Business
Dangote Refinery crashes petrol price to N890 per litre
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has reduced the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from N950 to N890, effective from Saturday. In a…
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JUST IN: PSC orders immediate retirement of all officers above 60
Barely days after the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, raised the dust about the elongation of the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode…
Security
BREAKING: Many Feared Dead as Drunk Driver Rams Car into Soldiers in Lagos
About four soldiers are feared dead and others injured following an incident in the Morocco area of Shomolu, Lagos. The incident took place during morning physical…
Ramadan: Jigawa State Govt Approves N4.8billion for Feeding
The Jigawa State Government has approved N4,836,546,000 for this year’s Ramadan Feeding Programme, which aims to support the vulnerable during the fasting period. Announcing the decision…
Business
We will start paying N77,000 Monthly Allowance once budget is passed – NYSC DG
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has announced that corps members will begin receiving a monthly allowance of…
Nigerian Customs Seize N199 Million Worth of Stolen Goods
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 199,495 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, with a Duty Paid Value of N199,495,000. Comptroller…
Politics
Some clowns Are Being Paid To Defend Tinubu’s Govt – El Rufai
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that certain individuals, whom he described as “clowns,” are being paid to defend the administration of President Bola…
Education
UNIZIK Lecturers Protest 5 Years of Unpaid Salaries
Approximately 1,000 lecturers at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) have staged a protest over the non-payment of their salaries since their employment in 2019. The aggrieved…
Nigeria’s flag designer, Taiwo Akinkunmi’s family gets FG N30m donation
The Federal Government has donated N30 million to the family of renowned National Flag designer, late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, two years after his demise. The Director…
Security
Lagos Lawmakers Storm DSS Office Over Detention Of Colleagues
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have arrived at the Department of State Services (DSS) office in the Magodo area of the state,…