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EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsAfter Months of Waiting, NYSC Increases Corps Members’ Allowance to ₦77,000

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 21, 2025

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olalekan Nafiu, has assured corps members that the long-awaited increment in their monthly allowance to ₦77,000 will take effect from March 2025. Speaking at the Wuse and Garki NYSC zonal offices in Abuja on Thursday, the NYSC boss reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fulfilling its promise. NYSC spokesperson Caroline Embu quoted him stating, “With effect from March, you are going to receive the...

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NewsNigeriaWorld Happiness Report: Nigeria Slips to 105th, Libya Tops Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 21, 2025

Nigeria has dropped three places in the 2025 World Happiness Report, ranking 105th out of 147 countries. The annual report, released on Thursday to mark the International Day of Happiness, assesses global happiness based on factors such as GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and perceptions of corruption. Despite its decline from 102nd place in 2024, Nigeria remains the 10th happiest country in Africa. Libya emerged as the highest-ranked African nation at...

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NewsNigeriaDeath Toll Rises to 10 in Karu Bridge Explosion

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 20, 2025

…Over 30 Injured The death toll from the explosion at Karu Bridge, Abuja, has risen to 10, as emergency responders continue to assess the scale of destruction caused by the tragic incident. The multiple fatal motor accident happened on Wednesday evening along the busy AYA–Nyanya axis, a major route linking the heart of Abuja to satellite towns and neighbouring states. The area, notorious for heavy traffic congestion, became the scene of chaos when a Dangote...

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BusinessEconomyNewsNigeriaFuel Prices Surge as Dangote Refinery Suspends Sales in Naira

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 20, 2025

Nigerians are bracing for another fuel price hike after Dangote Petroleum Refinery temporarily halted the sale of refined petroleum products in naira, citing currency mismatches in crude oil purchases. The refinery announced that its sales in naira had surpassed the value of naira-denominated crude received, making it necessary to suspend local currency transactions. “To date, our sales of petroleum products in naira have exceeded the value of naira-denominated crude we have received. As a result,...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Governors Stand with Fubara, Call Tinubu’s Action ‘Threat to Democracy’

PilotnewsMarch 20, 2025

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has strongly opposed President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other elected officials, vowing to challenge the move in court. President Tinubu had, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspending the governor, his deputy, and members of the State House of Assembly. Reacting to the development, the PDP governors, in a statement signed by their chairman, Bauchi State Governor Bala...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaUnidentified Thieves Steal Food Supplies from WFP Truck in Borno

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 20, 2025

In yet another blow to humanitarian efforts in the insurgency-ravaged North East, a truck carrying food supplies for the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) was looted by unidentified thieves in Gubio, Borno State. According to Lake Chad security analyst Zagazola Makama, the incident happened around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday when the truck driver, Aminu Mallam Umar, stopped his Iveco truck by the roadside while en route to Damasak, a town near the Niger border...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsFAAN Demolishes  Aviation Quarters In Kano

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2025

Despite the dispute over ownership rights, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commenced the demolition of Aviation Quarters in Kano. By 2021, the federal government had reportedly approved the sale, and many occupants paid for and obtained ownership documents for the quarters. Obadaki Muhammad Mustapha, a staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and Secretary of the Aviation Quarters Committee, who spoke on behalf of the affected residents, expressed concerns over FAAN’s...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBauchi Accountant-General In EFCC Net over N70B fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2025

The Accountant General of Bauchi State, Sirajo Jaja, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) over alleged fraud involving N70 billion. EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale in a statement said Jaja was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday alongside Aliyu Abubakar, an alleged unlicensed bureau de change, operator from Jasfad Resources Enterprise, and Sunusi Ibrahim Sambo, a Point of Sale, PoS operator. “The arrests are connected to an ongoing investigation into alleged money...

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EducationNewsNigeriaOgun Government Shuts Down School Over Sexual Assault On Pupil

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2025

The Ogun State government has closed down a private school, The Perfect Light Nursery and Primary School, Eyinogbe, in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been shut down. The closure of the school by the State Government followed an alleged assault by the head teacher, Ashafa Afelaja, who sodomized a female pupil (name withheld). The action of the head teacher on the minor had damaged her fistula, resulting in bleeding. The state government,...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Governors, NBA Fault Tinubu Over Declaration Of State Of Emergency

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 20, 2025

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have faulted President Bola Tinubu over the imposition of state of emergency in Rivers State. On its part PDPGF has urged the president to reverse the state of emergency declared in the south south state. Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, who is the Chairman of the Forum made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, and described the declaration...

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