Nigerian Government Go After Landlords Harbouring Yahoo Boys The Kogi State Government has vowed to clamp down on property owners harbouring Yahoo Boys in the State. The Kogi State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Abanika Taiye disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja during a press briefing ahead of a two-day symposium of stakeholders in housing and urban development in Kogi State. Taiye noted that it was appalling that some property owners were sabotaging the efforts of the government at ridding the state of crimes and criminalities by accommodating individuals who have questionable sources of income. According to him,…
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Tensioπ In Abuja As Woman, Her Children Burnt To Death A tragic accident claimed the lives of a middle-aged woman and her two children after the bus they were traveling in caught fire near Manderegi village, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. The incident, which occurred on an 18-seater commuter bus with registration number BGT 996 LG, left 12 other passengers with severe burns. The bus was reportedly en route to Kogi State when it suddenly burst into flames. Eyewitnesses reported that the victims were trapped inside the vehicle and burnt beyond recognition. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) later…
EXCLUSIVE: Glo CEO, Mike Adenuga Is Dead? A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has debunked the rumoured death of Nigerian billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga. Adenuga is regarded as the fifth richest person in Africa according to Forbes. His company, Globacom is Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator and has a presence in Ghana and Benin Republic. Reports online had speculated that the billionaire businessman died at the age of 71. In a tweet shared on X by Dele Momodu on Tuesday night, the politician said Adenuga is alive, fit and proper. He added that he had a telephone…
BREAKING: Many Soldiers Ki||ed, Gun Truck Destroyed As Terrorists Attack Nigerian Army Base The Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed five Nigerian soldiers, wounded ten others, and left four missing during an attack on troops in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State. The Director of Defence Media Operations at Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, Major General Edward Buba, confirmed the incident in a statement. He stated that many of the terrorists were also killed by the troops in the deadly attack. The statement read, “The coordinated attack saw five killed in action soldiers, 10 wounded, and four…
BREAKING: Heavy Gunsh0ts, Many Feared Ki||ed As Terrorists Ambush Security Operatives Boko Haram insurgents have ambushed the monitoring team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, who were inspecting the installation of A national grid in Shiroro LGA, Niger. NSCDC spokesperson Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the team was also escorting expatriates returning from a mining site but were found in the bush around Dagwachi when over 200 terrorists, armed with sophisticated weapons, opened fire at the convoy from a hill in Kaduna. The NSCDC team was said to have been deployed to protect the national…
Dangote Refinery Begins Petrol Exports To Other Countries Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery, owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has begun the export of refined petroleum products to neighbouring West African countries. This is according to a newspaper report by Bloomberg on Tuesday. However, there are claims that whereas the Refinery is getting crude from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, in Naira, it is carrying out the export deal in dollars. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered the sale of crude oil to Dangote Refinery in Naira, an order that has been confirmed to have been implemented by the NNPCL.…
BREAKING: Heavy Gunsh0ts, Many Feared Ki||ed, Injured In Abuja, Protesters Block Streets With Burning Tyres After Security Raid Protest has erupted in Abuja as residents barricaded roads around Mobassa Street in Wuse Zone 5 with burning tyres. The action, according to a local resident, was in response to a security raid targeting drug sellers that left one person severely injured, The ICIR reports. “The security agents came to raid drug sellers, and there was a gunshot,” the resident explained. The resident also suggested that an individual lying on the street had been shot during the operation. “That’s a notorious place…
BREAKING: Jubilation As FG Lifts Ban On Corps Members The Federal Government, responding to the growing concern over youth unemployment, has revoked all previous directives concerning posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). A memo dated November 18, 2024, from the Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, to the NYSC Director General, announced that the lifting of these restrictions will take effect from the start of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Orientation Course. The Minister pointed out that the previous NYSC posting policy, which limited postings to four sectors—Education, Agriculture, Health, and Infrastructure—was established during the tenure of…
Man Who Commissioner Fu¢ked His Wife Rejects Court Judgment Nasiru Buba, the man who accused Jigawa Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, of having illicit affair with his wife, has rejected the verdict of the Sharia Court which absolved the politician of wrongdoing. Ibom Focus had reported that a Kano Upper Shari’a Cour dismissed the adultery case against Sankara, saying it could not be proven. While dismissing the case, the Presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, said he struck out the case due to lack of evidence, emphasising that police investigated and found nothing against the commissioner. “Following the investigation…
Wike In Trouble Over N70,000 To FCT Workers Omoyele Sowore, a prominent human rights activist and leader of the #RevolutionNow movement, has strongly criticised Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for approving a minimum wage of only N70,000 for FCT workers. Sowore expressed his outrage on social media, calling out Wike’s decision as inadequate. Wike’s approval of the N70,000 minimum wage is the implementation of the new minimum wage for all administration staff in the FCT. However, Sowore’s criticism highlights concerns about the wage’s sufficiency, especially considering the current economic climate. Wike justified the approval of the…