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Rival groups of protesters hauled objects at themselves after female Muslim students in hijab were denied entry to the school. The controversy over the use of the hijab on Wednesday degenerated to violence at Baptist Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara State. The school was one of the 10 shut down last month by the state government over the controversy and reopened …

*Police has twisted the narratives— OPC An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, Thursday, charged three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, with three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson and ordered them to be remanded in a correctional centre, following Iskilu Wakili’s arrest. The OPC members, Awodele Adedigba, Dauda Kazeem and Hassan Ramon, had arrested Wakili and …

At least five persons were reportedly injured in a clash between some Muslim and Christian groups over wearing of hijab in some schools in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday. It is recalled that the state government had on Tuesday evening directed the 10 affected schools in the hijab controversy to reopen on Wednesday for academic activities after they were shut …

…Major marketer caught red-handed  By Okhide Em’ya David Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Benin Zone on Tuesday sealed up some Petrol Stations over alleged sharp Practices. A major Marketer, Total Petrol Station on Akpakpava Street was amongst those caught red handed in the act.Other Petrol  stations sealed  up by the DPR were Otopec,  NNPC Petrol Station and  Donason Oil …

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today said that bank customers are to begin paying N6.98 kobo per Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions commencing today. The price replaced the former per session billing structure for USSD transactions. They disclosed this in a joint statement on pricing of USSD services, signed by Osita Nwanisobi, AG, …

…urge frontline workers, others to prepare to be vaccinated  Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that he is hale and hearty and proceeding with his official engagements after taking the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The governor along with the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, took the vaccine on Monday, March 15. Others who …

A Magistrate Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has remanded the alleged notorious Fulani leader, Iskilu Wakili in a correctional facility for alleged murder, conspiracy, kidnapping and armed robbery. The accused was arraigned on a six count charge today with other suspects. The suspects are Samaila, Aliyu Many and Abu, a 45 year old. Details later VANGUARD

*How to turn artisanal refiners into strategic partners in the oil-producing areas, by VP  The integration of artisanal and modular refinery operators into mainstream oil and gas sector promotes the inclusion of more local content in the industry and advance the use of home-grown technology in the refining of petroleum products, Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said.Prof. Osinbajo (SAN), …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday joined his Delta State counterpart, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa to commission the Otu-Jeremi-Okwagbe Road and the Effurun-Otor Bridge/Access Road constructed by the Governor Okowa-led administration. Commissioning both projects at Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Obaseki hailed his delta colleague for his infrastructural development in the state. Obaseki noted, “I am …

Nigeria’s recently inaugurated new Governing Council and Board of Trustees for the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has been urged to establish the Center of Excellence for the Ogoni clean up process.Recall that the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria had surmised from majority of Ogonis and reports of its team of monitors around the project areas that HYPREP …