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The downstream end of the Nigerian petroleum industry has gone into a frenzy as operators respond to the immediate removal of subsidy on petrol with a sharp hike in pump price just as consumers crowded to the petrol stations. Commercial transporters have also hiked their trip fares across the country in response to the developments. On his inaugural speech yesterday, the new president, Bola Tinubu, had stated that “petroleum subsidy is gone”.Some marketers responded by increasing their prices by about 100 percent to N370 from N185 per litre. However, few other stations especially the major marketers, sold between N195 and N220 per litre across Lagos and Abuja. Our findings also showed that some of the petrol stations operators simply shut their filling stations, thus leading to the emergence of long queues. This is even as depot owners shut their operations, arguing that further clarification was needed to guide activities on the implementation of the new order. In Abuja, long queues r...

  Nigerians defied the rain which fell throughout the night to cheer on chef Hilda Baci as she surpasse the Guinness World Record time for marathon cooking.    Baci who began cooking on Thursday, May 11, surpassed Indian chef, Lata Tondon’s record of 87 hours 45 minutes record of longest cooking this morning.   Since she began her quest, many Nigerians including celebrities have trooped out en masse to support her.  T he  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu , Former Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Apkabio and Magaret Peter Obi, the wife of the  former governor of Anambra State and Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have also turned up to support her.  Source : welcome to Linda ikeji blog

The Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, UK, has sentenced former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to nine years and eight months in prison for organ trafficking.  The court also sentenced his wife, Beatrice, to four years and six months jail term. The doctor helping the couple out, Dr Obinna Obeta was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Recall that on March 23, the court found Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and their doctor, Obinna Obeta, guilty of trafficking a trader from Nigeria to the UK to harvest his organ, a crime under the United Kingdom Modern Slavery act 2015. The jury held that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old to London to exploit him for his kidney.The verdict is the first of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the UK. Source : welcome to Linda ikeji blog  

  A 15-year-old student of Bishop Otubelu Juniorate, Trans Ekulu, Enugu, Lotanna Azuokeke, who sat for the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, reportedly scored 99 marks in Mathematics.  Dr Chiwuike Uba, Media Adviser to the Bishop of the Diocese of Nike (Anglican Communion), the Founder of the school said Azuokeke, a native of Ọba in the Idemmili South LGA of Anambra State, scored a total of 337 marks in the examination; 88 marks in Chemistry, 86 in Physics, and 64 in the English Language. The statement read;  “Azụokeke broke record set by Chidera Obi who scored 329 marks to emerge overall best, five years ago. “Report shows that Azuokeke applied to study Electrical/Electronics Engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.”

As seen on yoruba singles and single parents club on Facebook: some years back, it was the most beautiful house in this community. The owner was the richest man in whom all looked up to for support. The vehicle was a cynosure of all eyes. It was like a dream come true when the owner added both house and vehicle to his list of possession. But today, the properties have grown old and in fulfillment of the natural law, must collapse for a new house to develop. Should anyone be found living inside this building as it stands now, such a person is labelled as "insane" and must be kept at arm's length.  Nothing in life is worth fighting for. Your best clothes is someone's rag. Your account balance is someone's donation at a function. Your girlfriend/ boyfriend/ fiance/ fiancée is someone's ex. Every single prostitute you see in an hotel or on the street at night was at some point in time a virgin. So what is the squabble all about? Life is too small to feel bigger or...

  According to naijanews:  The  National Agency for food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that importation of Indomie noodles to Nigeria has been banned following allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in the noodles and non-registration of the agency. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan recently detected ethylene oxide, a compound in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavour noodles. Ethylene oxide is a colourless, odourless gas that is used to sterilise medical devices and spices and is said to be a cancer-causing chemical. The ministry of health in Malaysia noted that it examined 36 samples of instant noodles from different brands since 2022 and found that 11 samples contained ethylene oxide. Both countries have since recalled the product. Speaking about the development, Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC director-general, said the agency would begin random sample tests of the noodles and other brands from Today May 2. Speaking with TheCable on Monday,...