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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has named the road to the Dangote Refinery Herbert Wigwe road. Announcing this at the Night of Tribute for the late banker and Chief Executive Officer of Access Corporation Plc, Dangote described Herbert as a loyal friend and…

The Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) has advised its customers in Gombe State not to pay anyone to repair faulty electricity transformers in their communities. The Chief Security Officer, JED, Mr Musa Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in…

Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), Ondo State chapter, in collaboration with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Sunday morning, engaged a cartel of crude oil thieves in a shootout at an illegal crude oil camp…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has written to the Federal Government, dismissing claims that the government has fulfilled 80 percent of the October 2, 2023 agreement with Organised Labour. NLC in a letter dated February 29, 2024, asked the government to come out…

Fisayo Soyombo, an investigative journalist, has alleged that smugglers can bring in all sorts of goods or items into Nigeria as long as they pay bribes to personnel of the customs service. Soyombo, who is the founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism…

The Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration confirmed the looting of its warehouse in Dei-Dei on Sunday, by residents in the FCT, over the economic hardship in the country. Confirming the incident to our correspondent, the spokesperson for…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has debunked reports circulating in some quarters that its warehouse was looted by some hoodlums in Abuja on Sunday. NEMA spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed that the looted warehouse is not affiliated with…

Abuja residents have looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture. The warehouse was raided by the residents on Sunday morning. They carted away foodstuffs and other items stored in the warehouse. Earlier reports on social media had claimed…

Nollywood comic, John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu, is dead. A close associate of the family confirmed to press that the ace actor died on Saturday afternoon after he was moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Evercare Hospital, Lekki a…

The federal government on Saturday has said train services on Port Harcourt to Aba route will start operation by the end of March. The Port Harcourt-Aba rail project is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The…