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The convoy of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has been involved in an auto accident. The incident occurred on Friday morning when the convoy was heading for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign rally in Utokon community, Ado LGA of the state. No casualty has been recorded but a source […]

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the volume of petrol supplied to marketers by private depots have dropped by about 40 percent. Zarma Mustapha, IPMAN deputy president, spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, on Friday. In December 2022 , the NNPC had said it had 1.9 billion litres of […]

Google’s parent firm, Alphabet Inc. an American multinational technology conglomerate company, has announced plans to lay off 12,000 workers. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet’s chief executive officer (CEO), disclosed this in a memo sent to employees via email on Friday. The cut represents more than 6 percent of the company’s global workforce. According […]

Bandits have reportedly abducted four students while returning from a friend’s wedding along Kaura Namoda and Birnin Magaji roads in Zamfara. The victims who were said to be students of the College of Health Technology, Tsafe, had reportedly attended the wedding alongside three of their siblings who were also abducted. The incident […]

Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Federation of Construction Industry in Nigeria (FOCI) to support his target of providing massive infrastructure when elected. Tinubu spoke at a consultative session with FOCI in Abuja on Thursday. The presidential candidate said he has plans to continue the […]

At least 25 persons — mostly children — have died as a result of the diphtheria disease outbreak in Kano state. Aminu Tsanyawa, the commissioner for health, confirmed the outbreak on Thursday. Diphtheria is an infection that is caused by strains of bacteria known as Corynebacterium diphtheriae that make toxins. The […]

An analysis by the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) has identified factors that could threaten the smooth conduct of elections in the country. The report, released on Thursday, is a publication produced by the DAI, an international development company, with the support of the EU. The report listed […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the alleged explosion at the campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state. Darlington Nwauju, Rivers APC spokesperson, had alleged that there was an explosion on Thursday during the party’s governorship rally at Ojukwu field, Rumuwoji community in Port Harcourt, the state capital. […]

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) says the country’s unemployment rate is may to rise to 37 percent in this year. The private sector-led think-tank made the projection in its latest 2023 macroeconomic outlook report titled, ‘Nigeria in transition: recipes for shared prosperity’. The projected rate is almost 4 percentage points higher […]