As someone who understand world politics a little, my observation is that the Judiciary s the most important area that makes a country less corrupt. And when corruption is down to the minimal, a lot of things work right positively for the country. With all the anti-corruption agency we have in Nigeria and at the…
Oko Oba Fire Situation Report The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is currently attending to a Fire outbreak which emergency call was received at 13:45hrs Monday, to Kadara Street, Oko Baba, Ebute Meta, Lagos. On arrival at the scene it was discovered that make-shift commercial shops of various sizes and patterns used in trading…
Nigerians travelling abroad, including students are now to pay N40,000 for Police Character Certificate (PCC), also known as Police Clearance Certificate. This followed a new directive from the Nigeria Police high command allegedly given on July 22, 2023, directing the increase of the fee for PCC from N5,000 to N40,000. Before this official hike, the actual…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has approved an upward review in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N165 per litre to N179 per litre, effective today (Tuesday).NNPC in a notice to fuel marketers directed them to change the petrol price on pumps to the new price effective today. This was…
#AdaAmeh DEATH: I learned Ada was dining yesterday with friends and suddenly slumped and collapsed. She threatened me and urged her fans to beat me for exposing the truth about the #SylvesterOromoni case in December 2021. She called me crazy, mad and mentally derailed. I’m non of that. I was simply doing my job as…
Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has temporarily suspended operations over economic crisis. Airlines have been complaining about the skyrocketing price of Aviation fuel known as Jet A1 as well as its scarcity. The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) had recently hinted that two airlines may soon stop operation over the Jet A1 crisis and other operational challenges that…
Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke has revealed that Kolapo Alimi, one of the lawyers that represented the incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, told him that he was robbed during the 2018 governorship election. Four years ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Oyetola as the winner of the election, following a rerun in seven polling…
Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally. That’s one of the key findings of the World Happiness Report, a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network that draws on global survey data from…
The decision made by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, in picking former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate has not gone down well with Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State. Credible sources in the party on Monday informed Daily Independent that the…
The Federal Government has said it is working not only to end the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) but to eliminate future strikes by the union. The government stated this at the 81st Plenary Meeting of the Joint Consultative Committee in Education (JCCE) Plenary Meeting held in Yola, Adamawa State….