NNPC TO DEPLOY 50–70 SMART SELF-SERVICE FILLING STATIONS NATIONWIDE WITHIN SIX MONTHS
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced plans to deploy between 50 and 70 smart, self-service filling stations across the country within...
NIGERIAN ARMY RESCUES 13 KIDNAP VICTIMS, INTERCEPTS 300 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION
Agency Report The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 13 kidnapped victims, neutralised a suspected kidnapper and intercepted 300 rounds of ammunition in separate...
US APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS BLOCK ON TRUMP’S MAIL-IN VOTING ORDER
Agency Report A US appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict the use of...
FG MOVES TO DECRIMINALISE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, SECURES FEC APPROVAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Government has taken a major step towards decriminalising attempted suicide in Nigeria following the approval by the Federal Executive...
US DELIVERS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO NIGERIAN AIR FORCE AMID GROWING COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States has delivered military equipment to the Nigerian Air Force as Washington and Abuja deepen security cooperation aimed at...
OSUN TEACHING HOSPITAL WORKERS DISRUPT BOARD MEETING, THREATEN STRIKE OVER LAB PRIVATISATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. Workers of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Thursday disrupted a meeting of the hospital’s Governing Board over plans...
FG TO GIVE NIGERIAN STUDENTS 100MB FREE DAILY DATA FROM OCTOBER 1
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal Government has announced plans to provide Nigerian students with 100 megabytes of free daily data to access approved educational...
MEIRAN RESIDENT SENTENCED TO ONE MONTH IN PRISON FOR DUMPING REFUSE IN DRAIN
By Aishat Momoh. O. A 53-year-old resident of Meiran, Nelly Monday, has been sentenced to one month in prison for indiscriminately dumping refuse into a...
DANGOTE REFINERY IPO GETS AFRICAN, GLOBAL LEADERS’ BACKING
By Aishat Momoh. O. The proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has received strong backing from African and international...
COURT JAILS FAKE SPIRITUALIST ONE YEAR FOR SEXTORTION IN ABUJA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a fake spiritualist, Solomon Odigie Moses, to one year imprisonment for...