01
NNPC increases pump price in Lagos, Abuja ....
In all of its retail locations, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has raised the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol. TheCable reported the second October hike on Tuesday. On October 3, NNPC raised the pump price from N855 per litre ....

01
Osun NSCDC gets Sotiyo Igbalawole as new commandant ....
Sotiyo Igbalawole Emmanuel, a new commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has been assigned to the Osun State Command. The NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar, recently authorised the deployment of Commandant Sotiyo. According to a sta ....

01
Police arrest VeryDarkMan after honouring invitation ....
Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, is a controversial social critic who was arrested by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday night. VDM's lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, stated that he was arrested after accepting a police invitation, even though the nature of his offence was unkn ....

02
TCN repairs, restores electricity in Maiduguri, Damaturu ....
Another important milestone in the Transmission Company of Nigeria's efforts to bring electricity back to the country's northern area has been reported. Full electricity has been restored to Maiduguri in Borno State and Damaturu in Yobe, according to a new statement released on Friday an ....

02
Naira appreciates against dollar ....
To start November 2024 on a positive note, the naira strengthened against the dollar on both the official and black market foreign exchange exchanges. The naira gained to N1666.72 per dollar on Friday from N1675.49 on Thursday, according to FMDQ data. In relation to the dollar, th ....

02
VeryDarkMan granted N2m bail ....
The jailed social media critic Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, was granted N2 million bail by the Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja along with other strict requirements. VeryDarkMan was charged with unlawful use of a police uniform on Friday at Court 1, Chief Magistrate ....

04
Police arrest 17 Nigerians, 113 foreigners for cybercrimes, others ....
In a statement released yesterday, police spokesperson Oluyiwa Adejobi said that 130 suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for high-level cybercrimes, hacking, and activities that pose a threat to national security. The suspects include 113 foreign natio ....

04
Court sentences Professor for impersonation during UTME ....
'Professor' Jide Josiah Jisos was given a six-month prison sentence by a Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, for impersonating someone during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). While keeping an eye on the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja, th ....

04
Troops arrest notorious terrorist leader, others ....
According to the Defence Headquarters, Nigerian military have captured seven IPOB/ESN commanders in the South-East and infamous terrorist leader Abubakar Ibrahim (also known as Habu Dogo) in Sokoto in the past week. According to a statement released on Saturday by Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, ....