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Many Motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have frowned at the current fuel scarcity being experienced in the territory and environs. Speaking to media reporters on Thursday in Abuja, the motorists expressed displeasure over the reoccurrence of long queues at most fuelling stations. They urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and other regulatory bodies to aggressively monitor fueling stations that appear to be hoarding petroleum products. According to the motorists, such fuelling stations should be sanctioned. Media correspondents who monitored some fuelling stations in the territory reported that most of them were not selling petroleum products…

Yiaga Africa, a civil society organization, has pledged to promote the integrity of the 2023 general election, through its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT). Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, said this at the Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) Media Roundtable on the 2023 Presidential Election and Deployment of PVT, in Abuja on Thursday. Itodo said that the aim of the round table was for Yiaga Africa to reel out its intervention for the election and to keep journalists abreast with its programmes. Media reports that PVT was an election-day observation methodology that leveraged statistics and technology for the observation…

Just as the 20 housemates were beginning to get comfortable with themselves in Big Brother’s house, Biggie introduced four new housemates. The four housemates are two Nigerians and two South Africans. They are Sandra and Miracle OP from Nigeria and Theo Traw Blue Aiva from South Africa. BBTitans housemate, Nana reveals her sexuality  The new housemates were neither introduced into the house by Biggie nor by the live show’s hosts. This is coming after the housemates lost their first-week wager and were ordered to move to the poolside for the Thursday pool party.

The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa is currently experiencing a power outage due to the humongous electricity bill owed by the diplomatic mission leading to disconnection. Despite being denied access to the consulate, Johannesburg City Power heads came with the Metro Police Department to effect the disconnection of the power supply. A local online platform, IOL, quoted the City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, as saying, “The Nigerian consulate-general has been defaulting since last year but they promised to clear up the bill by January after the disconnection. “The consul-general visited our Service Delivery Centre in Alexandra, and agreed to…

Cardiff City tried to take out £20m insurance on Emiliano Sala the day after he was killed in a plane crash, say papers filed to the High Court. Emiliano Sala’s plane crashed into the English Channel on 21 January 2019, killing the striker and pilot David Ibbotson. A company of insurance brokers said the club failed to get cover before Sala’s plane went down in January 2019. Cardiff City bosses are seeking damages of more than £10m from insurance brokers following the death. Argentine player Sala, 28, was on a private flight from Nantes as he travelled to take up…

Arsenal has agreed on a deal to sign Belgium international Leandro Trossard from Brighton for £21m plus add-ons. Trossard’s agent recently said the 28-year-old forward wanted to leave the Seagulls after falling out with boss Roberto de Zerbi. League leaders Arsenal have made the move after missing out on Chelsea on signing Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk. Trossard has scored seven goals and provided three assists in 16 top-flight games for Brighton this season. He scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw at Liverpool in October but was dropped by De Zerbi for the 3-0 win against the Reds on 14…

Famous comedian Ayo Makun aka AY has invited the online community to a Live session with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. With the 2023 general election just a couple of days away, AY decided to engage the four major contenders for the number one position in Nigeria in an online interactive session for the national interest. He sent out the open invitation via his social media handles on January 6, imploring the online community to tag the four major standard bearers and see if any honors the invitation. Debt Allegation: Anambra pulls down Obi’s campaign…

The Edo Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs in connection with the January 7 train attack which resulted in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the Igueben train station. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed that seven other suspects had also been arrested in connection with the incident, adding that two remaining passengers in captivity had also been rescued by security agents. He revealed this shortly after the state executive council meeting in Benin on Wednesday. Nehikhare said, “The success story in the kidnapping is that five persons and two village chiefs have…

The Lagos State Government has declared a four-day work-free day for public servants to enable them to collect their Permanent Voter Cards at their respective local government/local council development areas in the state. The Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, who confirmed the development in a circular issued on Wednesday, said the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, graciously approved the work-free day for the public servants. He explained that the work-free day would commence on Tuesday, January 24, and end on Friday, January 27, 2023, for different grade levels of workers in the public service. Muri-Okunola said, “Consequent upon the extension of…

The Customs Strike Force, Team A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 5,124 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa along the coast of Lekki, Lagos. The Customs Comptroller in charge of the team, Sani Yusuf, said this on Wednesday in Lagos during a media briefing. Yusuf said the contraband, with an estimated duty-paid value of N516 million, was intercepted following credible intelligence in January 2023. He added that the contraband was being moved directly from the ship to trucks before his men intercepted them. “The Cannabis was intercepted following a credible intelligence. We intercepted it somewhere around Lekki along the…