Fire guts NNPC mega station in Dutse

Fire on Tuesday gutted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mega Station in Dutse, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.

Lagos to absorb street urchins into KAI, LASTMA

As part of the all-inclusive system of his administration, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday said that work was ongoing to absorb street urchins, popularly called “Area boys” into some of the law enforcement agencies in the state.

Naational News Headlines- 20/1/2015

THE NATION

*Olubadan dies at 101

*Investor flees Nigeria after being paid N32b for vessels

*Ambode: Lagos crime rate drops by 65%

*Ex-Governor Sani to face trial for alleged N1 billion fraud

*Lassa fever patient flees hospital, says minister

*EFCC'll never disobey court order, says Magu

Nigerians to pay N50 tax for every N1000 paid into non-savings accounts

The Central Bank of Nigeria issued a circular to all Deposit banks and financial institutions stating that all deposits into accounts, excluding savings accounts, must be charged N50 as Stamp Duty. However, these deposits must be higher than N1000.

Olubadan of Ibadan dies at 101

The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead.

Ughelli Govt College students suspended over homosexuality

Government College Ughelli, GCU, has suspended, indefinitely, three of its students for alleged involvement in homosexual activities.

Defence Minister, CDS in Delta to inspect pipeline explosion site

The Minister of Defence, Brigadier-General Mansur Dan-Ali (Rtd), has arrived at the Osubi Airport in Warri, Delta State for an on-the-spot assessment of oil facilities which exploded a few days ago.

Jamie Foxx saves driver trapped in burning car in LA

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx can lay claim to a new starring role — real life hero. 

Abuja residents clamour for men to wear engagement rings also

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday expressed divergent views about the new clamour that men should wear engagement ring like their female counterparts.

Twitter suffers widespread outage

Millions of Twitter users were blocked from their feeds on Tuesday as the social networking site went down for over an hour in at least several countries.