17 suspects found guilty of vandalising polycarbonate roofs on pedestrian bridges in Lagos
March 28, 2024 Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI says 17 suspects apprehended for converting pedestrian bridges into sleeping areas and vandalising the polycarbonate roofing sheets have…
No price adjustment for PMS, AGO in our retail stations – NNPC Ltd clarifies
March 28, 2024 The NNPC Limited has described as false, reports suggesting a price adjustment for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) at its retail stations nationwide….
INEC disowns Labour Party convention in Anambra
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this when he…
Tinubu confronts economic downturn, inaugurates turnaround committees
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and the creation of the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce (EET). The Presidential Economic…
IPI to Tinubu: Direct the military to produce abducted FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji
The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) is hereby calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to activate the powers of his office as Commander-in-Chief of the…
NFIU Uncovers IPOB’s Cells In 22 Countries
March 27, 2024 The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 27 cells belonging to the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in 22 countries across the globe, including the…
Man jailed 4 years for running over, killing wife
March 27, 2024 A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, on Wednesday sentenced Ayedun Makanjuola to four years imprisonment for running over and killing his wife, Adenike. The…
Fossil fuel-focused Africa Energy Bank on track to start this year
March 27, 2024 The proposed Africa Energy Bank, which will focus investment in oil and gas projects across the continent, is set to start operations later this year with an…
Court remands man, 43, for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
March 27, 2024 An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old man, Oni Jelili, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The police charged Jelili,…
Man, 43, remanded in Kirikiri jail for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 43-year-old man, Oni Jelili, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The police charged Jelili, who lives at…