NDLEA arrests India-bound nursing student over attempt to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine
By Onuora Aninwobodo Attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 200-level student of nursing at the Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, India, to swallow 76 wraps of cocaine hours before…
TikTok goes dark in the US after govt ban
Some 170 million US users of the viral social media app TikTok faced a blackout of the service on Saturday, days after the Supreme Court passed a decision that could…
PETROAN alerts Rivers Govt of potential fuel scarcity following activities of group called ADITOP
By Onuora Aninwobodo PETROAN, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association, is urging the Rivers State government to declare a state of emergency on the activities of ADITOP, a new…
Nigeria officially joins BRICS as its ninth partner state
Nigeria, Africa’s fourth-largest economy and the world’s sixth-most populous nation with over 228 million people, has been formally welcomed into the broader group of BRICS partner states, according to Brazil,…
Ologotun, Chiefs mourn as former Chief Judge of old Ondo State, Edward Ojuolape dies at 98
The Ologotun of Ogotun Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Adesanmi Alademeso and the entire Ologotun-in-council today expressed deep shock and sadness on the passage into eternal glory of a great community leader,…
NNPC Ltd disclaims purported recruitment announcement for PHRC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has urged members of the public to discountenance purported recruitment announcement for the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC)) circulating in certain onlineplatforms.…
Gunmen abduct retired police AIG, Hakeem Odumosu’s wife in Ogun
The wife of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, was abducted late Thursday night at her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The Ogun State…
Vandals remove 132kV underground cables, throw Abuja into darkness
By Onuora Aninwobodo The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that its 132kV transmission line and underground cables taking power to Central Area and environs in Abuja have been vandalised,…
Tinubu commends Nigerian governors for supporting Tax Reform Initiatives
President Bola Tinubu expresses his appreciation for the Nigeria Governors' Forum following their unanimous endorsement of the four Tax Reform Bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly. Tinubu lauds…
Putin, Iran president sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement in Moscow on Friday, according to the Kremlin. The two leaders have said…
