A widow, simply identified as Mary, and her son, Prince, were electrocuted by an 11 KVA high-tension cable owned by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in the Eruemukohwarien community of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. According to eyewitnesses, the old and weakened cable broke on the roof of a market stall, causing Mary to try and save …

An explosion resulting from a fuel tanker crash rocked Gwagwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, on Friday night. This is contrary to rumours making the rounds of an aeroplane crash in the Kubwa suburb of the FCT on Friday night. Meanwhile, our correspondent gathered that first responders had been deployed to the scene of the incident. The spokesperson …

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi-Ojaja II, says traditional rulers are well grounded on challenges of insecurity, hence President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should employ their services to tackle it. He gave the charge during a courtesy visit by the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) to the President at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. …

Eleven days after his inauguration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act 2023, which is to replace the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act 2005. It is expected to provide a framework to guide the post-privatisation phase of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and encourage private sector investments. The outgoing ninth National Assembly had initially passed in …

The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for two weeks for internet fraud. Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, bordering on cheating and impersonation. He pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency. Justice Aliyu …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted that Nigeria has no subsidy. At the Alex Ekweme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo in Ebonyi State yesterday, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke wondered why Nigeria would be exporting crude oil for the past 70 years and cannot refine the product at home. During his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu announced that “subsidy …

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Linus Sunday for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old step-daughter in the Aguda area of the state. The Lagos State Police Command demanded the remand of the defendant before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka when he was arraigned on one count of defilement. The 50-year-old defendant was accused of committing the offence at …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC), led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process of working on interventions to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on the Nigerians. After leading some major oil marketers on a courtesy visit to the President at the State House in Abuja, Ogun State Governor, …

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced to death the General Overseer of Alter of Solution and Healing Assembly in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor for killing three persons, including his choir mistress, who he impregnated. The trial judge, Justice S. Benson said that the evidence and confessional statement by Okoroafor …

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Monday in Lagos paraded six suspects said to be impersonating military men. Lieutenant Ayodeji Owoyomi, who spoke on behalf of the Commander, 81 Division Provost Group, Brigadier General Mohammed Abubakar, paraded the suspects before journalists at the division’s headquarters on Victoria Island. Owoyomi added that the division was also on the trail …