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Ondo Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Oyediran Residents seek govt intervention The residents of Imoru, Arimogija and Molege communities in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on the state and federal governments to save them from the incessant attack of suspected killer-herdsmen. The residents said no fewer than eight members of the communities […]

A monitoring team of the Central Bank of Nigeria has accused the branch of a bank in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State of hoarding new naira notes it had collected for almost two weeks, claiming that their automated teller machines were not yet configured. In a trending video on Sunday, a deputy director […]

Six yet-to-be-identified persons died after an accident in a vessel around Atlas Cove, Lagos. It was gathered that the deceased persons were working on the tanker of the vessel identified as MT Halima when the accident occurred. A statement from the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT said a distress call was received from the ship through […]

The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Indian Government on total eradication of fake Nigerian passports into India. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said this in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr Afonja Ajibola, on Sunday in Abuja. According […]

Lekki Deep Seaport There is optimism that the newly constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port will emerge as a game changer for Nigeria’s seaborne trade, as it parades modern facilities amid an improved road network for easy evacuation. The port, Nigeria’s first deep sea port, is equipped with 13 quay cranes for a capacity of 2.5 […]

Border Closure: Seme Border Still scanty Credit: Ayodele Adeniran Barely two years after the Federal Government reopened the land borders, international trade within the Seme border in Lagos State is still at a low ebb. The Customs Area Controller of Seme Customs Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, who disclosed this during a press conference at Seme […]

Some small scale industrialists and entrepreneurs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have continued to count their losses over the lingering new Naira notes scarcity. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, that the situation was hurting their businesses as they continue to record low patronage. According to Dr Solomon […]

The prolonged fuel scarcity compounded by hike in pump price has continued to take its toll on Nigerians from all walks of life such that many have since resigned to fate, as reported by Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf. The ghost of fuel crisis has reared its ugly head, as Nigerians have been compelled by circumstances beyond […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday condemned the attack on vigilantes at Yargoje Forest in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, where many lives were lost. The insurgents ambushed a convoy of vigilantes in the forest as they went to recover stolen cows leading. In a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, […]

Collapsed building in Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Musa Bello, has ordered the arrest of some Federal Housing Authority (FHA) officials and the developer of the two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja on Friday. No fewer that 24 persons were trapped in the collapsed building at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa […]