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Cooking Gas Price has crashed to N1,500/per KG amid hardship. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the price of cooking gas in Nigeria has soared, reaching N1,500 per kilogram in some areas, as confirmed in a recent survey. This has added to the burden on Nigerians already facing economic challenges. In Ogun and Lagos states, consumers are feeling the impact as the price of a 12.5kg cylinder now exceeds N17,000 in some areas, up from N12,000 just three months ago. Abuja residents are seeing similar increases, with prices reaching over N17,000 in some districts. Despite promises of price relief from government officials, the trend shows no signs…
When the Federal Government announced in September that it would start paying the proposed minimum wage of N70, 000, with a promise to pay civil servants the areas from July and August, not many Nigerians were excited about the news. And the reasons were obvious, one of them being the recent hike in electricity bill. A recent report quoting the FIJ calculation clearly indicated that average minimum wage earners spend at least 57.3 percent of their salaries on electricity bills if they use only seven appliances for a month. The FIJ report noted that while the wage increase was a…
The leadership of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, at the national level, has lifted the suspensions of two members of its National Executive Committee, NEC. The suspended members, Azuka Raph Chiemeka, Vice President of the South-South Zone, and Ijeoma Nwante, National Financial Secretary, were reinstated on Saturday during a virtual SWAN full council meeting over the weekend. According to a communiqué released after the meeting, the decision to lift the suspensions came after both members expressed regret and offered apologies, which the NEC accepted. In the same meeting, the full council also approved plans for SWAN’s 2025 membership…
The US Government has moved to arrest and imprison Allen Onyema over alleged $20 million fraud. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the United States has accused the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, of obstruction of justice in an ongoing investigation. In a superseding indictment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia accused Onyema and Air Peace’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, of submitting false documents to thwart a federal investigation into their activities. This Nigeria news platform learnt that both Onyema and Eghagha have been under scrutiny since 2019 for alleged money laundering. The Air Peace CEO…
Former Minister For State has been shot dead.NewsOnline Nigeria reports that a senior politician in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, was shot dead on Saturday, just weeks before crucial state elections. This Nigeria news platform gathered that the police are investigating the involvement of a notorious crime gang in the murder. Baba Siddique, 66, a prominent local lawmaker and former Maharashtra state minister, was fatally shot multiple times in the chest outside his son’s office in Mumbai, according to Indian media reports. Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar, a member of the same political party as Siddique, expressed his shock over the “cowardly attack.” The…
Foremost Yoruba monarch, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, has called for a holistic review of education policies to meet up with contemporary challenges of Nigeria. The monarch made the call on Saturday at the maiden combined convocation ceremonies of Ojaja University, Eiyenkorin, Ilorin, Kwara State. Ooni, who acknowledged progress made in the sector over the years, stated that a lot still needed to be done to rescue tertiary education from a steady decline. “While it is true that a lot has been done and is still being done to rescue the Nigerian tertiary education from a…
The Popular Governor has been arrested. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that a regional governor in Kenya has been arrested and taken into custody over to his involvement in clan violence in the Tana River County, where multiple fatalities have occurred. This Nigeria news platform gathered that Dhadho Godhana, along with a local legislator, were arrested separately for failing to comply with summonses regarding the clashes, as stated by the police on Saturday. The accused individuals have not publicly addressed the allegations. The clashes in southeast Kenya have resulted in the deaths of at least 14 people, leading the authorities to declare two areas in…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) Chairman, Hajiya Hajara Mohammed, has assured that there is no plan by the commission to rig the October 19 council election in the state. She warned politicians to refrain from violence and hate speech before, during, and after the election period. Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement and sensitization meeting on Saturday, the chairman urged all political parties to support the officials assigned to their constituencies in conducting free, fair, peaceful, and credible elections. According to her, the election will take place on October 19, 2024, as announced by the commission. She reiterated, “There…
The presidency has given a reason for Bola Tinubu’s trip from the UK to France. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has addressed fresh criticisms trailing his principal’s trip to France. Tinubu is currently on a two-week leave in the UK. On Friday, it emerged that the president had left the UK for France. This news led to mixed reactions on social media, with several people questioning Tinubu’s absence from Nigeria. But in a post on X, Onanuga insisted that Tinubu is not restricted to the UK and can go anywhere he wants. Onanuga wrote: “President Tinubu is…
The political disagreement between the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has degenerated to a point that the police have unfortunately been dragged into the matter. Wike and his successor, Fubara, have been engaged in a political struggle over the control of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, structure in the state for some months now. The problem between the two political bigwigs started a few months after Fubara assumed office as the Governor of Rivers State. He fell out with Wike, who was alleged to have…