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Police grill Ogun power-drunk monarch, suspended for six months
The Ogun State Police Command on Monday invited and interrogated the Olorile of Orile-Ifo, Oba Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old chief, Areola Abraham. This is just as the state govern...
Petrol price drops to N925/litre at private depots
The loading cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) at private depots dropped to N925 per litre on Monday. The amount was a difference of N27 from N952 offered by the highest-selling depot last Friday. ...
Banks clear major USSD debt to prevent service disconnection
Nigeria’s telecom operators have kept Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services active as banks make significant progress in repaying their outstanding debts, preventing a potential disruption ...
Bola Ige murder: Ladoja demands Akande’s apology, threatens legal action
Former governor of Oyo State and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on Monday, demanded a public apology from former Osun State governor, Chief Bisi Akande, over a narrative on the m...
N200bn/monthly electricity subsidy benefits rich Nigerians – Tinubu’s aide
The Federal Government has said it spends N200bn to subsidise electricity monthly. According to the government, this amount benefits the wealthiest 25 per cent of Nigerians rather than those who truly...
INEC to pay N1.12bn to family of man killed by driver
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12bn in compensation to the family of one Mike Madu, killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice ...
Procurement fraud: Emefiele opposes EFCC bid to call more witnesses
Embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has urged the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja to bar the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from calling ...
Four killed, seven cops injured over Osun chieftaincy crisis
The Esa-Oke Central Union, a group of indigenes of Esa-Oke in Osun State, on Monday, alleged that some assailants in police uniform had invaded the town and shot dead four residents, leaving many othe...
200,000 displaced Nasarawa indigenes return home after seven years
Seven years after the alleged displacement of over 200,000 Bassa indigenes by the Egbura ethnic group in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the natives are set to return to their ancest...