The price war in the downstream oil sector continued on Thursday as the Dangote Petroleum Refinery quietly implemented a price reduction at its loading gantry, reducing the loading cost of its petrol from N825 per litre to N815 per litre. It was gathered that the new pricing structure introduced on Thursday was met with enthusiasm…
Controversial activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has reacted to a court order calling for his arrest as regards alleged defamation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. According to the social media critic, the judiciary is attempting to silence him. VeryDarkMan, stated that his arrest shouldn’t have been ordered by the court considering…
Oyo State is strategically positioned as a frontline state when it comes to livestock and agricultural production in Nigeria, and this puts the state under the spotlight of antimicrobial abuse in Nigeria. The state has one of the largest livestock industries (especially poultry), and this makes her one of the highest users of antimicrobials across…
Amid the defection wave to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, has announced his 2027 presidential ambition. Adewole, speaking on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Friday, March 14, 2025, expressed confidence that, regardless of the political stature of politicians defecting to the party, he would be their…
A yet-to-be-identified woman who plunged into Lagos lagoon, off the Third Mainland Bridge, was later recovered dead. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred around 4 p.m. at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) waterfront spot on the bridge. It was gathered that marine police officers stationed in the area swiftly responded to the emergency and…
The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday, March 13, wrote to the State House of Assembly, indicating his plan to represent the 2025 budget on Wednesday, March 19. In his letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, the governor said he would be ready to re-present the 2025 appropriation bill on the…
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Rukayyah Amadu, for allegedly killing her co-wife, Asiyah Amadu, 30, by pouring hot water on her. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Adam, in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, the incident occurred on…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, declared that Nigeria faced imminent bankruptcy if his administration had not swiftly ended the fuel subsidy and implemented crucial economic reforms. Receiving a delegation of former National Assembly colleagues from the aborted Third Republic at the State House in Abuja, Tinubu explained that his actions were motivated by the need…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a husband and wife, identified as, Baba Sule Abubakar Sadiq and Hafsat Kabir Lawal, along with two others, Abdullahi Bala and Ladani Akindele, over allegations of fraud amounting to N197,750,000 through false pretence. According to EFCC, the suspects allegedly impersonated the wife of the Katsina State…
Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have arrested a suspected Nigerian transnational drug trafficker at the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. The suspect was identified as Joseph Okparaejesi, alias Alen, in a report on Thursday. Citing intelligence sources, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake…