The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 19 states and 56 communities across the country will likely witness heavy rainfall that can lead to flooding within the month. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He listed the states and communities as Delta: Aboh, Ekiti State;…
Crowds of protesters in Germany took to the streets of Dortmund on Saturday to demonstrate against racism and police brutality. Those gathered were marking the death of a Senegalese teenager who died after being shot in the German city last year. Police had been called to an incident at a foster home on August 8,…
No few than six Nigerien soldiers and ten “terrorists” were killed on Sunday during fighting in the west of the country. This was made known through a statement from the High Command of the National Guard read on television. Six soldiers, including the head of the mission, were killed and another was injured, according to…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ekiti Branch, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the health sector. NMA made the call in a communiqué issued after the 26th Annual General Meeting, AGM, held between August 5 and 11, 2023, on Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. It also asked state and…
Detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested a suspected drug trafficker who claimed to be an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). As at the time of his arrest, the suspect was allegedly in possession of 4 kg of illicit substance known as Marsh-Mallow. The suspect, Kelechi Chukwumeeije,…
Oil marketers, on Sunday, indicated that the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, would rise to between N680/litre and N720/litre in the coming weeks should the dollar continue to trade from N910 to N950 at the parallel market. They also hinted that dealers seeking to import PMS were being forced to put the…
•Marketers blame sustained rise in crude oil price, exchange rate There are strong indications that pump price of petrol is expected to record another round of increases, the third within 10 weeks as oil marketers hint that the landing cost of petrol has risen month-on-month, MoM, by 37.4 per cent to N632.17 per litre in…
Niger’s military regime vowed late Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Niger in response to the coup and has not ruled out using force against the army officers who…
Knocks have come the way of the jury system introduced in the Big Brother Naija All Stars edition with many slamming it for being biased. In the latest eviction show held on Sunday, housemates Seyi and Uriel were pitted against each other after racking up the least number of votes. It was reminiscent of last…
Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Uriel has been evicted from the ongoing reality show. Uriel became the second housemate to be evicted from the show after Princess was booted out last week. Uriel and Seyi were the bottom two housemates with the least number of votes upon which the jury would save one and…
