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“The federal government is carrying so much load that they are not supposed to carry, allow states to develop these minerals and pay royalty to the federal government, that is the way it’s supposed to be,” Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor told Uchechukwu Ogah, the visiting Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development. It’s a no-brainer. That’s what ...
April, 2021
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21 April
Dangote acquires additional 400 trucks
Following the partnership deal and commitments to quality, the biggest customer of SHACMAN brand in Nigeria, Dangote Group, has taken delivery of an additional 400 units of SHACMAN trucks. The largest buyer of SHACMAN brand in Nigeria, Dangote Group has since the entrance of SHACMAN vehicles into the Nigeria market through Transit Support Services Limited as SHACMAN Nigeria six years ...
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21 April
Amotekun frees Ekiti monarch, arrests kidnap kingpin
The Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State, Oba David Oyewumi, who was kidnapped in his palace on Thursday, has regained freedom. A source, who said the monarch had been taken for medical attention, said, “Kabiyesi has been released. We are happy about this, but I do not know whether any ransom was paid ...
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21 April
OAU undergraduate commits suicide over failed business deal
A 200-Level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in the Department of Management and Accounting, Emmanuel Adedeji, has reportedly committed suicide. Emmanuel, it was said, left a suicide note after he took a poisonous substance which led to his death. It was not immediately clear why Emmanuel took the decision, as some sources close to him gave different ...
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21 April
MMA2 returns passenger’s lost bag containing N2.3m
The aviation security team at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 has returned lost baggage of an Uyo-bound passenger on Ibom Airline, George Etuk, containing the sum of N2,350,000 and other vital documents. It was gathered that Etuk, who returned from the United State of America was at the Ibom Airline check-in counter alongside other passengers but got carried away ...
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21 April
FIFA president Infantino to give verdict on Super League
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is expected to deliver his verdict on the European Super League on Tuesday after the widely condemned breakaway competition triggered threats of legal action and punitive measures. European body UEFA will look to support from the world football chief at its congress in Switzerland as it attempts to quash an initiative that threatens its prized Champions ...
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21 April
Chelsea and Man City withdrawal reports as Super League goes to court
Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester City were reported to be preparing the paperwork to withdraw from the breakaway European Super League less than 72 hours after agreeing to join it, in a major blow for the proposed new competition. Shortly before the BBC reported that the two English clubs were set to back out of the breakaway competition, in ...
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21 April
Parents Beware ! : Drugged cookies for school children in market, NDLEA arrests syndicate
A 300-level student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly selling drugged cookies to schoolchildren and other unsuspecting members of the public. It was gathered that Agboje was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative Estate in Abuja after she allegedly gave a young girl drugged cookies to ...
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21 April
Petrol queues in Abuja, others, fuel scarcity spreading nationwide
Petrol queues is thick in Abuja and parts of Niger and Nasarawa states currently…and fuel scarcity is gradually spreading nationwide. Also, hundreds of black marketers who sell the commodity in jerrycans are currently in business in some of the affected locations. Many fillings stations were shut to motorists on Monday morning, while the few ones dispensing the commodity were flooded ...
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20 April
BREAKING: Chad’s President killed shortly after re-election, Military takes over power
Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died suddenly in clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. His death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote. The government and parliament have been dissolved. A military council ...
