Year: 2024
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Maiduguri flood: 7 Fleeing Inmates Captured, as FG Releases Pictures of 281 fleeing inmates
The Federal Government has released details of the fleeing inmates from the Maiduguri Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), who escaped due to floods that ravaged part of the city, affecting the prison walls. To cushion the impact of the disaster on victims, the United Nations (UN) allocated $6 million to the state from the Nigeria…
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NNPC Releases Varying Official Prices of Dangote Petrol Across States
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stated the prices it will sell the petrol lifted from the Dangote Refinery in some States across the nation. It said it will sell at a price above N1,000 per litre in the far north. The NNPC spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this on Monday, in a statement titled:…
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First set of NNPCL trucks lift PMS at Dangote Refinery
Tribune Online The first set of trucks from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has successfully lifted Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol from the Dangote Refinery, Tribune Online reports on Saturday that ahead of the commencement of the petrol lifting from the 650,000 barrels per day refinery, over 100 trucks from…
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CDS Announces Cash Reward For Troops Who Killed Notorious Bandit Leader
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa, has announced a cash reward of N1 milion to the troops involved in the recent massive operation in Zamfara state, where bandits have wreaked havoc. Daily Trust had reported how a notorious bandit identified as Kachalla Buzu alias Halilu Sububu, was gunned down during the operation in…
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PETROL: Nigerians resort to difficult survival strategies as price hike bites
Vanguard News Two weeks after the Federal Government, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, increased the pump price of petrol, Nigerians have embraced difficult survival strategies as the development has hiked an already exorbitant cost of living. Virtually every socio-economic activity has been brought to a low ebb by the situation, which saw…
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Leadership of NAUS Ogun CMC Pays Courtesy Visit to Mone Realty
The National Association of University Students (NAUS) Ogun State Campus Monitoring Committee, led by its Chairman, Com. Adeyemi Boluwatife Opeyemi (BOLEXIS), paid a courtesy visit to Mone Realty today, Saturday, September 14, 2024. The delegation was warmly received by the CEO of Mone Realty, Mr. Ogunduboye Oluwaseyifunmi, at his office. During the visit, Mr. Ogunduboye…
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UNIBEN Students Trapped in Collapsed Storey Building in Edo
Many students of the University of Benin, (UNIBEN) have been reported trapped in a storey building after it collapsed in the State. The Nation learnt that the incident occurred on Ekhator Street, Ekosodin, following a heavy downpour on Saturday morning in Benin City, Edo State. Ekosodin, which borders the University of Benin, is known for…
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NNPCL, Dangote in Marathon Meetings Over Petrol Pricing
The Nation Newspaper Pricing of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has been a key agenda in the marathon meetings between the managements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) and Dangote Petroleum Limited in the last few weeks, The Nation learnt. A source of the National Oil Company, who was privy to the meetings, which…
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FG Declares Monday as Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 16th September 2024, as a public holiday to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-Mawlid, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated the Muslim Ummah both at home and in the diaspora on…
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20-year-old Man Arrested For Killing 100-level Female Student After Collecting Ransom
A 100-level female student at the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi state simply identified as Damilola has been gruesomely murdered by one Paul Jeremiah, 20. The state police command’s spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the suspect’s arrest to Daily Trust, on Friday. Aya said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Lokoja and he is currently…