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Projections for Crude oil production and price for 2024 budget is realistic – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has assured that the projections on crude oil production and price benchmark for the 2024 Budget were realistic and realizable. The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Company, Mele Kyari, gave the assurance during an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Finance at the National […]
Mother and 9-day-old baby die as building collapses after overhead water tank fell off in Ondo
A mother and her nine-day-old baby lost their lives when a one-storey building collapsed in Akure, the state capital. The incident occurred at Ayedun Street around Hospital/Egbe Road in the early hours of Wednesday, December 13, 2023 when a newly installed overhead water tank fell and crashed into the building. According to a neighbour, the […]
UK resident shares video of dirty water running from a tap
A U.K resident has shared video of dirty water running from a tap in the country. The video was shared on TikTok with the caption “you no longer drink tap water in U.K”. Watch the video below… https://www.instagram.com/lindaikejiblogofficial/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=cf3266fb-9a6d-4206-a132-257e1fcafe1d
CBN suspends application for new intervention loans
The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended applications for new loans, under its development finance intervention funds programme. The directive was given via a circular to the Chief Executives of banks, signed by the Acting Director, Development Finance Department, Sa’ad Hamidu, on Tuesday, December 13. It read; “Suspension of Acceptance of New Applications under the […]
Company driver stabs baker to death in Lagos
Homicide detectives from the Lagos State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), Panti Street, Yaba, are on the trail of a driver, Collins Onyeka, alias Yinka, who fled after stabbing a baker, Daniel Dennis, 25, to death, following a disagreement in the Ilasan area of Ajah. It was gathered that the incident occurred on December 8, […]
Nursing mother and baby die in Adamawa boat mishap
A nursing mother and her baby lost their lives when a boat conveying at least five passengers capsized in Gamadio, a community in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Three were rescued following the boat mishap that occurred in a river in Gamadio community of Numan local Government Area on Monday, December 11, 2023. […]
Chris Rock declines to return to stage to host Golden Globes 2024 awards after Will Smith Oscar slap
American actor and comedian, Chris Rock has declined to return to stage to host the Golden Globes in 2024, along with Ali Wong and Smartless hosts Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman. The four comedians have turned down the opportunity to head up the award ceremony in Hollywood on January 7 – and the […]
Police arrest three suspected notorious car thieves in Jigawa
Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested three notorious car thieves and recovered 3 stolen vehicles. The assistant spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Isah, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 11, 2023, said one of the stolen vehicles recovered from the suspects belongs to one Dr. Abdullahi Dogo, a […]
Bianca Censori’s parents found her husband Kanye West ‘disturbing’ and feared their daughter was a ‘rebound’ after his divorce from Kim Kardashian
Bianca Censori’s parents found her relationship with Kanye West ‘disturbing’ and feared their daughter was simply a rebound in the wake of his divorce from ex-wife Kim Kardashian. The couple secretly married on December 20 last year just one month after he finalized his separation from Kim, with whom he has four children. ‘Bianca’s mother […]
Nigerian Air Force eliminates terrorist kingpin, Yellow Jambros and others in Niger state air strike
The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, has eliminated a dreaded terrorist and kidnap kingpin, Yellow Jambros, and scores of other terrorists in airstrikes in Shiroro Local Government Area, LGA, of Niger. The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, made this known in a statement by the director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on […]