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 THE average price paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene (NHK) fell to N400.01 per litre  this week.       This represents a 7.9 percent decline when compared to N434.39 per litre recorded in September ending of this year.   Similarly, prices paid by consumers per litre of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel)  fell by 0.16 per cent this week to N254.21 from N254.64 as of September  ending 2021.     According to data from  globalpetrolprices.com, as of this week the price per gallon of kerosene stood at N1,514.20 while price per gallon of  Diesel stood at N962.29.   When compared to data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) NKH and Diesel watch for September, prices paid per gallon of NKH   fell by 1.73 percent. The NBS September report stated: “Average price per liter paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 8.6 per cent  month-on-month (MoM)  and by 24....

THE Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has warned telecoms consumers not to allow their National Identification Number, NIN, to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity Module, SIM cards, no matter how close the person is to them. The commission gave the warning during its third run Telecom Consumer Town Hall on Radio, TCTHR, programme, broadcast live on Human Rights Radio in Abuja. The event was hosted on the platform of ‘NCC Digital Signature on Radio.’ The NCC Digital Signature on Radio is the flagship radio programme of the commission, created to educate the general public on the mandates of the commission and for sharing salient, consumer-centric and up-to-date information on how NCC is delivering on its mandates. Speaking during the radio programme focused on the benefits of NIN-SIM Integration , NCC’s Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Efosa Idehen , said: “On no account should a telecoms consumer, however, circumstanced, allow another person to register a SI...

Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, x-rayed the myriad of challenges confronting Nigeria, saying the country has lost its glory to deceit and ignorance.  Speaking in Lagos as part of activities slated for the 2021 edition of Olokun Festival, Adams said the major breakthrough that eluded Nigeria was as a result of deceit by the leaders, and ignorance of the followers.  The Yoruba generalissimo said: “From my findings and research, it is evident that countries in Asia and Europe are economically buoyant, peaceful and orderly because they truly identify with their culture, tradition and heritage. Those countries are strong because they never abandoned their identities.  “For instance, despite the abundant human and material resources in the country, Nigeria remains a deprived nation because many of those that are supposed to salvage the situation are mostly corrupt and they could not save the situation.  “Many of our politicians today have lost the...

*343 killed, 830 kidnapped, 210 injured in Kaduna in 3 months Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, has called on the Federal Government to declare bandits as terrorists to allow the Nigerian military deal with them according to international law. This came as no fewer than 343 persons were killed from  July to September 2021 in Kaduna State, while  830 others were kidnapped. The governor said this at the presentation of the Kaduna State Security Incidents Report for the Third Quarter of 2021 in Kaduna saying, "we in the Kaduna State Government, have always aligned with the declaration of bandits as insurgents and terrorists. We have written letters to the Federal Government since 2017, asking for this declaration because it is the declaration that will allow the Nigerian military to attack and kill these bandits without any major consequences in international law. " So, we support the resolution by the National Assembly and we are going to follow up with a letter of suppo...

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will today, arraign former chairperson of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Mrs Ngozi Olejeme over alleged conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds and money laundering before a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi. Olejeme, who headed the NSITF from 2009 to 2015, was accused of defrauding the establishment to the tune of about N69billion. She was earlier declared wanted by the anti-graft agency after she breached her administrative bail and escaped from the country. Her action had led to the arrest and detention of her lawyer. EFCC alleged that Olejeme, acting alongside a former Managing Director of the establishment, Mr Umar Abubakar, diverted government funds into their accounts through  awards  of suspicious and bogus contracts to proxy companies. Recall that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had on July 1, 2020, ordered the interim forfeiture of 46 assets and properties traced...

  A farmer, identified as Cordelia Utazi, was allegedly hacked to death on her farm at Ugwujoro Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State last Monday. The deceased, popularly known as Oyee Eze, was weeding her farm with her daughter, Onyinye, when suspected herdsmen attacked them, leading to her death. It was gathered that her daughter drew the attention of her late mother to the presence of the herdsmen, but sense they were going to be attacked by the fast-approaching herdsmen, the young girl took to her heels and alerted other villagers. A source, who participated in taking the dead body of the victim to the Faith Foundation Hospital in Nsukka metropolis said: “They were weeding in the farm when her daughter looked up and saw herdsmen with their cattle on their farm. The daughter, Onyinye, saw the herdsmen moving very fast towards their direction and took to her heels. The mother, Cordelia Utazi, also wanted to run but the herdsmen shot her. When they got to where she...

Hon. Bashiru Dawodu, (middle) flanked by  Chairman, Oshodi-Isolo LGA, Hon. Kehinde Oloyede Almaroof, (second left),  His Royal Highness, Oba Adeshina Kuti (second right) and others, presenting bags and books to pupils of primary schools in Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1. ... As Oba Kuti, MAF, Omotosho, Oluomo others call for unity By Idowu Ajigbotesho and Abimbola Oloyede THE member House of Representatives, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1, Dr. Bashiru Dawodu has stated that his priority is to improve the lives of people in the constituency. He stated this during the commissioning of some projects he carried out in the constituency. Dawodu, who has proved to be a quality representative for his constituency since the inception of his tenure as a lawmaker, has been recording giant strides in Oshodi-Isolo Constituency I, in fulfillment of his electoral promises. He has carried out some unprecedented projects such as empowerment programmes, infrastructure development, fin...