Members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, have shut down petrol distribution nationwide with effect from today, Monday, September 8, over a face-off with Dangote Refinery. The... Read more »
The Anambra State Police Command said it had busted an illegal factory located in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, producing fake soft drinks. During the operations conducted by the... Read more »
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Vice President Kashim Shettima and other distinguished Nigerians on their conferment as Fellows of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), recognising their outstanding contributions to economic policy, research, and... Read more »
Prophet Chukwuemeka Cyril Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, and General Overseer of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, Onitsha, has sparked reactions with a dramatic prophecy about his death.... Read more »
The Chairman of Apapa Iganmu Local Council Development Area, Jimoh Saliu, has presented free General Certificate of Education forms to 100 indigent students. The beneficiaries, drawn from senior secondary school two and... Read more »
An Egyptian, identified as 56-year-old Mohammed Saleh, has passed on while having dinner at the Abuja Continental Hotel in Wuse, Abuja. Akelicious gathered that the hotel’s Security Supervisor, Francis Yusuf, informed the... Read more »
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to intervene with the owner of Dangote Refineries, Aliko Dangote, over plans to force newly... Read more »
Nigeria and several other countries will witness a lunar eclipse on Sunday, September 7. According to NTA, the eclipse will begin around 8 PM Nigerian time and last for about 83 minutes.... Read more »
The Managing Director of the Anambra State Special Anti-Touting Squad, Monday Nwokoye, has reiterated the agency’s commitment towards ensuring residents of the state remain safe and protected from criminal elements. Nwokoye also... Read more »
Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 elections, Omoyele Sowore, has vowed not to delete a tweet critical of President Bola Tinubu, despite a reported... Read more »
Former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has explained the dilemma of regulating social media in Nigeria, warning that such regulation risks trampling free speech and shielding governments from accountability. His statement, made on... Read more »
The National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Uche Nwokwu, has declared that frequent ejaculation may help reduce the risk of prostate... Read more »
Agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed Awka, the Anambra State capital, in a bid to arrest the Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Awka Diocese,... Read more »
The Department of State Services has written to X Corp., demanding the immediate takedown of a tweet posted by activist and politician Omoyele Sowore, saying it disparaged President Bola Tinubu and posed... Read more »
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has opened an investigation into the suspected suicide of a 30-year-old man identified as Ik Ojo, in the Kagini–Dei-Dei area of Abuja. The development... Read more »
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Saturday promised to secure justice for the victims of the June 5, 2022, terrorist attack in Owo. No fewer than 41 worshipers of St... Read more »
A street puff-puff vendor, Ms. Oluwatosin Adejumo, has been appointed as a chef in the Osun State Government House after catching the attention of Governor Ademola Adeleke during a recent labour rally... Read more »
The Labour Party has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s frequent foreign trips, warning that his long absences are impractical at a time Nigeria is grappling with worsening economic hardship and insecurity. In a... Read more »
The Kogi State Government has reconstituted a 26-member Drug Control Committee in line with the National Drug Control Master Plan 2015–2019 to tackle drug abuse and its attendant problems. Launching the committee... Read more »
The spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, on Saturday said that 16 passengers abducted along Benin-Auchi Road on Friday have been rescued. A video on Saturday morning showed an... Read more »