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The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has dismissed a report of a planned protest by its members. The PTD National Chairman, Mr. Augustine Egbon, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the union members were not planning to embark on any kind of protest. He alerted Nigerians on the antics of some desperate and mischievous individuals to cause crisis …

There was chaos and panic in the early hours of Wednesday following a fire outbreak at the international wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. The fire, according to officials, was reportedly caused by a faulty cable on the Tarmac. The inferno was said to have thrown both staff and passengers into confusion before it was put off by …

The Osun State chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday, went into a rampage when staffers of the chapter picketed the office of the embattled Chief Judge of the State, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo. The aggrieved staff were said to have stormed the office of the CJ which they shut down and prevented visitors from either …

Operatives of the Forward Operating Base (FOB), Nigerian Navy, on Sunday intercepted 50 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N70 million at Gbethrome community in the Badagry area of Lagos. The FOB Base Operations Officer, Lt. Commodore Kelly Umoru, told journalists the operatives seized the items at an uncompleted building near the beach on Sunday morning. Umoru said: “The operation followed …

Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, has given families of 33 corpses abandoned in its hospital mortuary 21 days to evacuate them. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Christian Anieke, stated this at a media briefing on Sunday in Enugu. He said the institution would be forced to conduct a mass burial for the dead persons if their families failed to …

The Kano Hisbah Board has revealed that some intending couples for the Kano mass wedding, scheduled to be held soon, have tested positive for Hepatitis B, HIV, sickle cell and pregnancy. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of Hisbah Board, Lawan Fagge. According to him, the persons were found with one health issue or the …

Police operatives in Anambra have busted a criminal gang and recovered two pump action guns in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha, said the operatives encountered the gang at Forward Operating Base at Aguata and recovered a Mercedes Benz SUV from the hoodlums. The …

Nigerian skitmaker cum activist, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has taken to social media to lament about the state of the Nigerian political system. The citizen activist in a post on his Twitter page said that the Nigerian political system is a curse and also urged Nigerians to free themselves from political slavery. He stated however, that some Nigerians have …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 45 criminals in Kano State. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday in Kano. He said 41 suspects were arrested by the agency’s armed squad during a night patrol of the Kano metropolis on October 5. He added that the remaining …

The Lagos State government on Saturday commenced the demolition of distressed buildings in the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The exercise followed the collapse of a two-storey building at Oloto Street, off Borno Way in Ebute Metta on Thursday. The state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, who monitored the exercise, said occupants of the affected buildings …