Fire destroys shops, goods at Abuja’s Kugbo furniture market
A fire outbreak at the popular Kugbo Furniture Market along the Abuja-Keffi Expressway has destroyed several shops and goods worth millions of naira.
Dangote’s partner station MRS, NNPC raise petrol price by N100/litre
Less than 24 hours after Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals raised the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, by N100 per litre, its partner retail outlet, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, and NNPC Limited have increased their pump prices by a similar margin.
C’River mothers rise against drug abuse among youths
…Say enough is enough By Emma Una CALABAR—In a powerful show of maternal outrage, women in Obubra Local Government Area, Cross River State, took to the streets last weekend, to protest the alarming rate of hard drug abuse among youths. The protesters, mostly mothers, are fed up with the devastating impact of substance abuse on their […]
Cross River community cries out for clean water
Igol-Ukpagada, a community of about 1000 people in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State is fighting a desperate battle – access to clean drinking water.
Pastor, wife arrested for alleged rape of 13-year-old girl in Bayelsa
A pastor and his wife have been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State over allegations of raping a 13-year-old girl, a relative of the wife, in Yenagoa.
Abandoned, forgotten: Benin Water Fountain lies in ruins
A once-thrusting symbol of Edo State’s grandeur now gathers dust and weeds. The N200 million Water Fountain located in the heart of Benin City and commissioned by former Governor Adams Oshiomhole in 2010, has been abandoned since 2016.
