By John Ofikhenua, Abuja The pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), according to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) in its March template, is N212.6 per litre. This is an indication of a subsidy of N50.61 per […]
By Mohammed Tijjani/Kaduna The Police Command in Kaduna state said its operatives intercepted and killed a marauding bandit, armed with AK 47 rifle. They also seized the rifle in the clash that occurred in Giwa local government (LGA) of Kaduna […]
By Justina Asishana, Minna Abductors of 19 persons from Kutunku village in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State have demanded a N200 million ransom to free their victims. They made the demand on Wednesday evening in a telephone call […]
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate said yesterday it has uncovered N120 billion difference in the subsidy paid by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory (PPPRA) to the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in 2016. The discovery was made […]
The Court of Appeal in Gombe State has ordered that the case involving former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdu Bulama, and four others to be reassigned to another Federal High Court for retrial. Bulama was arraigned by the […]
By Olawale Akinremi A sales attendant, Stephen Akinseloye has told a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State that his wife, Opeyemi, cooking skill is so poor that she cannot make simple ‘eba’ Akinseloye, who lives in Elewura-Challenge area in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja emphasized that security chiefs have received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including to shoot anyone found illegally with AK-47. The President spoke at a meeting with the National Council of Traditional […]
Rep. Garba Datti (APC-Kaduna state) has urged the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to forward its argument against the bill to decentralise minimum wage to the house public hearing. Datti, also the sponsor of the bill said rather than resort to […]
The Nigerian government on Thursday said it has replaced the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) with the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) as stamp duty collector. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made the disclosure at the launch […]
By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja and Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out two appeals filed by former Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appeals were on the […]