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Motorists and others waited for hours in queues at the few filling stations dispensing the product. Other states that experienced acute scarcity are Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Edo, Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger and Jigawa. The scarcity first hit the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last week. But an …

The Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has warned that the country may experience complete lack of electricity in the next three months if the recent hike in electricity tariff is not implemented. He made this statement during an investigation hearing by the Senate Committee on Power in Abuja, concerning …

The Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appears to be fresh Ways and Means Borrowing in the last six months of 2023. This is according to provisional data published in the latest Statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of 2023 recently released by the central …

Multiple explosions from fuel tankers at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State have resulted in the burning of not less than 100 vehicles and an unknown number of casualties. The incident, which occurred late Friday night, has left many travelers stranded. According to reports, a tanker …

Obi and Omokri   A former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri on Wednesday alleged that the real reason Anambra State became number one in NECO exams under the administration of Peter Obi was the high rate of exam malpractices. In his tweet on X, Omokri argued that Anambra did not become …

  Nigeria and 15 other countries have been boosted with 36.5m dollars in new funding, to eliminate trachoma in their countries. Dr Joy Shu’aibu, Country Director for Sightsavers, an international development organisation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Trachoma is a neglected tropical disease, which begins …

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will partner with Bayero University Kano (BUK), on entrepreneurship and climate adaptation towards addressing food security in Northern Nigeria. Dr Beth Dunford, the AfDB Vice President of Agriculture, Human and Social Development, made this known on Wednesday when she visited the University Centre …

Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Nigerians in business to take advantage of the Credit Consumer Scheme approved by President Tinubu to boost businesses as well as strengthen the economy. Speaker Abbas said the president’s approval for …

Murtala Muhammed International Airport Another fire incident at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos has forced the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) to divert all flight operations from the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal 1 to the D wing of the airport. The Authority disclosed the diversion after the incident occurred at the …

  Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, told a former Commander of the Joint Military Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, Major-General Emmanuel Atewe ( rtd.), and a staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Kime Engonzu, that they have a case …