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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, ordered contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission to immediately stop executing projects or undertaking contracts in the state. The governor said the state government was approaching the court to seek an order stopping the Federal Government agency from embarking on any …

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended the loss at the previous session on Friday as profit-taking efforts deepened with negative implication for market capitalisation. Heavyweight stocks comprising BUA Cement, MTNN and Dangote Cement – all of them among the five most capitalised companies on the bourse – accounted most for …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Friday Nigeria would restart fuel importation from the neighbouring Niger Republic to meet local energy needs. Sylva, who disclosed this in a statement by the ministry, said the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on petroleum storage …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has disclosed how Nigeria can solve the problem of electricity. Kyari speaking at a media interactive session with National Association of Energy Correspondents in Abuja, on Friday, said the gas will help the country out of its …

The Counsel for  #EndSARS protesters in Lagos State, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will have to appear before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate on the night of October 20. Ogunlana said since the military claimed before …

Operatives of the Delta Police Command and members of a local vigilante group have arrested two suspected Yahoo boys for parading, on their heads, a coffin containing female undies at Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State. The two boys, it was learnt, were earlier nabbed by local vigilantes …

Tensions between cocoa-producing countries and manufacturers over costs have led to soaring prices on the international market, even as demand slumps because of the coronavirus. In New York, the price of a tonne of cocoa for delivery in December has jumped by more than 25 per cent since last Friday …

The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has washed his hands off an alleged collection of N2 billion bribe to hasten the re-appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Lawan’s reaction was contained in a statement issued yesterday evening by his spokesman, …

  Newspapers vendors of Abuja chapter took to the street on Friday to protest the killing of Elechi one of their colleagues who was hit by a stray bullet by a security aide to the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday evening. Speaking with one of the Vendors, …

The Police Command in Niger has arrested a father, Abubakar Maibabo, for allegedly killing his two children at Maidabo village in Salka, Nasko Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Minna. Abiodun said that on Nov. 14 at …

A Miami man confessed to killing his wife, a prominent transgender activist, in a jealous rage, according to police. On Tuesday, at around 4:25 a.m., 27-year-old Ygor Arrudasouza called 911 stating that he had stabbed Yunieski “Yuni” Carey, a 39-year-old Cuban-born performer, inside the couple’s high-rise apartment in downtown Miami. …

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has disclosed the agency will stop the registration of products with a similar business name to another product already popular in the market, in order to eliminate substandard goods. This disclosure was made by the Director-General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, while receiving the …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of a newspaper vendor in Abuja by one of the security details as horrible, saying he is distraught by the incident. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he personally signed and issued in the early hours of Friday, said …

The Ebonyi State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded one Ndubuisi Ogbonnaya in the custodial facility for allegedly defiling a six-year-old child. The suspect, a 27-year-old, was said to have taken the victim to his house and violated her. The victim’s father was said to have noticed …

Paul Okoye drags twin brother, Peter’s wife, Lola Omotayo on Instagram [Instagram/IamKingRudy] [Instagram/LolaOmotayo] The former member of the defunct group, PSQUARE, took to his Instagram page on Thursday, November 19, 2020, where he slammed his brother’s wife over her recent Birthday wish to him, . “Aunty for four years we …

Members of the UK Parliament have scheduled November 23 to debate sanctions against the Buhari administration over its handling of the historic #EndSARS protests on October 2020, so far, The Nigerian government is being held responsible for deadly military attacks on protesters and Nigerians. The parliamentarians will consider a petition …

The Lagos State High Court has imprisoned a popular prophet in the state, Israel Ogundipe, also known as Genesis. The Justice Olabisi Akinlade-led court sentenced Genesis to one-year imprisonment for fraud. Ogundipe, who is the Shepherd-in-Charge of Celestial Church of Christ Global Genesis parish, was accused of defrauding a Nigerian …

A security aide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has allegedly shot a newspapers vendor in the head. The incident, which occurred at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, around 3 pm on Thursday, caused panic in the area. The victim identified as Ifeanyi Okereke was subsequently rushed …

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has asked Muslim leaders in the country to accept the “charter of Republican values” as part of efforts to stop radical Islam. France has in recent times recorded beheadings and stabbings by Muslim immigrants, who disagree with the freedom of expression, which allows French citizens …

International Cable News Network, CNN, said its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020, was “carefully and meticulously researched”. CNN stated this in a report on Thursday in response to comments by the Nigerian Minister of Information and …