The incident occurred around 5:20am during the Subhi ,early morning, prayer.A spokesman for the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said preliminary forensic analysis showed that the explosion was suspected to be caused by petrol.The injured, including 20 adult males and four male children, were transported to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital for treatment. The principal […]
A statement by the commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale said they were arrested for operating BDC without an appropriate licence.The suspects are Abdulahi Musa, Garba Abdullahi, Dauda Hussaini, Jubril Musa, Abdulwaheed Iliyasu and Abubakar Mohammed.Others are Umar Saidu, Nurudeen AbdulAzeez, Hamidu Usman, Yusuf Isa, Musa Ishaka, Liman Makki and Idris Mohammed.They were arrested […]
Emefiele pleaded not guilty when the charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC, was read.The former Governor of the CBN is the sole defendant in the charge before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory ,FCT, in Maitama.Other conditions attached to the bail include that […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, stated while briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council ,FEC, meeting. According to the Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, the Council could not take all the memos that were to be presented by members.Keyamo said no one would be exempted paying for access into the […]
Former Labour Party ,LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi held meetings with his Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, counterpart, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.He also met with two PDP chieftains, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido.Speaking on Obi’s meeting with Atiku, the ex-VP’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said although they discussed […]
At its recent proceedings, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the APC and ododo, asked the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by Ajaka for being incompetent and lacking in merit. They stated this through their lawyers, Kanu Agabi, Joseph Daudu and Emmanuel Ukala while adopting their final written addresses.Counsel for Ajaka, Pius Akubo, however, […]
The government said with the system, workers on the same level could earn different salaries.According to the government, the formulation of an innovative wage system was being considered because it realised that productivity was a key factor in the growth of the country’s economy.The Director-General of the National Productivity Centre, Nasir Raji-Mustapha, disclosed this during […]
.On April 3, 2024, NERC raised electricity tariff for customers enjoying 20 hours power supply daily. Customers in this category are said to be under the Band A classification. The increase saw the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66, a development that has been heavily criticized by many Nigerians, considering the […]