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27 Apr 2023
A female commercial tricycle (Keke) rider, Joy Ivie, has narrated how police officers from Ijede, Area N division, Ikorodu, Lagos, allegedly assaulted her, broke her tricycle’s windscreen for failing to pay a bribe.
27 Apr 2023
The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified cultism as an evolving crime that is threating the internal security of the community. 
27 Apr 2023
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter, Onyekachi Agu, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour, for pouring substance suspected to be an acid on his ex-girl friend and his rival.
27 Apr 2023
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Stamp-out Drug Abuse Initiative (SDAI), yesterday, lamented increasing engagement of Nigeria youths in drug abuse.
27 Apr 2023
The mini-market at Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu (OUI), Osun State, has been gutted by fire as a result of gas explosion.
27 Apr 2023
A Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ogba, yesterday, remanded the duo of Ebube Eddy aka Bebex and Ali Musa in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for sexual assault.
27 Apr 2023
Ondo State Police Command, yesterday, arraigned five principal suspects involved in the killing of a 25-year-old driver in Akure, the state capital
27 Apr 2023
It remains unarguable that, education is the bedrock of a society’s development at all levels. Thus, leaders who put education above other things, have actually accomplished significant progress. Premised on the above, lawmaker Irekandu Adewumi Adeyemi has perfected plans to support 39 out of school children with comprehensive scholarships, as part of his 39th birthday…
26 Apr 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) is set to file fresh proceedings against former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, over money laundering. Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman were arraigned by on a 17-count charge in June 2016. Aside Fani-Kayode and Usman, also listed as defendants in the case are Danjuma Yusuf and Joint Trust Dimensions Limited. It…
26 Apr 2023
The Kogi Government on Wednesday vowed to fish out kidnappers and killers of traditional ruler of Aghara Bunu in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of the state. The traditional ruler, Chief David Obadofin, was reportedly kidnapped in his resident last week by yet to be identified attackers, who later killed him. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, State Commissioner…
26 Apr 2023
The campaign director of Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Vrati Nzonzo has absolved suspended Adamawa REC Hudu Yunusa Ari of any wrong doing. Ari announced Binani winner of the supplementary polls in Adamawa while the collation of results were still going on. INEC suspended the collation and ordered Ari…
26 Apr 2023
The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” on Wednesday withdrew the suit filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC candidate had prayed the court for a judicial review of the decision by INEC to…
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Following the expiration of the tenure in office of the immediate past National Working Committee of the Labour Party headed by Julius Abure, the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Labour Party has stepped in to steer the affairs of the Labour Party. Labour Party's BOT Chairman, S.O.Z. Ejiofor in a statement said the takeover…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared five of the seven aspirants to contest its primary election for the Ondo State governorship election. The party's screening panel presided over by former Ebonyi State Governor, Senator Sam Egwu, however, refused to disclose the names of two aspirants said to have been disqualified. Our correspondent gathered that…
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The Nigerian military has declared eight people wanted in connection with the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama, Delta state. The people declared wanted include Professor Ekpekpo Arthur, Andaowei Dennis Bakriri, Akevwru Daniel Omotegbo (Aka Amagben) and Akata Malawa David. Others are Sinclear Oliki, Clement Ikolo Oghenerukeywe, Reuben Baru, and Igoli Ebi. The troops were…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC,…
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First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday, stressed the need for qualitative education for the girl child.
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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged government to prosecute the 15 persons it named last week as terrorism financiers.
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Promoter of Mambilla Hydro Project, Leno Adesanya, has restated his stance to execute the Mambilla Hydro Power project in Taraba state.  
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Crisis in Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has escalated as shareholders and management engage in tussles, capable of disrupting operational effectiveness of the utility company.
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An Ondo State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Funmilayo Mary Adekojo, has promised to turn around the fortunes of the state around if voted into power.
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The management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, denied having an accumulated power supply bill of N495 million over the last three years.