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The ease of getting petrol by motorists and other residents in Kaduna has become more difficult as long queues resurfaced in the state capital and other parts of the state. Correspondent who monitored the situation within the state capital, reported that long queues have taken over the few filling stations in the city, selling the petrol as motorists besiege the outlets to get the product for their respective uses. Motorists and commercial tricycle operators were seen struggling to get into the station as only two out of the ten pumps were dispensing product to customers. As at the time of filing this report, black marketers have resurfaced along major roads and streets, selling petrol above the official pump price. A gallon of petrol sold at N120 per litre as against the N86 per litre. Residents expressed fears that the situation could worsen and affect socio-economic activities if nothing is done by government to address the situation. Virtually all filling stations in the state ...

A 27 year old mother Kristeen Harden is set to face a maximum of 25 years in prison after admitting to police that she groomed and had sex at least once with a 14 year old boy. The young boy was on his way to visit his mother when he was lured by Kristeen into her house to have sex with her. The boy's father reported to police after he noticed illicit messages between the pair on the son's Facebook and whatsapp accounts. Harden told the news station: “There’s a lot I’d like to say, but I would like lawyers and everything.” “They had chatted on Facebook back and forth,” the boy's dad Lt. Johnny Guy told the police. Harden faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted..

Manchester City lifted the League Cup at Wembley after beating Liverpool 3-1 on penalties after the game had finished 1-1 after extra-time. Liverpool had won all five of their previous cup finals that had gone to a shoot-out, but the City goalkeeper – playing in place of Joe Hart in domestic cup competitions this term – saved three penalties to allow Yaya Toure to net the winning spot-kick. In the match itself, Sergio Aguero had forced Simon Mignolet to tip his shot onto the post, but the Liverpool goalkeeper should have kept out Fernandinho's strike from a tight angle early in the second half. City squandered a number of chances to win it in 90 minutes and paid the price when Coutinho powered home late on with Liverpool's first shot on target and extra-time did not produce a winner. But Caballero's star turn means City win the competition for the second time in three seasons and the fourth time overall in what is manager Manuel Pellegrini's final season in charg...

The strident calls by the IMF and some foreign interest for Nigeria to devalue its currency and the artificial spike in forex rate created by Bureau De Change operators appears to have tanked. This has been linked to a complex and integrated currency management approaches deployed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).  According to a top source in the apex Bank, “The aim of CBN is to ensure that the divergence between the official and parallel rate does not exceed N3, so we are looking at a parallel market rate of N200/$ because the downward trend in the pressure on the naira will be sustained.” “The CBN has the capacity to sustain the downward pressure and will deploy further currency management initiatives, while capitalising on fiscal policies of the federal government to remain in support of non-devaluation of the Naira. The current stand of the federal government on Nigeria’s legal tender is Non-Devaluation. It will be unwise for anybody to be hoarding dollars because...

A Vietnamese man caused his house to go up in flames while attempting to get rid of a rat with a lighter and some gasoline. He told the police that the rat had been driving him crazy so when he finally caught it on Thursday, February 25, he decided to punish it by setting it on fire. On Friday, he poured gasoline on the rat and set it on fire. The burning rat reportedly ran and hid under his car which was parked inside the house. The car caught fire and soon the whole house was engulfed in flames.The house was completely burnt down by the time firefighters arrived. Although no one was hurt, Police said the damage has been estimated at billons of dong.

Four people were killed and 14 wounded in an horrific shooting at a Kansas workplace and two other locations Thursday evening, authorities said. The shooter, an employee at Excel Industries -- one of the scenes -- was killed by police, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said in a press conference Thursday. Police said the shooter, whose name is being withheld by police, fired from his car and shot people at two nearby locations before unleashing a hail of bullets in the factory, hitting 15 people, and killing three of them. “I’m really saddened by this horrific event," said Excel CEO Paul Mullet. "My heart goes out to all of the employees, all of their families.” He was later shot to death by cops in a gun battle when a heroic officer shot him despite taking fire. At least 14 people were hospitalized -- six at Via Christi Hospital, four at Wesley Hospital and four at Newton Medical Center, Walton said. Newton Medical Center was on lockdown due to an ongoing crime scen...

According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sylvester Ezeani, the re-run election would take place in seven state constituency and one senatorial district- Arochukwu, Ikwuano, Isialangwa South, Aba North, Osisioma and Umunneochi. On Thursday, Mr Ezeani hinted that all the rules and guidelines on conduct of the election, still stands except that accreditation and voting would be done simultaneously. Mr Ezeani said that card readers and incidence form would be used during the voting exercise. He, however, called on the political party agents to conduct themselves properly during the exercise. Candidates contesting in the re-run election had advocated for a free and fair polls as the electoral umpire prepares for the re-run. The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Senator Emma Nwaka, said that the party is not resting on its oars to ensure that all the PDP candidates in the re-run emerge victorious. He noted that the party does not believe in violence, but in workin...