By Patience Dombin, Jos The Plateau state governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has condemned the killing of three people in attacks on Yelwan Zangam community and along the Zaria- Jingir road. The gunmen were said to have attacked local miners in Yelwa Zangam community, Jos North Local Government Area, killing one person while one person was…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has disclosed that it has over 1 billion litres of safe petrol for nationwide distribution. The NNPC disclosed this in a statement on its official Twitter page on Tuesday. The company disclosed further that 2.3 billion litres of petrol would arrive in Nigeria between now and the end…
Left: Chairman Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam and members of the Committee during the Screening of the Presidential Nominees for Electricity Regulations Commission at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Pix by Sylvanus Tyoakaa
The Senate on Tuesday started the process of amending the Bank Employees Act to provide for the inclusion of staff of all financial institutions in the compulsory declaration of assets. Tagged, “A bill for an Act to amend the Bank employees etc. (declaration of assets) Act cap b1 laws of the federation 2010 and for…
That Nigeria’s public universities’ lecturers decided to start yet another strike action today may not be entirely fortuitous. The signs have been there all along. Except that that the government deliberately refused to listen to them. And the fact that it falls on the day the world, especially the youth, is celebrating Valentine’s Day, a…
Below is the full text of a press statement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), detailing alleged involvement of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari and four other police officers in illicit drug deal. TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING BY THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, NDLEA, ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14,…
