NNPCL slash petrol price to N899 per litre – PETROAN

By Damilola Aina The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol, from N1,020 to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria in…

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Why we don’t allow wheelchairs among prison inmates – NCS

By Steve Oko The Nigeria Correctional Service, has adduced reasons the use of wheelchairs is not allowed among inmates at correctional centres, citing safety concerns. Superintendent of Corrections, SC Fredrick Chukwu, in charge of Records, Umuahia Correctional Centre, Abia State, gave the reason while responding to a question at the high-level stakeholders’ meeting on the…

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Health risks worsen as 48m Nigerians practice open defecation

By Chioma Obinna The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima had on the 2024 World Toilet Day launched the revised Clean Nigeria Campaign, CNC, Strategic Plan to eradicate open defecation by 2030, with nearly 48 million Nigerians still practicing open defecation. The CNC Strategic Plan aims to declare all 774 local government areas open defecation-free by…

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Ibadan Funfair Stampede Tragedy: Tinubu orders probe as Ooni’s ex-queen detained, death toll increase

By: Wale Akinselure, Ademola Adegbite, Gabriel Oshokha, Bola Bamigbola and Stephen Angbulu The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday detained a former queen of the Ooni of Ife, Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, and six others as investigation into the stampede at a funfair in Ibadan on Wednesday continues. The police also confirmed 35 children dead, with…

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