Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, yesterday, said Nigerians should ignore rumours of an impending hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—A Chinese expatriate attached to the BUA Cement Company in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, was abducted on Monday, while an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, attached to him was killed by the suspected kidnappers. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers stormed […]

MEDIA hype is an awkward cachet of Nigerian public life. Not surprisingly, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, in its media hype, indict, try and convict suspects in the media, and then, with its shoddy investigations and sloppy prosecution, loses the case in court. In the characteristic media show-off of Nigerian public officials, the Nigerian Army Chief of Staff, Tukur Buratai, told Nigerians that some army officers, in-concert with their political sponsors, were ponder a coup attempt. Many Nigerians thought that it was a military matter that should have been investigated (with other security agencies) and addressed by the military, and not thrown out into the public domain.

An attempt by two suspects to steal a Toyota Camry car parked at the Palm Shoprite Plaza by an identified customer was thwarted by security guards stationed at the gate of the shopping mall.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has expressed shock over the death of the Executive Director of United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin.