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Security operatives have thwarted an attempted jailbreak by inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ubiaja in Edo State. Aminu Suleman, who is the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Edo State Command, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He explained that the incident occurred on Wednesday following a riot after the inmates refused to return to their cells. According to the command spokesman, some inmates later […]

The Department of Petroleum Resources has said over 43 cases in the Nigerian oil and gas industry are waiting to be looked into by the newly inaugurated Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre. Its Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sarki Auwalu, said the ADRC was established in January as one of the centres in the National Oil and Gas Excellence Centre with the principal aim of providing a platform where disputes in the […]

The Federal Government has said that nine power plants were currently shut down, as this was why power outages had persisted recently across the country. Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, said this in series of tweets via his official Twitter handle, while his ministry also disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by his media aide, Aaron Artimas. The ministry said the power outages had been bedeviling Nigeria, as […]

The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, surged by five per cent on Wednesday, after a report from the International Energy Agency, followed by US inventory data, boosted optimism about returning demand after the coronavirus lockdowns last year crushed fuel consumption. Brent, against which Nigeria’s oil is priced, rose by $3.06 to $66.73 per barrel by 7:31pm Nigerian time on Wednesday. US crude inventories fell by 5.9 million barrels last week, […]

Rolling Stones frontman, Sir Mick Jagger, has revealed the real story behind his long-lost rock 'n' roll memoirs. The singer previously refused to allow his autobiography to be published, at one point claiming he couldn't remember writing it in the 1980s. But speaking now, he explained that he really does not enjoy reliving his life, to the detriment of living in the now. Sir Mick said he gave up as […]

Tear gas has been fired and a curfew imposed amid angry protests after police fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop in the US city of Brooklyn Center, just north of Minneapolis. The man has been identified by relatives as 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Brooklyn Center's mayor issued a curfew, telling people to "be safe and to go home". Tensions in Minneapolis are high as the trial of a […]

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory has arrested 17 suspects over cultism along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis of the territory. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf, disclosed this to our correspondent, Toffa Momoh, on Monday in Abuja. She said the arrest of the suspects was in line with the command’s commitment to rid the FCT of criminal elements, adding that the suspects had […]

The Nigerian Army on Monday laid to rest, the remains of Captain Adeolu Adedayo and eleven other soldiers killed by bandits in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State. Bereaved family members, colleagues, and senior officers of the 72 battalion Makurdi led by the Commander, 4 Special Forces Doma, Brigadier General L.G Lepbung and the Commander Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General Adeyemi Yekini attended the burial ceremony at the military […]