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Three children have lost their lives in recent flooding that ravaged communities in Warri North council area of Delta State. The children – a girl and two boys, from two separate families, were aged two, four and five years old. READ: DPR seals 40 filling stations in Nasarawa While their parents and members of the community have been mourning the loss, they have also called on the Federal Government to put measures in place to prevent future tragedies caused as a result of flooding. Nigerian News

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 40 filling stations from January to date for various offences in Nasarawa State. Alhaji Abdulrahaman Muhammad-Bima, DPR Operation Comptroller, Lafia, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Monday. He said that the offences committed included under delivery, diversion of product, lack of safety and other related offences. According to him, “the affected filling stations, which included major and independent petroleum marketers, cut across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State”. The comptroller explained that the affected stations were fined and were unsealed after the payment to the…

The Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed over 196,400 bottles of beer confiscated within the Kano metropolis.‎ This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Hassan Musa-Fage.‎ Speaking shortly after the destruction exercise at Kalemawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, said that Islam forbids alcohol consumption and all other intoxicants that can distort the mental capability of a person. ” In Islam, alcohol is strongly forbidden. Our Islamic Scholars, religious and community leaders should join hands together in the crusade against such social vices,” he explained.‎ ‎Represented by…

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards bent the knee to HBO’s fantasy epic “Game of Thrones,” which closed out Sunday night’s ceremony by nabbing the prize for best drama series. HBO also had the most wins of the night, with 9, to Amazon’s 7 and Netflix’s 4. D.B. Weiss and David Benioff’s series, based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, ended its eighth and final season in May with a divisive finale and tepid reviews, but still managed to become the most-watched program in the premium cable network’s history, with 19.3 million viewers. And Emmy voters followed suit. Despite its polarizing farewell run, the blockbuster…

The Nigerian Army on Sunday says it has dismissed three soldiers arrested among a kidnapping gang in the outskirts of Maiduguri. Maj.-Gen. Olusengun Adeniyi, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this while handing over the dismissed soldiers to the police in Maiduguri. Adeniyi disclosed that the soldiers were arrested with 22 other suspects by a joint patrol team in the early hours of Sunday at a building in the outskirts of Maiduguri. He said that the soldiers were initially deployed to the Operation Lafiya Dole, but engaged in nefarious activities such as kidnapping, armed robbery, killings and cultism. Adeniyi…

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said that the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) dropped by 10.78 million litres to 50.22 million litres per day due to closure of the borders. Mr Kimchi Apollo, PPPRA spokesman, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He said that the high volume of fuel supply before the closure of the border was mainly as a result of widespread smuggling of the commodity. Apollo explained that the high opportunity for arbitrage in fuel prices in neighbouring countries had especially encouraged smuggling. He said that as at Aug. 11,…

The Senior Pastor and founder, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared himself as the 16th President of Nigeria and successor of President Muhammadu Buhari. He likened President Buhari to Moses who led the Israelites to River Jordan but cannot cross it, stressing that, it will take a Joshua (Bakare) to go to the other side and begin to distribute the resources to the people. Bakare, during a sermon, said that nothing could change it because he was born for that purpose to be president and has prepared for it. READ: Malami, Magu, Emefiele, others in UK to quash…

– Fed Govt seeks extradition of P&ID owner’s son to face charges – AGF, IG, CBN governor, EFCC boss, Information minister in London The Federal Government has assembled a formidable team that has arrived the United Kingdom to challenge the $9.6 billion arbitration judgment against Nigeria. A government’s high-powered team is in London ahead of Thursday’s court session in the matter against Process and Industrial Development (P&ID). TheNation reports that besides, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which secured conviction and forfeiture order against P&ID Nigerian affiliate, has filed charges against two firms linked to P&ID. The anti-graft agency…

Junior workers in the employment of the Federal Government have started receiving the N30,000 minimum wage, Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said at the weekend. Ngige, who spoke in Enugu, said the payment to levels 1 to 6 commenced last month. His claim was corroborated by the National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) and a member of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, Mr. Lawrence Amaechi. According to Amaechi, the junior workers received the new wage as their August salary. The minister dismissed the claim by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that the Federal Government was reluctant…

Neymar scored another late winner as French champions Paris St-Germain edged past Lyon to move three points clear at the top of Ligue 1. The Brazil forward skilfully swivelled in the box and fired into the bottom corner with three minutes remaining to break the hosts’ resistance. He had been booed by his own fans before scoring a 92nd-minute winner against Strasbourg last weekend. He missed PSG’s first five games as he tried to force a return to Barcelona. Neymar finding his feet again But, back in the PSG team after missing their 3-0 Champions League win over Real Madrid due…