August 2023 - Page 41 of 63 - Voice Air Media

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Local News

JUST IN: Passengers groan over hike in fares, gridlock

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

Commuters heading towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway area are lamenting the sudden hike in transport fares by commercial drivers plying Berger, Arepo, Magboro, Mowe, Ibafo, and other areas along the road. Voice Air Media...

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Court

BREAKING: Court hears Emefiele, DSS applications Aug 15

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed August 15 to hear an application by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, seeking to halt his trial by the...

1 Minute

Local News

Bus crashes into Lagos shops, kills mother, daughter— Report

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. Voice Air Media learnts that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into...

3 Minutes

Economy

Fuel price may go up as Naira slumps— Marketers

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

The fall of the naira against the United States dollar, coupled with the recent rise in global crude oil prices, is making Nigerians apprehensive of a possible hike in the pump price of Premium...

2 Minutes

Extra

Spokesman: Army has no pact with Asari-Dokubo’s security outfit

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

The Nigerian Army has said it has no partnership with ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, or his security outfit. The ex-militant leader had in an interview on a Podcast anchored by Channels...

2 Minutes

Politics

El-Rufai reportedly loses interest in ministerial appointment, takes new action

Bright Olorungbotemi August 11, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News The immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly withdrawn his interest in being part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Premium Times reports that E-Rufai told President Tinubu at a...

1 Minute

Local News

How Lesbians escape mob attack

Akanji Philip August 11, 2023 0 Comment

There was pandemonium recently at Ajangbadi, a suburb of Lagos as two middle-aged ladies caught in the act of lesbianism escaped being lynched by an angry mob who stormed the hotel premises on a...

3 Minutes

Business

CBN explains why the Naira has been falling

Bright Olorungbotemi August 11, 2023 0 Comment

THE acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi has blamed the continuous of fall of Naira against Dollars on unofficial diaspora remittances. Folashodun Shonubi disclosed this on Thursday, August 10,...

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World News

Nigeria’s oil production declines by 13.6 percent

Bright Olorungbotemi August 11, 2023 0 Comment

…significantly lower that OPEC’s allocation The latest production data released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed that the country’s oil production fell by 13.6 percent in the month of July...

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Local News

Police Officer Allegedly Slaps Soldier In Osogbo

Bright Olorungbotemi August 11, 2023 0 Comment

There was anxiety at Aregbe area of Osogbo, Osun State on Thursday afternoon as an unidentified police officer allegedly slapped a soldier following a dramatic altercation that unfolded. The incident, which sparked a frenzy...