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Singer Market, a well-known commodities market in Kano State, has been destroyed by fire. The biggest food market in the state is called Singer, and it is situated along Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kano. The flames started early on Monday, destroying several stores in the market, though the immediate cause of the outbreak is still unclear as of the time of this report. The flames destroyed numerous stores and goods worth millions of naira. According to reports, it took until around 8 am, or roughly seven hours after the incident began, to bring the fire under control. Maiduguri monday market…

A runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State will be closed for eight weeks of maintenance, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The Authority reaffirmed its dedication to safety, security, and comfort in a tweet on Monday. “This is to notify the public that runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport, Lagos has been closed for 8 weeks for Maintenance work to carried out. Bush Fire: FAAN reopens Port Harcourt Airport to flight operations Taxi way B-18L will be used for all flight operations,” it said. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, committed…

On Monday, Gabonese authorities were searching for 31 people who remained missing after a ferry capsized last week just off the coast of the central African country, killing six people. The Esther Miracle ferry was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil when it went down near the coastal village of Nyonie on March 9. “We have not stopped searching; in fact, we have been doing so since the first day. As we speak, a boat is in the area with diving teams looking for the shipwreck “Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, the country’s Prime Minister, told state broadcaster Gabon 1ere…

In Abuja, representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are meeting with the legal team of the Labour Party (LP). BREAKING: Tinubu launches a legal battle to stop LP, PDP moves amidst results collation The purpose of the meeting with INEC officials at the Commission’s national office is to begin the process of inspecting the voting materials used in the February 25 presidential election. 60 attorneys were led by the legal team’s chief, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, and they will likely brief reporters after the meeting.

On Monday, the smiles and screams at Tokyo Disneyland may be more visible as the amusement park and much of Japan relax the face mask norms that have defined the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. Based on revised government guidance announced last month, Disney park operator Oriental Land Co (4661.T), East Japan Railway Co (9020.T), and cinema operator Toho Co (9602.T) are among the major companies allowing patrons to go maskless beginning Monday. However, given Japan’s long history of mask use and a pollen onslaught that has given hay fever sufferers one of the worst spring seasons in years, a rapid behavioral…

43 Nigerians are among the 75 nurses whose cases are being looked into by the Texas Board of Nursing in the United States for using false educational credentials. The people who obtained the fake nursing credentials used them to be eligible to take the national nursing board exam, according to information on the Board’s website about the investigation dubbed “Operation Nightingale”. The nursing applicants reportedly qualified for licensure in various states to work as a Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/VN) after passing the board exam. The Board claimed that it had brought “Formal Charges” against the…

50 trainees from the Dangote Articulated Truck Driving School have completed a rigorous and specially designed educational program. Nigeria’s first and only accredited truck driving school is located in the Kogi State town of Obajana. Dr. Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi, the former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), inaugurated the school last year. It was a big step toward reducing the danger of articulated truck crashes in Nigeria, according to Oyeyemi. The Divisional Director of Transport (DDT), Mr. Ajay Singh, said that the new Batch C graduates only passed the exam and received their diplomas through classroom instruction.…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has requested that President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately abide by the terms of the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the naira redesign policy, which was handed down on March 3, 2023. NBA President Yakubu Maikyau released a statement on Monday outlining the organization’s position (SAN). Part of the statement reads: “Nigerians may not be too enchanted with our Judiciary, and this may have arisen from unsubstantiated and spurious allegations of judicial misconduct, the fact however remains that we still must look to the Judiciary as the only and final resort, to protect our rights as a…

According to the Police Command in Ogun, five alleged members of a ritualists gang that specializes in exhuming bodies from graves and removing body parts for rituals have been detained. The suspects were detained on Saturday in Odogbolu, according to Police Spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, who revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta. Oyeyemi listed the suspects’ ages as 60-year-old Oshole Fayemi, 39-year-old Oseni Adesanya, 30-year-old Ismaila Seidu, 69-year-old Oseni Oluwasegun, and 50-year-old Lawal Olaiya. He claimed that the suspects were detained as a result of information that the police at Odogbolu Divisional Headquarters had that the gang intended…

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) to purge the judiciary of corrupt judges who have been reinstated by the National Judicial Council. Olanrewaju Suraju, the chairman of CSNAC, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The reinstatement of Justices Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, James Agbadu-Fishim, and Nasir Yinusa, according to Suraju, was a sabotage of the fight against judicial corruption. According to him, Ofili-Ajumogobia was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and was the subject of an investigation into possible corruption and abuse of office. “The President approved her…