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The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, (NACAT) has warned students against sextortion, saying the consequences are devastating. NACAT’s Operations Manager, Stanley Ugagbe, gave this warning while addressing university students in Abuja on Thursday, as he urged students to speak up when faced with online harassment and sextortion, noting the devastating effects of silence on mental health. He shared insights on the recent case of the Ogoshi brothers, Samuel and Samson […]

Nigeria's petroleum marketers have accused Dangote Refinery of running a hidden pricing system for petrol. Billy Gillis-Harris, president of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), revealed this during an interview on Thursday. His statement follows the recent increase in the pump price of petrol by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, raising it to N1,030 per litre in Abuja. In response to the price hike, Gillis-Harris called […]

The Rivers State Government has responded to the Court of Appeal’s decision, which upheld the Federal High Court’s ruling that nullified the N800 billion budget passed by four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Edison Ehie. In a statement signed on Thursday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Israel Iboroma, SAN, the state government emphasised that the Appeal Court’s judgment did not reinstate the […]

The 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday has blamed President Bola Tinubu’s handling of fuel subsidy for Nigeria’s current economic crisis. Atiku expressed concern over the recent fuel price hike by the NNPC, which saw petrol prices rise to over N1,000 per litre in Abuja and Lagos. He criticized Tinubu’s lack of response to the worsening hardship faced by Nigerians, stating that the administration’s poor subsidy management has […]

A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi has criticized the recent hike in petrol prices by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) while calling on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and reverse the increase, warning that it will worsen the hardships already faced by Nigerians. In a statement issue on Thursday, to Newman, Ajadi described the price hike as insensitive, especially given the tough economic […]

The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports circulating in some online media claiming that troops were attacked and several soldiers and civilians were killed in Ehime Mbano, Imo State. Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations for the 82 Division, Jonah Unuakhalu, on Thursday issued a statement in Enugu denying the incident to newsmen. He described the reports as baseless and the work of sympathizers. Unuakhalu clarified that there was no […]

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, stated yesterday that the incessant strikes by university lecturers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, will be a thing of the past under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Akume disclosed this when the leadership of the Conference of Alumni Association of Nigerian Universities led by its President, Yakubu Ochefu, paid him a courtesy visit in […]

The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to take immediate measures to implement the Exports (Prohibition) Act, 2004 in order to address the challenges of food smuggling and insecurity in Nigeria. The House during a plenary on Wednesday, also urged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to provide additional incentives for farmers to boost agricultural output across the country. These resolutions followed the adoption of […]