Thirteen people have been confirmed dead, while two others remain missing, following the collapse of a mining pit in Kadauri village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, confirmed the incident on Sunday, stating that federal mines officers had been deployed to coordinate ongoing rescue […]
Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Femi Otedola, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the full report by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede panel carried out under the Goodluck Jonathan administration on the controversial fuel subsidy regime. In a statement yesterday, Otedola insisted that Nigerians deserve to know the truth about those who looted public funds under the […]
A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners — many of them Chinese — who say they were trafficked and […]
Amid growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence in financial fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to Nigerian investors, urging them to exercise heightened caution against a new wave of AI-generated scams sweeping through the country’s digital space. According to the SEC, the deceptive schemes often disguised as […]
The trade dispute between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Dangote Petroleum Refinery has put Nigeria’s ambition of becoming Africa’s refining hub to the sternest test. This comes just as the shutdown of the refinery may plunge the country into a N14.7 billion daily loss, triggering force majeure with […]
Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to integrate estate lakes, canals, and pumps into a comprehensive flood management system within the next 24 months, aiming to reduce flooding across the city. Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, shared the details via his official X account, emphasizing that the initiative targets areas […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, recently suggested that arming FRSC personnel may be the only way to enforce traffic laws on Nigerian roads. The statement is alarming. It is dangerous. And it reveals a deeper crisis in governance in our country: the normalisation of militarisation in civil life. How, […]
Nigerians may face tougher days ahead as the nationwide strike declared by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, beginning from today (Monday), threatens to unleash a twin blow of soaring petrol prices and widespread electricity blackouts. The union’s directive to halt crude oil and gas supplies to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery […]
Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied reports that he is planning to change his political party. Reports emerged recently suggesting that Kwankwaso is on the verge of rejoining the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Reacting on Friday via a post on his official X account, the former […]
A former Governor of Oyo State, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has officially been crowned the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. He was crowned at the Ose Meji Temple in Ibadan South-East Local Government Area of the state. Ladoja, who had earlier received the traditional Akoko leaf at the Labosinde Compound, Oja’ba, Ibadan, is expected to be formally […]
