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No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in a lone accident around Pipeline Junction, Ogere, Ogun, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Thursday. Akinbiyi noted that the accident occurred in early hours of Thursday at 4:30 a.m. and it involved a Man Diesel truck marked TKP 653 XA conveying people and also loaded with tubers of Yam. He explained that the accident involved 14 people comprising 13 male and one female, saying…

The Kano State Fire Service rescued 11 persons and saved property worth N33 million from 97 fire incidents in the state in December 2019. The service’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday that three lives were lost and properties worth N15 million were destroyed within the period. He said that the service responded to nine rescue calls and 10 false alarms from residents during the month under review. Mohammed identified careless handling of cooking gas, use of inferior electrical materials, the use of boiling rings and improper wiring of…

The police in Ilorin on Thursday arraigned one Yusuf Abdullahi who allegedly impersonated army personnel in an Ilorin Senior Magistrates’ Court. Abdullahi, whose address was not provided, is charged with two counts of impersonation and stealing. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp. Isaac Yakub, told the court that the case was transferred from the 22 Armoured Brigade, Sobi Cantonment, to the State Crime Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) Ilorin. Yakub said that on Dec. 25, the accused person was arrested at 22 Brigade Medical Centre Junction, Sobi Cantonment Ilorin, during a stop and search. He…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recorded a trading surplus of ₦13.23billion in October 2019. This represented an increase of 54 per cent compared to ₦8.59 billion surpluses posted in September 2019. The Corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operation Report (MFOR) for the month of October released in Abuja, on Wednesday. The report reflected the sustained streak of positive results in the operations of the National Oil Company. It added that the September 2019 trading surplus of ₦8.59 billion, in turn, indicated a significant increase of 65 per cent compared to the ₦5.20billion surplus posted in August…

By Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau The recent directives by Nigeria’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that customers will no longer pay the N50 bank charges on any financial transactions at the points of purchase may have fallen on deaf ears as the public are still being charged at the Point Of Service (POS). Aside from the banks which are still debiting all sorts of charges from their customers, operators of POS are deducting as much as N50 for every transaction plus their “service charge”. Prompt News investigations revealed that POS vendors charge customers from N100 to N500…

Sequel to revocation of land belonging to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s family property, Kwara State government on Thursday demolished the property popularly known as Ile Arugbo (old people’s home) in Ilorin, the state capital. The property was demolished early in the morning after police dispersed protesters, including old women, CHANNELS TV reports. Policemen, numbering about 50 were said to have gone to enforce the action at about 3:00 am but were initially resisted by some the old women. The security agents later returned at 4:00 am when the structure was eventually pulled down. The structure was used as a…

Late veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Amaka Igwe, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on her 57th posthumous birthday. A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and notable historical figures. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the doodle went live on Thursday as an honour of late Igwe’s contributions to Nollywood. She was a Nigerian filmmaker and broadcasting executive. Igwe was the owner of Top Radio 90.9 Lagos and Amaka Igwe Studios. She was recognized as one of the second-generation filmmakers who helped begin the video…

A poet and a Nigerian Naval officer, Commodore Umar Abubakar-Sidi, has advised Nigerian youths to engage in reading and composing literary materials to enhance their self-development and a brighter future for them. Abubakar-Sidi gave the advice as to the guest speaker at the Caliphate Arts and Literature Forum’s interactive session held in Sokoto on Thursday. He urged students at all levels to develop interests in literary writings which he said would help them broaden their intellects. He commended the forum’s chairman, Khalifa Aliyu-Adamu, for his efforts toward reviving the reading culture. He also lauded his campaign for the public to…

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has urged Federal Government to adopt it’s One Local Government, One Product (OLOP) and Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) models as national emergency programmes. Dr Umaru Dikko, Director-General of SMEDAN, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja on Thursday said that the two programmes, if adopted, would promote rural industrialization, address unemployment, poverty, and insecurity in the country. NAN reports that these programmes are targeted at providing finance, workspace, capacity building, working capital equipment, micro insurance, formalization, and business development service to Micro, Small and Medium…

The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Command in Ogun, on Wednesday, confirmed the death of one person following an auto crash around J3, on Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, the state FRSC Sector Commander disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ota. Oladele said that the lone accident happened at about 11.25 pm on Tuesday. He explained that a Toyota Sienna Bus, with registration number, FKJ 453XW, was on a high speed when it tyres burst and in the process lost control and somersaulted into the bush. He said that nine persons -five male adults,…