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Light Workers Threaten Nationwide Shutdown Over Staff Brutality

Di National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) don threaten nationwide shutdown after dem allege say staff of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for Egbu 132/33kV Substation, Imo State, face brutal attack. According to di Acting General Secretary, Dominic Igwebike, workers on duty allegedly dey beaten, held hostage at gunpoint and some even abducted by armed police officers wey dem say act on top orders from di state. Di officers reportedly […]

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Gunmen Kill Vice Principal, Kidnap 25 Schoolgirls For Kebbi

Gunmen from one criminal gang don kidnap 25 people and kill one staff for one girls’ secondary school for northwestern Nigeria early Monday morning, police talk so. Di attack happen more than ten years after nearly 300 Chibok girls dem bin abduct, wey make international wahala. Police talk say di gang wey carry “sophisticated weapons” dey fire anyhow, waka enter Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School for Kebbi State around 4:00 […]

November 17, 2025 9

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Nigerians Go Stop To Pay Five Common Bank Charges From January 2026 — Oyedele

Millions of Nigerians go begin feel major financial relief from January 2026 as Federal Government don plan scrap five common bank charges under dia big tax reform agenda. Di move na part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fiscal overhaul wey dem sign into law on June 26, 2025, to ease cost of doing business, boost economic growth and support households and small enterprises. Di reforms dey inside four new laws, […]

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Dangote Refinery Talk Say Price Cut Na Wetin Make Pump Price Fall

Dangote Petroleum Refinery don clear say di recent reduction wey oil marketers do for pump price no be because Federal Government reverse di 15 per cent import tariff. For statement wey dem release on Monday, di refinery talk say di tori wey dey link price cut to tariff reversal na fake news, wey dey mislead people and no match wetin dey really happen for market. Dem yarn say di reason […]

November 17, 2025 9

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UNICAL Don, Ndifon, Don Collect 5-Year Jail Term For Sexual Harassment

Federal High Court wey dey sit for Abuja on Monday don convict suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, and sentence am to five years jail for sexually harassing him female students. Justice James Omotosho deliver di judgement, find am guilty on two out of four-count charge wey Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) prefer against am. However, court discharge and […]

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Two People Don Die For Fresh Benue Attack

No fewer than two people don die for fresh attack wey suspected armed herders carry out for Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. Di incident happen on Saturday as di victims dey return from Jato-Aka market go Nzaav community for Yaav Council Ward of Turan district. One source wey no wan make e name public talk say, “Di attackers na Fulani herdsmen wey ambush di people as dem dey […]

November 17, 2025 6

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Manufacturers Dey Run From Bank Loans Because Interest Rate Too High

Against di backdrop of high-interest-rate regime, leading manufacturers don reduce dia bank borrowings sharply as dem dey run from expensive credit. Financial results for di first nine months of di year (9M’25) show say dia combined bank loans fall by 20.3% to N2.014 trillion from N2.526 trillion for 9M’24. Further findings by Financial Vanguard show say many of di firms don shift funding go equities, corporate bonds and retained earnings, […]

November 17, 2025 11

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Nigerian Man Kill Im Papa, Stab Im Sisters For US

One 27-year-old man, Chukwuebuka Eweni, don enter police custody after New Orleans police arrest am for allegedly stabbing im papa to death and injuring im two sisters during domestic attack for Pebble Street. Family members tell local outlet WWL Louisiana say di deceased, Samuel Eweni, be computer science professor for Southern University at New Orleans, and dem confirm say di two injured victims na im daughters. Relatives describe di incident […]

November 17, 2025 17

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FCT Police Don Dismiss Tori Say Dem Try Assassinate Naval Officer

Di Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command don sharply deny di tori wey dey go round say dem try assassinate Nigerian Navy officer, Lt. A.M. Yerima, call di claims wey dey social media baseless and unverified. For statement wey dem release on Sunday night, di command spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, talk say di police never get any record of such attack for di territory. She yarn say di online narrative […]

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