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No fewer than seven persons, including four policemen, were killed when gunmen attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman, the founder of Omega Fire Ministries,  According to available information, the attack was carried out along Benin Auchi Road, Edo State, on Friday. Sources told this newspaper that a lady was among the …

Apostle Johnson Suleman The convoy of popular Nigerian cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman, senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries International was attacked by gunmen on Friday. The attack happened along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State, as seven persons including three policemen were killed. During the attack, the gunmen reportedly opened …

Umana Okon Umana The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has summoned Umana Okon Umana, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, over alleged plot to siphon N480 billion belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The committee also maintained that Danladi Umar, the Chairman of the Code …

Isa Ali Pantami Minister of Communication and Digital Economy The Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission has directed network service providers to reverse the 10 per cent tarriff hike which they recently effected. The development is coming after the regulator failed to secure management approval of the hike which …

Another tanker laden with fuel exploded on Thursday morning on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Stare Selo Castle The explosion,which occurred at Araromi Town before the Interchange, is causing traffic gridlock. Some motorists close to the scene, it was learnt, have scampered to safety. According to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Ogun Sector …

Facts have now emerged about how Lafarge Cement has been sponsoring dangerous terrorist groups, including Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), ENigeria Newspaper reports. Lafarge, a French cement manufacturer, admitted in a U.S. court on Tuesday to having paid terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State, in order to continue …

Hon. Funminiyi Afuye, speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, is dead. He was 66 years old. Daily Record gathered that Afuye died at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on Wednesday. He died of cardiac arrest. It was learnt that Afuye was rushed to …

NCC The federal government through the Nigerian Communications (NCC) has ordered a reversal of the implementation of the newly approved 10% hike in tariff for voice and data services. Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs at the NCC disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. While noting that the tariff increase …

Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned security agents against harassing young people with laptops. Isa Pantami, the minister of communications and digital economy, conveyed the president’s warning on Wednesday. Pantami assured that with the signing of the Start-up Bill 2022 into law by Buhari, the issue of nationwide harassment …

Since the beginning of 2022, the Nigerian Banking (commercial and digital) and Insurance industries have experienced an increase in media interactions, campaigns, and awareness. These were boosted even further by the fantastic numbers it reported to the media in the third quarter of the year. The publication analysis includes over …