Scores Killed in Kano GSM Market Twin Blasts
Many were feared dead in Kano, Wednesday, from twin blasts at the heart of GSM market, Nassarawa GRA. Eyewitnesses said that the Improvised Explosive Device was planted close to the generator serving the market, while the second bomb went off at the…
Senate Clears Lagos to Obtain $200million World Bank Loan
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday approved $200 million loan request by the Lagos State government. This followed deliberation of the report of Ad-hoc Committee on Foreign and Local debt to which the request was referred…
Kogi Election: 13,000 Workers to Man 3,000 Polling Units
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission had recruited and trained 13,000 supervisory and electoral officials to man the 3,000 polling units across Kogi State in the state’s November 21 gubernatorial election….
#Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Join Pro-Biafra Protest in Umuahia
The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday joined hundreds of pro-Biafra activists as they took the streets in Umuahia, the abia State capital. The Street Reporters gathered that despite the presence of…
Enugu Workers Cry Out Over Bailout Fund
Enugu State workers on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release the approved bailout fund to Enugu State Government, saying “the prolonged delay since the announcement of the approval of the bailout fund is affecting the…
Pro-Biafra Protests: Okorocha’s Meeting Fails as MASSOB Says No Successful Dialogue With Kanu in Detention
The meeting scheduled by Governor Rochas Okorocha may have failed as there were indications Friday that lingering rift within the leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and that of the South-East Governors’ Forum may be hampering opportunities for Igbo leaders to…
Ebonyi Government House Gutted By Fire
The Street Reporters has gathered that a section of the office of the Special Assistant to Ebonyi State Governor on Petroleum Products pricing and Distribution located at ​the​ government house​, ​Abakaliki​,​ was on Friday gutted by fire. The fire was, however,…
DSS Invasion: Allow Dasuki Travel, Court Orders FG
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ademola Adeniyi has ordered the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to allow the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) to travel abroad for medicals treatment. The…
N25bn TSA Fraud: Labour Coalition Seeks 40% Reduction In Federal Legislators’ Allowances, Threatens Action
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), a coalition of labour and civil society organisations, Thursday, called for 40 per cent reduction in the allowances of members of the National Assembly as part of efforts toward reducing high…
NAFDAC Slams N1 Billion Fine on Guinness
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has imposed a fine of N1 billion ($5 million) on Guinness Nigeria Plc for alleged re-validating expired raw materials without approval. NAFDAC also accused Guiness of maintaining poor documentation…
How Biafra Activists’ Protests Shut Down Markets, Schools in Imo
Commercial activities were affected as hundreds of supporters of Pro-Biafra groups engaged in spate of protests, seeking self determination for the people of South East and their neighbours, on Thursday marched along major streets in Owerri, the Imo State capital and…
