Naira gains after two-day loss to dollar
The Naira on Wednesday appreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N429.38. The figure represented ...
Month: August 2022
Strike: TCN confirms total shutdown of electricity grid
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed the total shutdown of the national by striking workers in the company. ...
Mob lynches Kaduna woman for housing bandits
A woman identified as Hajiya Bilkisu was lynched by a mob in Kaduna for allegedly housing seven bandits in her ...
Abuja businessman arrested for selling drugs online
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the MD/CEO of Marvelrock Pharmaceuticals and Stores Limited, Mr. Orakwe Chibuike Celestine, ...
Student jailed 34 years in Saudi Arabia for using Twitter
A Leeds University student has been sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for having a Twitter account ...
350 Lebanese judges begin strike over poor salary
About 350 out of Lebanon's 560 judges decided on Wednesday to stop working in protest against low pay amid the ...
Ondo labourer jailed four years for stealing N150,000
An Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State on Wednesday sentenced a 18-year-old labourer, Segun Akintade, to four years in ...
Troops rescue six kidnapped women in Kaduna
Security forces have dislodged a bandits' camp in Kaduna State and rescued six hostages. A statement by Kaduna State Commissioner ...
Buhari visits Maiduguri on Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari would travel to Maiduguri, Borno State on Thursday. This will be the third working visit by the ...
Nationwide blackout as electricity workers begin strike
Nigeria has been thrown into total darkness following an industrial action embarked upon on Wednesday by electricity workers, under the ...