Medical doctors in Ogun State are to commence a week long warning strike on Monday to press home their demands.The doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ogun chapter, made this known in a communiqué issued on Sunday. The communiqué was on issues discussed at an emergency meeting […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has boasted he will not be intimidated even if President Muhammadu Buhari relocates the armoury of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Ekiti state. Mr. Fayose accused the president of masterminding the recent raid of the state house of assembly, threatening to eject the agency from the state. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s four refineries lost a total of N5.7 billion in January, the state oil firm, NNPC, has said. This was disclosed in the NNPC’s Monthly Operations and Financial Report for January, released on Sunday in Abuja. “The Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri Refineries posted losses of N2.87 billion, N1.95 billion and N900 million respectively,” the […]
Continue ReadingNIGERIA- Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, his wife and son died in a road accident along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday aternoon.The late Ocholi was Born November 26, 1960, he was 55. It was gathered that Mr. Ocholi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kogi state, and his son died on the spot […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Edo State on Saturday confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash involving two trucks at the Ovia River near Benin. The Tollgate Unit Commander, Adewale Ameen, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said the driver of one of […]
Continue ReadingThere have been so many sides to the story of fuel scarcity that Nigeria is currently experiencing. The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has decided to give its own side of the story, blaming the current fuel scarcity in some cities across Nigeria, including Abuja and Lagos, on strikes by petroleum tanker drivers and the […]
Continue ReadingThe deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, stated categorically that a minister from Rivers state is behind his ongoing corruption ordeal. Mr. Secondus said this yesterday while admitting that he received vehicles from Jide Omokore but claimed that he had no knowledge of Omokore’s dealings with NNPC. “I want to state […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the deadly clash that occurred between the Yoruba and Hausa communities at Mile 12 on Thursday and the subsequent closure of the market by the Lagos State Government, the Mile 12 Perishable Traders Association on Friday appealed to the State Government to reopen the market, in order to mitigate the financial losses that could […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Friday said the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, displayed “hollowness” by delving into a matter as private as his marriage to his wife. Mr. Melaye, made reference to Oshiomole when he was making his contribution the a bill on the need to patronise made-in-Nigeria goods. “What are […]
Continue ReadingTroops of 21 Brigade Bama, under 7 Division area of operational responsibility, in a blocking position, have at the early hours of today (Friday), succeeded in clearing escaping Boko Haram terrorists that came through Sabsawa axis of Sambisa forest. The troops also recovered a Toyota Hilux, 2 AK-47 rifles with registration numbers 58006915 and KO […]
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