Femi Asu A total of 441 points on petroleum products pipelines were vandalised in 2020, compared to 1,484 points in 2019, data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown.The corporation spent N53.36bn on pipeline repairs and management cost from January to November, according to the latest data obtained on Wednesday. “Products theft and vandalism […]
Continue ReadingOkechukwu Nnodim The Federal Government will be meeting with telecommunications operators and other key stakeholders in the sector over the recent court judgement halting the government from disconnecting SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers by April 6. The PUNCH reported on Wednesday that a Federal High Court in Lagos State had barred the […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor and Adelani Adepegba The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) • Corruption pervasive in government including judiciary, security agencies – US• Rights abuses under Buhari govt worse than under military dictatorship, says PDP• FG, APC keep mum over report• Verdict depressing, says CDHR ex-president The United States has accused authorities in […]
Continue Reading• We fled into bush, ran to Enugu as Fulani attacked our communities – Residents• Igbo apex body demands strict enforcement of open grazing ban in South-East SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen who unleashed mayhem in three communities; Obeagu, Egedegede, and Nkaleha on Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have reportedly fled the state, but not […]
Continue ReadingSoludo whereabouts unknown, three policemen killed as gunmen attack summit Tony Okafor, Awka Gunmen on Wednesday attacked a former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and killed three police orderlies attached to him.The incident reportedly happened in the professor’s home town, Isiofia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.An eyetwitnes said, “A couple […]
Continue ReadingTony Okafor A former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, said there was no truth in the claim that he demanded N7bn for installing the state governor, Willie Obiano.He wonderd how he could have left N75bn for the governor and turn around to ask him to give him N7bn out of it. The former […]
Continue ReadingKelvin Ekerete Tickets for the Nigeria versus Lesotho 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Tuesday were sold for as much as N15,000 despite a directive from the Lagos State Government that tickets were free and should not be sold, The PUNCH reports.The Confederation of African Football had allowed the […]
Continue Reading• Bandits attacked church on March 21, kidnapped five persons, says Hayab• Gunmen abduct Catholic priest, Oyo couple, six others in Kaduna, Niger• Buhari orders service chiefs to identify, take out sponsors of bandits The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State chapter, has said no fewer than 100 residents of the state are in different […]
Continue ReadingPeter Dada The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a security guard working at the S.A. Filling Station in Ondo town, Abiodun Osuntimehin, for his alleged involvement in the robbery of the station.Abiodun was said to have mastermind the robbery attack on the station. A colleague of the suspect was said to have been killed […]
Continue ReadingSunday Aborisade The North-Central Zonal Caretaker Committee overseeing the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party in Niger State has reversed the suspension of a former governor of the state, Babangida Aliyu, from the party. The caretaker panel, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Suleiman Mohammed, Monday night, described the ex-governor’s suspension as fake news.The […]
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