A Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered vehicle exploded in Benin City, Edo State at the NIPCO filling station located at Ikpoba Hill, along the Benin-Auchi expressway, on Wednesday, injuring many people. A viral video circulating on social media shows the vehicle scattered. According to reports, three persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed…
A 38-year-old Nigerian man, known as Pussy Mama, has been remanded by the Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court for allegedly trafficking over 3,000 young girls and boys from Nigeria to Ghana, Mali, and other countries for prostitution. For over a decade, the accused had been on the wanted list of both Nigerian and Ghanaian police for…
Nigeria’s aviation sector’s rating has improved to 75.5%, with the country officially removed from the global aviation watchlist. This was revealed by Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, during the commissioning of the Juhi-2 Aviation Fuel Depot at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday. The minister lauded the recent progress,…
Barely 48 hours after a tanker explosion rocked Jigawa state and killed over 90 people, another incident has been reported along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety Corps said no life was lost in the tanker explosion that hit the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. According to the…
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has seen his wealth more than double to $28 billion following the long-awaited opening of his Nigerian oil refinery, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The refinery is the world’s largest single-train facility, capable of processing a broad range of global crude types. It represents a monumental investment for Dangote,…
A lawmaker of the House of Representatives, George Ozodinobi, has decried the growing high cost of living in Nigeria. Speaking on the floor of the plenary on Wednesday, October 16, the lawmaker who represents Njikoka and Ochadunokofia federal constituency of Anambra State, said N70,000 minimum is not ideal for any civil servant. Ozodinobi said the…
Although President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, are both outside the country, there is no leadership vacuum, the president’s office said on Wednesday. Mr Tinubu is currently on a working leave outside Nigeria while Mr Shettima travelled to Sweden on an official visit on Wednesday. The president departed Nigeria on the…
In a bid to enhance the accessibility and comprehension of Lagos State laws, the Lagos State Government has announced its readiness to translate existing state laws from English into Yoruba. This was disclosed on Wednesday during a One-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on the People’s Perception Survey regarding the Translation of Lagos State Laws into Yoruba, organised…
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky has denied ever giving money to human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, Falz, to secure a presidential pardon for him. On Wednesday that the renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria and his son, in separate letters from their lawyers,…
In a bid to enhance the health and well-being of the citizens of Ose Local Government, Hon. Kevin Solomon Olaolu, in collaboration with Margaret Mosunmola College of Health Science & Technology , Owo, is organizing a life-changing medical outreach titled “Iwosan Ofe’datiwa”. This free medical outreach, scheduled to take place from 18th-20th October, 2024, at…