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April 29, 2024 LAGOS — The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, said yesterday that the petrol scarcity currently spreading to more states across the country will take at least two weeks to normalise. This is even as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NPCL insisted yesterday that it has adequate stock of the […]

Monday 29 April 2024 Members of “World Central Kitchen” prepare food for Palestinians, in the location given as Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in this picture released on March 21, 2024 and obtained from social media.An aid group is to resume its work in Gaza four weeks after suspending operations following

April 28, 2024 Their sentencing brings to an end their years of criminal enterprise of exporting cocaine across continents. Photo combination of Uwaezuoke and Agbo who were convicted for cocaine trafficking. Credit: NDLEA Following their arrests and prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo

28th April 2024 President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration’s removal of the fuel subsidy Was in the best interest of Nigeria, saying it was necessary not to plunge the country into bankruptcy. He stressed the country’s belief in economic collaboration and inclusiveness among other nations to drive stability on the global stage. Tinubu

The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, said three more inmates who fled its custodial facility in Suleija, Niger State, Wednesday, have been recaptured while 106 others remain on the loose. A spokesman for the Service, Abubakar Umar, an Assistant Controller, told a Vanguard correspondent that those at large are now 106.He dismissed online reports, which quoted

The All Progressives Congress has demanded the cancellation of the just conducted local government election in Oyo State. The party claimed that the election was a “sham”, warning that if allowed to proceed, it may damage the state’s reputation. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan by the party’s Publicity Secretary,

April 27, 2024 Several people are believed to have been killed in the inferno but emergency officials have yet to provide details about the incident. A vehicle burned to crisp in the aftermath of the inferno. Several Feared Dead After Tanker Explosion in Eleme axis of the East West road, Rivers State. An unconfirmed number

27th April 2024 A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted a traditional ruler, Kelvin Anugwo, and 42 others standing trial for the murder of the late divisional police officer of the Ahoada East Division, Bako Angbashim. The accused persons were standing trial on a four-count charge of cultism, armed robbery, murder,

27th April 2024 The media office of the former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said the court was yet to prove the allegations made against the embattled former governor by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Bello’s media office director, Ohiare Michael, on Friday, adding that the

A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has beaten his wife, Taiwo, to death with their son’s skateboard. The couple, who had three children, arrived in the UK from Nigeria in 2022 and always clashed over alleged affairs and arguments about bills. According to a news platform, 48-year-old Abodunde had been repeatedly investigated by Suffolk