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Six killed, two injured in Ogun tanker crash
By Deborah Nnamdi No fewer than six persons have died while two others sustained injuries in a multiple road crash that occurred around 8 a.m. on Tuesday at the Old Toll Gate, Ota, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. The accident involved an articulated vehicle, a vegetable oil tanker…
Read More »Police foil bandits’ planned attack on Oyo community, kill two
By Deborah Nnamdi The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it thwarted a planned attack by suspected bandits on Irawo town in the Oke Ogun area of the state, neutralizing two suspects during a gun duel. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement, describing the…
Read More »Bandits abduct six travellers in Benue, demand N100m ransom
By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected bandits have abducted at least six travellers along the Naka–Makurdi road in Benue State in the early hours of Tuesday, in an incident that has heightened fresh security concerns in the area. The attack reportedly occurred at Kula village, a community located a short distance from…
Read More »Senate passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill after rowdy session
Photo: Senate President, Godswill Akpabio By Deborah Nnamdi The Senate on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026, following a heated plenary session marked by sharp disagreements over key provisions of the proposed legislation. Tensions flared during clause-by-clause consideration of the bill when Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe…
Read More »Police kill suspected armed robber, recover firearms in Anambra
By Deborah Nnamdi The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 21-year-old suspected armed robber and cultist during a police operation in Awka, as operatives recovered firearms and repelled an ambush by other gang members. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP…
Read More »Obi criticizes plan to power Aso Rock with solar
By Deborah Nnamdi Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticized reported plans to power the Aso Rock Presidential Villa with solar energy, warning that such a move signals possible neglect of Nigeria’s struggling national electricity grid. Obi made his position known in a statement posted on his X account while…
Read More »FG approves N5bn relief for victims of Kano market fire
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Government has approved N5 billion as an intervention fund for traders affected by the devastating fire outbreak at the popular Singer Market in Kano. The approval was disclosed in a statement shared on X by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who said the support was aimed at…
Read More »Dangote names daughters as head of key units in new executive structure
A leadership reshuffle has been announced at the Dangote Group, with founder Aliko Dangote assigning expanded executive responsibilities to his three daughters in what industry observers describe as a deliberate transition and scale-up strategy. According to details reported by ARISE TV, the new structure distributes oversight of some of the…
Read More »NSA Phone-bug: DSS have grounds to arrest El-Rufai – security expert
The Executive Director of Development Specs Academy, Okey Ikechukwu, has said that recent public statements by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai could constitute a national security concern and may justify intervention by the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking during an interview on ARISE News on Tuesday morning, Ikechukwu…
Read More »Dangote signs $400 mln equipment deal with China’s XCMG
…Deal to speed up refinery expansion Nigeria’s Dangote Group has signed a $400 million equipment deal with China’s Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to speed up the expansion of its oil refinery toward a planned 1.4 million barrels per day, the company said on Tuesday. The additional equipment is expected to…
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