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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa State has vowed to sanction marketers selling the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) above 145 per litre. It was irked by the sudden hike in the price of PMS (petrol) to N160 per ...

Anambra State government has declared the crisis between farmers and herders in the state resolved. Suspected herdsmen attacked some communities in Anam, Anambra West Council, at the weekend, which left about six people dead, some of them beheaded. The Commissioner ...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned the armed attacks by suspected Fulani men in Enugu and Anambra states. It urged South East governors and lawmakers to pass laws in their respective states for armed vigilance groups and ...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 9, 2019 House of Assembly election for Ondo West Constituency II, Abiola Oladapo, has expressed hope that he would retrieve his mandate from APC. Oladapo, who said this while speaking with journalists ...

Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for Ogun State House of Assembly, Sotayo Johnson, has challenged the election of Adejojo Temitope for Abeokuta South I state constituency in the March 9, 2019 election. Johnson, who was arrested for alleged vote buying ...

AVIATION workers’ unions yesterday protested against alleged anti-labour activities and unpaid benefits at Caverton Helicopters in Lagos. The protesters, drawn from the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), expressed ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has lamented palpable irregularities in the power sector, urging the National Assembly to expedite action on passage of Electricity Reform Act 2018. Speaking at plenary yesterday, the lawmakers bemoaned the Electricity Power Reform Act ...

The Election Tribunal sitting in Kano has ordered Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) access to electoral materials used for the gubernatorial poll. PDP’s candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, had challenged the declaration of Governor Abdullahi ...

Worried by the deplorable condition of the victims of armed banditry in Kajuru, the Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday donated relief materials worth millions of naira to over 7,000 victims of various attacks in the area. The ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday condemned the recent violence in Kaduna State, which culminated in the death of no fewer than 20 residents of Adara Community. He stated this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and ...