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Fri, 12 Mar 2021 06:23:32 +0000Nigerian Government Hikes Petrol Price To N212 Per Litre—PPPRA
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The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has revealed in a new monthly template that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, has reached N212.6 per litre.
According to the template which the PPPRA released ...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 03:02:09 +0000
Military Kills Scores Of Bandits In Kaduna In Air, Land Strikes
Nigerian troops are fighting jihadist insurgency in the northeastern part of Nigeria.
The Nigerian military has conducted joint land and air strikes on bandits’ camps in located in Birnin Gwari, Igabi, Giwa and Chikun local government areas...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:40:40 +0000
Gunmen Attack Nigerian Boxing Champion Shortly After Receiving N10m Cheque From Governor
Ridwan Oyekola 'Scorpio'
Unknown gunmen have attacked the current World Boxing Federation International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola, popularly known as Scorpion, with the boxer managing a narrow escape.
According to...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:38:33 +0000
Nigerian Troops Kill 10 Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno
At least 10 suspected Boko Haram members died on Wednesday when troops of the Special Forces Brigade in Borno state engaged the insurgents in a gun battle at Sassaawa village, a community in the Marte Local Government Area.
SaharaReporters g...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:23:19 +0000
Anambra Police Denies Alleged Cover-up Of Woman Who Beat House Help To Death
The Anambra State police command has denied alleged attempt to cover up a murder case involving a woman who was arrested for beating her house help to death.
In a statement on Thursday, the command's spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, described ...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:14:16 +0000
NSCDC Arrests Two Men For Raping Minors
NSCDC
The Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday arraigned two suspected rapists before a Magistrate court in the state.
Speaking after the...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:42:14 +0000
EFCC Arraigns Three FIRS Directors, Six Other Officers for N4.5 Billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned Peter Hena, a former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal Hi...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:35:03 +0000
EFCC Arrests Nigerian For N3 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a man, Collins Samuel, who fraudulently obtained $8,000 (N3 million) COVID-19 benefit from the State of Virginia, United States.
The suspect, who has been remanded in E...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:26:59 +0000
10 Things Nigerian Senators’ Jumbo Allowances Can Fix In Nigeria
Nigerian Senate
As Nigerians continue to demand the reduction in cost of governance by through the cutting of the allowances of political office holders, SaharaReporters takes a look at 10 things the jumbo pay of Nigerian federal lawmakers ca...
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:13:39 +0000
Only 17 Out Of 200 Persons Hired In Petroleum Agency Were From Oil-producing States — Group Alleges
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The Coalition for Good Governance and Rule of Law, an umbrella body of no fewer than 100 civil society organisations, has vowed to lead a protest against the leadership of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Boa...