Three Children Of One Parents Found Dead In Kwara Stationary Car
Three children of the same parents were on Sunday found dead inside a car parked in Ilorin, Kwara State. The deceased, a boy and two girls, were suffocated to death inside the car parked at their compound at No 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin metropolis. It was gathered that their mother, Shade Silifat, went out to buy noodles...
Fire Guts 50 Shops At Kano Market
A midnight fire has destroyed over 50 shops and property worth N150 million at Yan Katako Market Rijiyar Lemu area of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. Speaking to newsmen, the chairman of the market, Alhaji Mamuda Abdullahi, explained that the blaze started at about 1am on Monday. He pointed out that the conflagration destroyed over 50 shops containing plywood,...
Lagos Streets Join Protesters Over High Cost Of Living
Protesters have hit the streets of Lagos over the soaring price of food and cost of living in the country despite police warnings. In a video shared on X, ABNTV observed the protesters, a human rights group identified as the “Take It Back Movement” carried placards of various inscriptions in the Ojuelegba area of the state. Police officers were also seen at the protest...
Edo CSOs Protest Economic Hardship In Benin
Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) in Edo State have stormed the streets of Benin City, the state capital. The protest followed the current economic hardship currently affecting Nigerians. Members of the CSOs carried various placards such as “End Economic Hardship”, “FG End the Hunger in Nigeria Now,” among many others to state their grievances. The Benin protest is coming after Ibadan residents protested against...
Faction Backs Out As bakers Commenses Strike Tuesday
A group of bakers in the country, on Monday, kicked against the nationwide strike declared by some of their counterparts, starting on Tuesday. The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria announced on February 14 that it is poised to begin a nationwide strike on February 27 unless the Federal Government honours the agreement made with the association in...
Abia Govt Sacks Illegal Occupants At Aba Textile Mills
Abia State Government has sacked alleged illegal occupants of properties belonging to the Aba Textile Mills at the Government Reservation Area, GRA, Aba. The three buildings located on a large expanse of land at Oron Street, in the area,were sealed and marked as ‘Abia State Government property.’ One of the buildings was converted to a school , with other structures erected...
Tanker Loaded With Oil Overturns Content In Lagos, Residents Rush To Scoop
A tanker laden with oil has overturned in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos on Friday. Despite the inherent danger, some residents of the area were spotted scooping the contents of the truck which spilled into the road. Emergencies authorities, however, said no casualties were recorded and efforts are in top gear to clear the area. According to them, “both driver and...
Ex-Niger Delta Warlords Charge Tinubu On Niger Delta Economy
Some eminent ex-Niger Delta warlords in the country on Friday held a stakeholders’ meeting on how to arrest the current economic hardship in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta region. The meeting, which was a fallout of an earlier meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was held at the residence of Senior High Chief Bibopere Ajube, at Agadagba-Obon, Arogbo,...
Court Order NPC To Explain How It Spent N200bn In Aborted Population, Housing Census
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the National Population Commission to disclose expenditure details related to the suspended 2023 Population Census within seven days. The census was initially scheduled to be held in 2022 but was later postponed to 2023. The exercise was, however, suspended indefinitely by former President Muhammadu Buhari a few days before leaving office, saying...
Hardship: Lagos Civil Servants To Work Three Days In A Week
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that civil servants from level 1-14 would begin to work three days a week as part of measures to ease the economic challenges and hardship on residents. He spoke during a live media chat, ‘Sanwo Speaks’, to intimate residents on steps being taken to reduce the economic burden on Lagosians. Workers in the teaching...
