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OUTRAGE AS OVER 75 NIGERIANS SCRAMBLING FOR FOOD DIE IN STAMPEDE No fewer than 75 alms seeking Nigerians lost their lives to stampede in the last four days, drawing outrage across the country.Due to the economic hardship bedeviling the citizens, every almsgiving event in the country has been attracting mammoth crowds, leading to deadly stampedes.In the past four days, the …

MARKETERS IN SUSPENSE AS NNPCL, DANGOTE REFINERY LOWER PETROL PRICE Intense pricing competition emerged in the nation’s downstream sector on Saturday after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed …

TINUBU’S WIFE GIVES OUT 22, 800 BAGS OF RICE TO NORTHERN CHRISTIANS First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has brought relief to vulnerable Christians in the North ahead of Christmas celebration. She donated 22,800 bags of rice as palliatives.She also made available N5 million to each of the 19 states for ease of transportation of the item. Each of the states will …

PRESIDENT TINUBU WINS 2024 MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu has been named as The Will newspaper’s choice for 2024 Man of the Year. The newspaper stated that the decision to honour President Tinubu was unanimous among its editorial team. According to them, the president’s reform policies over the past year have profoundly impacted Nigerians in …

, FG TO REVIEW LAGOS -CALABAR COASTAL ROAD TO LOWER COST, REDUCE LANES TO SIX The Federal Government has announced plans to review the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project to reduce costs and scale down the lanes from 10 to six. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this during a tour of the highway on Friday. Umahi explained that the …

GOV MBAH INAUGURATES ORONTO INTERNATIONAL HOTEL Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, at the weekend, inaugurated the Oranto International Airport Hotel in Enugu, saying it perfectly fits into his administration’s plans to position the state as the premier destination for business, investment, tourism, and for living. This was even as business mogul and Chairman of Oranto, Prince Arthur Eze, …

ENUGU COMMUNITY WHERE ‘SETTLERS’ ARE DENIED RIGHTS The natives of Edeaniagu of Ishi-Ozalla Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State look gloomy. The stigma of their coloration as ‘non-natives’, ‘settlers’ and ‘visitors’ in their land unsettles them. Their most recent ordeal is their ostracisation by the larger Ishi-Ozalla community, depriving them the right to contest for the …

PORT HARCOURT REFINERY NOT SHUT DOWN, FULLY OPERATIONAL – NNPCL The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited has denied media reports that the Old Port Harcourt Refinary has been shut down. In a press release signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the corporation, Olufemi Soneye, NNPCL said the refinery is fully operational. The release read in full: “The attention …

LIKE DANGOTE REFINERY, NNPCL CUTS PETROL PRICE TO N899 PER LITRE The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N899 per litre. The product previously sold at N1,020. According to the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), the new price was fixed by …

GOVERNOR NWIFURU AND HIS 107 SIBLINGS There is a man in Uganda with a dozen wives. He has 102 children and 568 grandchildren. All of them are still living in the same compound. The man’s name is Musa Hasahya Kasera. There was also a man named Muhammadu Bello Abubakar Masaba. He was a Muslim cleric in Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. …