAP sues NNPCL over alleged missing $2.04bn, N164bn oil revenues
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the…
EFCC taskforce arrests 34 suspected currency speculators
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Taskforce on Currency Mutilation, Dollarization of the Economy and Forex Malpractice have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for…
Man caught with human head exhumed from CAN cemetery
A 50-year-old man, Adebanjo Segun, has been caught in Ogun State with a decomposing human head. According to available information, the suspect severed the decomposing head from a…
Foreigners benefiting more from Nigeria’s solid minerals – NIPSS
The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) has stated that foreigners benefit more from Nigeria’s solid minerals due to lax regulations. The Director General of NIPSS, Ayo…
Lagos seals churches, hotels over noise pollution
The Lagos State Government has sealed churches, hotels, bars and others in the state over alleged noise pollution. The enforcement exercise was carried out by the Lagos State Environmental…
VC says lecturers should undergo drug tests
The outgoing Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State, Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, has advocated that drug tests should be administered on lecturers and not students alone. The…
Marketers blame supply hitches, hike prices as fuel scarcity persists
The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger and some other states in the North and around the country may linger till Monday or…
How Nigerian who relocated to UK in 2022 beat wife to death with skateboard
Olubunmi Abodunde reportedly beat Taiwo, his wife, to death with their son’s skateboard as police waited outside the apartment for permission from superiors. Daily Mail reports that the incident…
Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as chairman of education loan fund
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Jim Ovia as the chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, announced the appointment of Ovia, chairman of Zenith…
