In 19 straight months of not processing any barrel of crude oil, the government-owned refineries in Nigeria recorded a total loss of N177.21bn, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown. An analysis of data collated from NNPC’s monthly reports revealed that all the refineries did not refine crude oil from July 2019 to January 2021. The…
Operatives of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have nabbed one of their officers who reportedly sneaked in over 4.8kg of cannabis sativa and eight Android phones into the correctional facility in Kano. There was an uproar at the correctional centre on Thursday after the prison wardens detected and seized the cannabis allegedly brought to some inmates on death row at…
Lawmaker of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, Idem Unyime has stated that the general public would soon be enjoying the pay-as-you-go services for digital satellite television, DSTV as the Bill scaled second reading before the House of Representatives at plenary on Thursday. Unyime, Deputy Chairman, House…
A shocking video has emerged online of three young men suspected to be “Yahoo boys” bathing at a cemetery while tying red clothing around their waists. The footage was captured by a stunned individual who appeared to be filming the whole episode from an uncompleted building. In the viral video, one of the men is…
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra are to be granted asylum in the UK. There are plans by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the…
According to the man, she made advances at him and told him that he wouldn’t have to pay rent so long as he sleeps with her. “My landlady asked for sex in exchange for rent” – Nigerian man narrates A Nigerian man has narrated how his married landlady demanded s3x in exchange for rent. According…
Opara was said to have joined his friends to make easy money through online gift fraud and live lavishly, for which they engaged some bank account holders. A Nigerian man identified as Henry Chukwudi Opara has been busted in India over an alleged Rs 18.50 lakh (₦9,397,082.50) gift scam. He was arrested by the Rachakonda Cybercrime Police in Hyderabad, India. Opara was said to have come…
After consuming expired drinks in Kano State last week, at least ten people have been reported dead and more than 400 others are reportedly hospitalized. According to the state’s Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, who confirmed this to journalists on Thursday, 50 patients have been admitted to hospitals for kidney-related care as a result…
The kidnappers of the Pastor in-charge of a Baptist Church in Yakila town, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, Bitrus Gyang, have demanded a N10 million ransom to release the clergyman. This is coming as bandits in the early hours of yesterday raided communities near Yakila town, during which three villagers were kidnapped. Gyang,…
A Nigerian Taekwondo athlete has won a national gold medal while eight months pregnant. Aminat Idrees triumphed in the Mixed Poomsae category alongside her male partner Arowora Roqeeb, at the National Sports Festival held this year in Edo state. Poomsae is a sequence of movements made up of the fundamental elements of Taekwondo. Idrees and…