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The lightning attack on the school playground has injured five students, leaving one unconscious, according to local media. Students play soccer at a school in Nara, near Kyoto in the West JapanWhen lightning attacks and the five injured are believed to have been taken to the hospital. Quoting the police, Japanese NHK public television said a 14 -year -old boy …

In a move aimed at offering further relief to Nigerian consumers, the polite refinery has reduced the ex-Depot price (former group) of its premium motor spirit (PMS) from N880 to N865 per liter. A 20 billion dollar refinery official confirmed the development, Thursday, in a declaration to journalists, stating that marketing experts and distributors had already been informed about the …

The leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Professional Footders (Nanpf) has raised concerns about a recent visit by the officials of the Association of Professional Footballers of Nigeria (PFAN) at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), warning the Government Body of Football not to have granted unofficial recognition to PFAN as a representative body for Nigerian players. In an official …

Investors at the Nigerian equity market obtained N377 billion at the close of trade on Thursday. This follows the surge in stock prices such as Caverton, Neimeth and VFDgroup among others on the trading floor. After five hours of trading in the capital market, the capitalization of equity increased to ₦ 65.8 trillion from ₦ 65.4 trillion posted by the …

The Nigerian currency, Naira, released the N18 against the United States dollar on the official market on Thursday. Data from the Central Bank Nigeria Bank (CBN) Foreign Exchange shows that Naira is traded N1, 629.93/$ 1 compared to N1, 611.55/$ 1 recorded on Wednesday. This is the loss of N18.38 for local currencies. In the black market, Naira closes flatly …

The deceased Adeniji The sentence of all the progressives of the Congress (APC), on Thursday 10 April 2025, announced that his national secretariat would be closed for the killing of the director of the party administration, the Lateef Adekunle Adeniji by his kidnappers. In a note signed by the Deputy Director of the Administration, Ubagba Abel and issued to the …

The angry masses have killed one person and injured another person for allegedly stealing a dog in the Lushi community, near Bauchi State. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Ahmed Deputy, confirmed the incident to reporters on Thursday at Bauchi. The representative said the incident occurred in a remote area behind Lushi on Wednesday. He registered the victims as Dokagk …

Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has warned that 1,249 communities in 176 regional regions (LGA) in 33 states and the Federal Capital City (FCT) were within high flood risk areas in 2025. The Minister gave a warning during the official presentation of the 2025 annual flood outlook (AFO) released by the Nigerian Hydrological Service Agency (Nihsa …

The president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, presented a petition to the police general inspector, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, asking for an immediate investigation and the pursuit of the suspended senator Natasha Akpoti-Auduaghan on an alleged accusation of killers against him. In the petition dated 3 April 2025, and also copied to the Prosecutor General of the Federation and the Minister …

By Victor Osula, Abuja With a decisive move to curb the arbitrary invoicing of electricity, the Commission for the regulation of Nigerian electricity (DEIGN) has slammed a cumulative fine of N628.03 million on eight distribution companies (DICS) for customers without excess traits. The utilities concerned – Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Yola Discos – found themselves violation …