The popular Wuse market in Abuja has reopened for business three days after it was shut down. Recall that the market was sealed by government authorities on Tuesday following a violence triggered by killing of a hawker. The incident led to burning of about 10 shops owned by traders, as well as eight vehicles, including…
Reno Omokri, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is full of praises for President Bola Tinubu, who on Wednesday directed that Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger be opened. The Federal Government also restored the supply of electricity to the Niger, which was halted as a result of the…
The minister of Power Bayo Adelabu has reiterated his stance that the federal government cannot continue to sustain electricity subsidy, while drawing parallels with neighboring nations who he says pay more for power. The minister disclosed this at a meeting with stakeholders in the power sector during his visit to the corporate headquarters of Ikeja…
A female Zimbabwean police officer is now facing a 5-year salary deduction after being accused of ruining a marriage. The policewoman identified as Chipo Mukwasi has been ordered to pay her boyfriend’s wife US$ 5,000 by a Bulawayo magistrate. Mukwasi, who is stationed at Tomlinson Depot in Harare, was sued earlier this year by one…
At least one person was injured after a huge fire ripped through the $7 million LA mansion of British model and actress Cara Delevingne early Friday morning, March 15. According to TMZ, a call came in at 3:52 a.m. reporting a fire at the massive property that had burnt most of the mansion, located in…
The federal ministry of power has been ordered by a high court sitting in Minna, Niger state’s capital, to pay N1.1 trillion as compensation to Samboro community in Madaka district, Rafi LGA over damages caused by the construction of Zungeru hydro dam. Justice Mohammed .A. Mohammed delivered the judgement in a lawsuit marked NSHC/ Kut/6/2023…
Adamawa state – 42-year-old Auwalu Shuaibu has been arrested by the police for mistakenly assaulting his 9-year-old daughter in Adamawa state. The state police spokesman, SP Suleiman Ngurore, confirmed that Auwalu was arrested on Monday, March 11 after he confessed that he believed her daughter to be his wife Drunken father mistakes 9-year-old daughter for…
French President, Emmanuel Macron has declared his nation ‘ready’ to use nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened about using nukes. Speaking with French media on Thursday, Macron slammed Putin for threatening the use of nuclear devices and reminded him France also has an advanced weapons programme. It comes after the Russian President earlier…
A landlord in Bulawayo’s North End suburb of Zimbabwe has been arrested for allegedly exposing his manhood to a tenant as she was dressing up in her room. It was gathered that while the 25-year-old woman got dressed, her landlord identified as 24-year-old Shayne Mafoche reportedly peered through her window. Startled, the woman caught sight…
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Myglor Yambuya was handed the sentenced after he was convicted of stabbing 16-year-old Renell Charles to death in London. Yambuya of Libra Road, Plaistow, London was sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum term of 20 years, having been convicted of the murder at the…
The late monarch, who reigned for two years, joined his ancestors at the age of 81 on Thursday. The remains of the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Olalekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, were on Friday evening laid to rest at his Aliwo ancestral family home in Ibadan, Oyo State. The late monarch, who reigned…
Says the appointment of Transaction Advisers by the DMO is done in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and is subject to the approval of the Federal Executive Council. The Debt Management Office (DMO) has debunked claims that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun’s company…