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Building Collapses In Ibadan, Claims 10 Lives
A building collapsed in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Thursday morning, killing ten people and injuring seven more. A statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency disclosed that the incident happened at 2 am at the Jegeda Oluloyo area in Ibadan in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state. The statement added that while 10 persons...
Ondo Governorship Election: Parties To Sign Peace Accord As INEC Flags Security Concerns
Ahead of the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for Nov. 16, political parties will participate in a Peace Accord signing on November 8. This initiative, coordinated by the National Peace Committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), aims to secure a peaceful election process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced on Thursday in Abuja that the Commission has identified potential...
Fubara Appeals As Court Halts Rivers Allocations
The Rivers State Government has appealed to the Federal High Court, Abuja’s judgment retraining CBN from further releasing allocations to the state. This came as the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, celebrated one of the failed attempts to impeach him by the Martin Amaewhule-led state House of Assembly loyal to the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications,...
Oil Marketers Adjust Petrol Prices Nationwide
Major oil marketers across Nigeria have raised the petrol prices from N1,010 to N1,050 per litre, marking a 4% increase in Lagos and other areas. Meanwhile, independent oil marketers have adjusted their prices to between N1,100 and N1,200 per litre, up from about N1,060 per litre, with variations depending on location. Vanguard’s investigation revealed that due to the deregulated market, petrol...
“Tinubu’s Intervention Empowered My Opponents” – Fubara
Rivers State Governor Fubara has stated that he does not care about the Federal High Court's ruling preventing CBN from issuing state allocations. This is as the governor said his approach to the crisis, in adherence to the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, empowered his opponents. While Governor Fubara expressed no regrets for seeking peace, he acknowledged that this approach may...
Tinubu Appoints Maj Gen Oluyede As Acting Chief Of Army Staff
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Major General Oluyede will act in the position pending the return of the indisposed substantive Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. ABN TV reports that the Nigerian Army had insisted that Lt. General Lagbaja was hale and hearty and only...
Senate Confirms President Tinubu’s 7 Ministerial Nominees
The Senate on Wednesday evening confirmed the nomination of seven ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu for appointment as Ministers and members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The Senate’s resolution followed hours of screening of the ministerial nominees by the Senators at the Committee of the Whole. The Minister-designate includes Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs...
IPMAN Queries Dangote’s 500m Fuel Stock Claim
National President of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, has queried Dang ote’s 500m fuel stock claim. The President of the Dangote Group, Alike Dangote, said that the 650,000 barrels per day refinery currently has 500 litres of premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, in stock for onward supply to Nigerians. Maigandi said this is because its members,...
Don’t Accept Every Advice From IMF, Jega Tells FG
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday warned Nigeria against taking all the advice of the Bretton Woods institutions, especially the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He said while it is good and useful to engage with them, the government must be careful not to plunge the country into a...
It’s Provoking Calling For New Jet For VP Shettima — Peter Obi
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has faulted the call for a new jet for Vice President Kashim Shettima. Obi, in a Tuesday post on X, said the lawmaker who demanded a new jet for Shettima “is insensitive and unconcerned about the prevailing economic situation in the country” Last weekend, the Speaker of the Borno State...
