By Olasunkanmi Akoni A yet-to-be identified driver of a commercial bus has allegedly set ablaze himself, his bus and a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, officer. The driver was allegedly attempting to evade arrest over traffic offence. LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, who confirmed the incident, said it happened on Tuesday morning. Bakare-Oki stated: “The…
By Luminous Jannam A large crowd of activists flooded Abuja’s Three Arms Zone, yesterday, demanding sweeping reforms in the oil sector. Organised by the APC Solidarity and Development Forum and comprising youth and civil society organisations, the protesters expressed frustration over soaring fuel prices, persistent fuel scarcity, and the intensifying economic hardship affecting Nigerians. Speaking to…
Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State Oladotun Olakanle has died. Mr Olakanle, popularly called Tant’olorun, died on Saturday after a brief illness at the age of 54. Olakanle died four years after his predecessor Babatunde Oke died of complications arising from COVID -19 in August 2020. Governor…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has announced the suspension of Pastor Ayorinde AdeBello following allegations of homosexuality. The suspension, which also includes another pastor, was communicated through an official memo dated October 28, 2024, signed by the RCCG’s national overseer, Pastor Sunday Akande. According to the memo, the RCCG has initiated a thorough…
President Bola Tinubu The 19 state governors in the Northern region have aired their strong displeasure on the recent Tax Reform Bill the Federal Government submitted to the National Assembly for approval. The governors particularly rejected the proposed shift to a Derivation-based Model for Value Added Tax distribution. They claim that the proposed model would…
A nascent Niger Delta Militant group has threatened to bomb and shut down oil installations in Niger Delta should any Judge rule and stop allocations to the 23 Local Governments in Rivers State. The group said they can no longer watch as FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike continue to use Federal might and his relationship with…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has sacked six Ministers from his cabinet and also forwarded to the National Assembly seven ministerial nominees to take over from the vacant positions. The Ministers that were relieved from the cabinet were Prof. Tahir Mamman, (Education), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye (Women Affairs), Mohammed Gwarzo (State for Housing),…
fuel Group Managing Director, Rainoil Ltd, Gabriel Ogbechie, has asked Nigerians to prepare to pay full market prices for petroleum products as a result of the full deregulation of the downstream sector.After President Bola Tinubu announced that subsidy was gone, the pump price of petrol rose from N198 to N545 per litre and the Nigerian…
By Elizabeth Adegbesan We are now going back to the old ways of living in Africa. No thanks to the excruciating economic conditions Nigerians are facing. Gone are the days when we compete with brands and qualities of toothpaste. Even the least of the toothpastes cost an arm these days, and only the super-rich can…
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Nigeria’s weak electricity grid collapsed again on Saturday morning throwing the country into a nationwide blackout. It is the third time the national power grid has collapsed in the past seven days and the eighth in total this year. A check by Vanguard on data supplied by the National System Operator,…
