The Zone 7 police command headquarters in Abuja says it has arrested a suspect linked to the abduction of 20 medical students and a doctor in Benue State. The students were abducted in August 2024 while travelling through the Otukpo Local Government Area en route to Enugu. The victims were rescued in an…
The Nigerian equities market recovered from previous day’s loss as investors gained N394 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed a surge in the share prices of stocks like ARADEL, STANBIC, and UPL amongst others on the trading floor. After five hours of trading at the capital market, the equity capitalization rose…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4. The leadership of the Labour union announced this at its ongoing National Administrative Council, NAC of NLC The Union said the strike is aimed at sounding a note of warning to the government that workers would…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Max Air from operating local flights for three month over frequent incident in the aviation sector. This followed the bad tyre incident involving the airline’s aircraft at the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Tuesday. At least 53 passengers and crew members escaped death after a Max…
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun State Police Command have k!lled five kidnappers in a fierce shootout on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Spokesperson of the command, CSP Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, said police operatives rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered N5.2m suspected to…
