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…
The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria is set to begin kidney transplant surgeries in 2025, aiming to provide relief to patients with kidney failure and reduce medical tourism. Prof. Ahmed Umdagas, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Zaria. He…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. She was nabbed on Thursday, October 3 for importing large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has returned the seized passport of award-winning investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who was accompanied to the DSS’ office in Ikoyi, Lagos by Human Rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, retrieved his passport on Friday. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that Soyinka, who is the West Africa Regional Editor at The Conversation Africa,…
US President Donald Trump unveiled plans Tuesday to sell new “gold card” residency permits for a price of $5 million each — and said Russian oligarchs may be eligible. Trump said sales of the new visa, a high-price version of the traditional green card, would bring in job creators and could be used to reduce…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intensified its enforcement efforts against the sale of illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday…
A cemetery worker and two accomplices have been apprehended on Sunday in Agege Local Government Area, Lagos after local security operatives discovered five human skulls near the Murikaz area of the cemetery. According to reports from NAN, the suspects were found with a suspicious bag placed on a fence at the back of the cemetery….
The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative has confirmed that a brake failure was the primary factor behind the devastating bi-fueled petrol tanker accident that may have caused the death of many persons on Wednesday in Abuja. It also expressed sorrow over the accident, offering condolences to the families affected. A statement signed by the initiative…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), says the 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) Port Harcourt Refinery and Kaduna Refinery are undergoing a comprehensive overhaul, designed to meet world-class standards. The company said the rehabilitation done at the 60,000 bpd Port Harcourt Refinery and Warri Refinery was not the typical Turnaround Maintenance (TAM) of…
The Federal government plans to steadily raise the rate for Value Added Tax (VAT) to 15% from the current 7.5%. The move is part of efforts to improve local revenue mobilisation and strengthen public finance buffers. In a document prepared by the Ministry of Finance obtained by Nairametrics, the federal government plans to address its…