The Government of Cross River State has ordered all fuel stations in the state currently hoarding and selling petrol at exorbitant prices to immediately revert to its official price of N165 per litre. Kokomansion understands that the last three weeks, there has been fuel scarcity in parts of the state due to hoarding and trans-border […]
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No fewer than three officers, including a divisional police officer (DPO), were killed on Tuesday, after some gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the Nasko Divisional Police Station in Magama town, Niger State. The DPO, identified as CSP Umar Mohammed Dakingari, was killed alongside two other policemen. A security source told PRNigeria that the bandits […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress has fixed the cost of nomination form for the post of the National Chairman for N20 million. Also, N10 million has been fixed for the post of the Deputy National Chairman, while other positions in the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party will attract N5 million each, according to […]
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There was blackout in some parts of the country on Tuesday following another system collapse of the National Grid. Mr. Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos State. Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) also confirmed the partial collapse of the grid in […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has responded to his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, by calling the governor a serial betrayer and an Ingrate. The remarks followed a statement issued on Monday by the Edo governor, wherein he accused Wike of being overbearing on the party, citing instances of his disruptive tendencies in Cross […]
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As the governor’-elect of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo gears up for his swearing-in this week, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has held a prayer gathering to bless his government. The crusade which was held for three days in Awka, ended at the weekend, with prayers for the success of the incoming Soludo administration […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High Court, Lagos, for failing to review and rescind his alleged approval authorising security agencies access to people’s personal details via National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) linkage, without due process of law. Joined in the suit as Respondents are […]
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No fever than five passengers were confirmed killed and three others critically injured, after bandits armed with sophisticated weapons, opened fire on a vehicle passing along Yantumaki–Danmusa road in Katsina State. An eyewitness had told newsmen that the victims including the driver, were all indigenes of Gobirawa and Kaigar Malamai villages in Katsina State. Adding […]
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Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling It was gathered that, the cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of […]
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Vice chancellors of Nigerian universities have said that public universities might not absorb the consequences of another prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) if the outstanding issues are not quickly resolved. The vice chancellors made this disclosure in a resolution of the 80th meeting of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of […]
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