Welder killed in Anambra fuel tanker explosion
Vincent Ujumadu – Awka A welder was killed on Tuesday in a fuel tanker explosion in Awka, Anambra State. The deceased was working on the tanker in Amawbia area of the state capital when the tanker exploded. He died as a result of severe burns he suffered in the accident. An eyewitness said the casualty […]
Profit taking drags down equity performance by 1.2%
The equities market today (Tuesday) recorded the first profit taking after a long streak gain this month leading to a decline in a major performance index as the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE All Share Index declined by 1.2 percent or 118 bases points, bps.
2020 UTME: Remita recommended for JAMB ePINs purchase
Prospective candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria can now easily purchase their Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ePINs using Remita, the leading electronic payment platform, in a fast and reliable manner. This follows a recent announcement by the examination body of the commencement of the 2020 UTME form ePIN sales from January 13 […]
2023: PVC registration to commence soon — REC
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo state, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, says the continuous voters’ registration would soon commence. Agboke made the disclosure at a stakeholder meeting on Tuesday in Iseyin. He said the exercise would capture new registrants and those that have issues with their PVCs such as replacement of lost or defaced […]
IPOB endangering lives of Ndigbo in diaspora – Biafra war Veteran
Ex-BIAFRA Air force personnel, Chief Peter Ezeliora has warned present agitators for restoration of Biafra republic, particularly the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, that they were endangering the lives Ndigbo residing outside Igboland.
Reps order NERC to suspend tariff hike indefinitely
T Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Power and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC) on Tuesday agreed that the planned hike in electricity tariffs was not backed by any law. Therefore, the Committee headed by Magaji Da’u Aliyu ordered the Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman and NERC to suspend […]
Anya: Uncommon academic, technocrat
WHEN Professor Anya Oko Anya, 82, MFR, FAS, NNOM, Academic, and Administrator, was sired on January 3,1937, he was born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. Reason: His father was reasonably well off and had a lorry in 1940.
Broadband: FG urges states to adopt uniform charges for RoW
The Federal Government has urged state governments to adopt the 2013 resolution of National Executive Council, NEC on Right of Way (RoW) charges to hasten broadband penetration in the country.
41 die in one of Benue’s Internally Displaced Persons camps
By Peter Duru Indications emerged Tuesday that over 41 inmates at the Abagena Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in the outskirts of Makurdi town lost their lives since the camp was opened in 2018. The camp which is one of the 22 official and unofficial camps housing persons displaced by herdsmen crisis in the state […]
3 remanded over murder of 7-yr-old boy in Ogun
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court in Ake on Tuesday remanded three men in a correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy, Musa Abdulmalik The defendants, Faruq Sheiidu,34; Nurah Habib, 26; and Mohammed Bello,42, whose pleas were not taken, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, kidnap and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs. Victoria Williams, […]
Obong Attah: Ex gov who dared the anti-graft agency
BORN November 20, 1938, Attah is the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State since the return to civil rule from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007. Attah who was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but later joined the All Progressive Congress, APC.
