The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Mr. Bayo Ojulari, on Monday, reported to his duty post amid rumours of his resignation. Ojulari, who was reported to have thrown in the towel late last week, today reported to work at about 9:35 am, putting to rest claims and counterclaims of his…
Nigeria is the third-largest debtor to the World Bank’s International Development Association as of June 30, 2024, following a significant increase in its borrowing from the institution. A financial statement dated June 30 2024 but recently made public and obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday disclosed this. The IDA, a key arm of the World…
Ewaoche Benjamin Obe, a former governorship candidate for the African Action Congress in the 2023 Benue State elections, has been evicted from his Abuja residence after his wife allegedly used the property as collateral for a loan. Reports indicate that the house, located in the Sagwari Layout of Dutse, Bwari Area Council, was constructed by…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked President Bola Tinubu to deal with marauding terrorists in the country or resign. Mr Atiku was responding to the recent ambush on a military convoy, which resulted in the killing of soldiers, including a Brigade Commander, M Uba, who had led troops on an operation when he was…
A High Court sitting in Plateau State has sentenced Emmanuel Ude, a former student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, to death by hanging for the murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe, in 2021. The judgment, delivered by Justice Silas Bakfur on Monday, followed a protracted trial in which Ude was found guilty of culpable…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has banned 60,000-litre fuel tankers from operating on Nigerian roads. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Ogbugo Ukoha, NMDPRA executive director of distribution systems, storage, and retailing infrastructure, said the ban, which would take effect from March 1, would mitigate truck-in-transit incidents. He said the…
Controversial Nigerian entertainer, DJ Chicken, has been attacked by an angry mob after an accident on Saturday. The Tiktoker reportedly rammed into two motorcycles with his car. The accident happened at the Shagamu area of Ogun State. A viral video on social media captured the moment DJ Chicken came out of his car to rescue…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced new appointments to key positions in the party’s national working committee (NWC), following a zoning realignment approved at Thursday’s meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) held in Abuja. Abdulkarim Kana, a former national legal adviser, is now the party’s deputy national secretary, while Murtala Kogiya from Katsina…
A data review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501. According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at N134.297 trillion as of the…
Nigeria’s controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been rushed to the Police Hospital at Falomo, Lagos, after complaining of pain in his ‘breasts’. According to a source, Bobrisky expressed discomfort, after spending hours in the police cell at Alagbon, Lagos State. A police source disclosed that he was taken to the hospital…