Category: Business

Gun booms as NDLEA arrests suspected female drug baron

    There was pandemonium in Lagos, yesterday, as suspected drug peddlers attacked officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who had gone to...

NUPENG gives marketers 24hrs to revert to official price of petrol

    The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has issued the petroleum products marketers 24 hours to revert to the official depots’...

Pure water producers announce price increase in Ekiti

    The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) says it has increased the price of a bag of sachet water from N150 to N200 with immediate effect due to...

Oyo govt seals Premier Hotel, event centre, 80 shops for violating environmental laws

    Oyo State Government, on Thursday, said that it has sealed a hotel, an event center and no fewer than 80 shops. The edifices, according to the government,...

BREAKING: At last, oil price hits $100 per barrel on Ukraine crisis

    At last, the price of crude oil (Brent) has hit the roof at $100 per barrel in the international market, due mainly to the ongoing Ukraine crisis.  ...

Buhari Govt Approves Over N2billion For Purchase Of Cows To Boost Animal Production

    The President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has approved over N2billion for the purchase of cattle to boost animal production in Taraba State....

FG increases school feeding cost to N100/child, spend N1bn daily

    The Federal Government has increased the cost of feeding a primary school pupil from N70 to N100 and will be spending about N1bn daily to feed an estimated...

Assailants attack Ogun petrol station, kill two guards

    Assailants have attacked a Total filling station around Delabo Junction, Ilisan-Remo in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State and reportedly...

There’s wealth in farming, Oyetola tells youths

    GOVERNOR Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State, yesterday, urged youths across the state to return to farming, saying that there is wealth in the profession....

Abuja beggar caught with N.5m, $100 was into N2000 daily contribution ― FCTA

    Officials of the Social Development Secretariat SDS in the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA have given a clean bill to a notorious beggar,...

Protesting Lagos driver sets self ablaze, dies over impounded bus

    A yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver on Tuesday set himself ablaze in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State. Nationnewslead assembled that operatives...

Fuel scarcity: Nigerians resort to trekking as petrol now sells for N1000 per litre

    Nationnewslead reports that Nigerians have resorted to trekking as fuel scarcity in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT bites harder.   NNL recalls...

NNPC distributes one billion litres of fuel nationwide

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited says it is distributing one billion litres of safe Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, in its stock...

Protest As Nigerian Customs Officers Shoot Man Dead While Chasing Smugglers In Ogun

    Nationnewslead reports that Aman identified as Abdulrosheed Dada has reportedly been shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State....

Market shut, traders, others begin seven-day protests over redevelopment

    The Abraka main market in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State was on Monday shut as traders and old women in the community embarked on a...

Fuel sells for N400/litre in Abuja, others, scarcity persists in Lagos

    Residents of Abuja and neighbouring states of Niger and Nasarawa are still facing tough times sourcing for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol,...

Traders lament as fire guts Osun market

    An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed parts of a popular market, Atakunmosa Ereja square in Ilesha, Osun State, leaving traders bemoaning their losses....

Goods, properties destroyed in midnight market fire in Ilesa

    Goods and property worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in a midnight fire incident at Atakumosa central market Ilesa.   The fire outbreak,...

How Indian businessman smuggled over 134,700 bottles of Codeine into Nigeria ― NDLEA

      An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,...

FG provides 750,000 jobs for youth to bridge unemployment gap

    The Federal Government has created 750, 000 jobs for youths to close the unemployment gap in the country. The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service...