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Several students from the University of Benin (UNIBEN) are feared trapped after a storey building collapsed in Edo State. The incident happened on Ekhator Street in Ekosodin, Benin City, following heavy rainfall on Saturday morning. Ekosodin, which is adjacent to the university, is a well-known student residential area. A student, …

Petroleum marketers have strongly refuted claims that they are boycotting Dangote refinery. Instead, they have lifted 518,500 metric tonnes of diesel and Jet A1 fuel from the refinery over the past five months, accounting for 60 percent of the nation’s total truck-out. This counters recent statements made by Devakumar Edwin, …

Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has expressed strong support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the upcoming Edo State election, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Speaking at an APC youth rally in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, on Friday, Ododo emphasised that Okpebholo truly represents the aspirations of Edo …

The Federal Government has announced a subsidy to cover the revenue gap for customers of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO). This decision, outlined in a September 2024 Supplementary Order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), addresses the disparity between cost-reflective tariffs and the actual tariffs paid by consumers. Effective …