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Tamper with your meters, face sanctions – Ogun Govt warns petrol stations
Ogun State government has warned petrol stations across the state against engaging in unethical practices of adjusting fuel meters. The government warned that such actions would attract heavy sanctions. Commissioner for Transportation, Olugbenga Dairo, gave the warning during a meeting with members of the state’s monitoring committee in Abeokuta on Monday. Dairo stressed that the…
LG Election In Cross River State Monumental Fraud – PDP
.. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River State chapter has rejected the outcome of last weekend’s local government council elections describing it as a “monumental fraud never before witnessed in the state.” The elections were held on Saturday and the All Progressives Congress, which rules the state, was declared the winner of the…
Police confirm death of soldier in clash with officer at Agyaragu market in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a soldier following a violent altercation with a special constabulary officer at Agyaragu market in Lafia Local Government Area on Sunday. The incident reportedly began as a dispute between the two men, resulting in both sustaining injuries. According to DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public…
Banned NIVEA Deodorant Not Marketed In Nigeria, Says Manufacturer
.. Beiersdorf Nivea Consumer Product Nig. Ltd has said that the “NIVEA Black & White Invisible” deodorant with batch number 93529610 that was recently flagged by NAFDAC was never marketed in Nigeria. The clarification came after NAFDAC issued a safety alert on October 31, 2024, regarding the product’s ban in European markets due to…
Abraham Amah elected Abia PDP chairman
Abraham Amah has been elected as the new State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State. Amah, who was the immediate past State Vice Chairman, Abia North/acting State Publicity Secretary of the party, scored 1,264 votes to defeat his closest rival, Olugu Kalu who scored 395 votes to come second. Amah, who…
Approach Your Responsibilities With Creativity, Edun Tells Uzoka-Anite
.. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, on Monday welcomed the Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, in Abuja. Dr. Uzoka-Anite, formerly the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, assumed her new role following a cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Tinubu. In his welcome address,…
Osun Assembly passes Regulatory Lotteries, Estate Agency Industries Bills into law
The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Lotteries and Gaming Bill and the Estate Agency Regulatory Authority (Establishment) Bill into law. Both bills were passed into law during a plenary session presided over by the Speaker of the Assembly, Adewale Egbedun. The passage of both bills Speaker Egbedun said will mark another notable…
Troops Destroy 29 Illegal Refining Sites, Recovers 700,000 Litres Of Stolen Crude Oil
.. Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army have destroyed at least 29 illegal refining sites following an operation conducted between October 28 and November 3 in the Niger Delta Region. According to a statement signed by the Acting Deputy Director of 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Danjuma on Sunday. The troops…
Unidentified lifeless body retrieved from well in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service, on Saturday, retrieved the body of an unidentified lifeless man from a well in Kano. Confirming the tragic incident, the spokesman for the Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, explained that on Saturday, 2nd November 2024, at approximately 16:15 hours, the central control room of the department received a call for emergency…
No Armed Confrontation In Rivers Government House – Police
.. The Rivers State Police Command has categorically denied reports of a violent altercation at the Government House involving military forces allegedly loyal to former Governor Nyesom Wike and current Governor Siminalayi Fubara. According to Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the report is a “deliberate fabrication aimed at inciting fear, confusion, and…
Ondo Guber: Labour Party berates Channels TV for limiting debate to only APC, PDP
The Ondo State chapter of the Labour Party (LP), has condemned the move by Channels Television to restrict the planned governorship election debate to only two political parties. While stressing that the media outfit was ill-advised, Labour Party maintained that the decision was not the representation of reality in the state. The Director of Publicity,…
Abia PDP Elects Abraham Amah As New State Chairman
.. On Monday, the Abia State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party announced a new leadership after its congress. Elder Abraham Amah was declared as its new state chairman. The State Congress, held on Sunday, saw a large turnout of party members, including former Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and officials from the Independent…
LG elections: NASS should avert imminent dictatorship in Nigeria – Jarigbe
The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has observed that the legal framework empowering State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs, in Nigeria is fundamentally flawed and should be correctly swiftly to avert imminent dictatorship. In a statement issued in Calabar at the end of the Local Government election in Cross River State…
Darkness Hits Nsukka Community Over Faulty Transformer
.. About a hundred residents of a section of Nru in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have been thrown into darkness following the collapse of their transformer. The affected residents, mainly occupying streets along Enugu Road, claimed that they have been in darkness for almost two months, and the end is not…
Amotekun apprehends man accused of rape in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps has confirmed the arrest of a 32-year-old man, Oluwatoyin Sunday, who has been accused of raping 25-year-old Abimbola Akindele. Officer Adeleye Abiodun Adewale, the Head of the Communications Department at the Amotekun Corps headquarters in Ekiti State, made this announcement through a press release available to our correspondent yesterday. He…
Nine ECOWAS Nations Sign Landmark High-Sea Treaty
.. Nine out of 15 ECOWAS countries have signed a new high-seas treaty, with Nigeria coordinating efforts to designate protected marine areas. The minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Salako disclosed this at the high-level segment of the sixteenth meeting of the conference of parties to the convention on biological diversity held in…
Ondo guber: APC North-Central Forum lauds Ganduje over campaign council
The All Progressives Congress, APC, North-Central Forum has lauded the national leadership of the party for carrying its members along in the recently constituted National Campaign Council for the Ondo State governorship election. Chairman of the APC North-Central Forum, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, commended APC…
Tinubu To Swear In Bianca Ojukwu, Six Other Ministers Monday
.. President Bola Tinubu will on Monday swear in newly appointed ministers following their confirmation by the Senate last week. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, disclosed this Monday. The ministers are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction; Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi – Minister of Labour &…
Three gunned down as Nigerian soldiers, bandits clash in Kaduna
No fewer than three bloodthirsty bandits have been gunned down by Nigerian soldiers at the Mai-Iddo village in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. About four farmers, including a woman, were rescued during the gun battle between the security operatives and the assailants. The bandits, according to Daily Trust, abducted two farmers at Mai-Iddo…
We Can No Longer Feed, Abuja Residents Lament Hardship
.. Many residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) say they are finding it difficult to feed due to the high cost of food items. The residents also lamented further increase in transportation fares following the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. According to them, the…