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Another Boat Mishap Claims 26 Lives In Kogi
October 2, 2025 No Responses

Another Boat Mishap Claims 26 Lives In Kogi

Not less than 26 persons have been declared dead in a boat mishap in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State.The accident involved traders who were travelling from Ibaji Local Government Area to Ilushi market in Edo State.Kogi State Commissioner...
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Police Confirm Abduction Of 17 Passengers Along Calabar Waterway
September 28, 2025 No Responses

Police Confirm Abduction Of 17 Passengers Along Calabar Waterway

The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the abduction of 17 passengers by sea pirates along the Calabar Waterways.The command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, DSP Igri Ewa, who made the confirmation on Saturday in Calabar, said that the passengers....
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Oborevwori Mourns Oscar Ibru
September 25, 2025 No Responses

Oborevwori Mourns Oscar Ibru

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of prominent Urhobo son, businessman and philanthropist, Olorogun Oscar Ibru, describing his passing as a monumental loss to the Urhobo nation and Nigeria at large.Governor Obor...
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United Capital Mourns Six Staff killed In Afriland Towers Fire
September 22, 2025 No Responses

United Capital Mourns Six Staff killed In Afriland Towers Fire

The management of United Capital Plc has announced the death of six of its staff following the tragic incident at Afriland Towers in Lagos, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.In a statement issued by the company on Monday on their X...
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NAFDAC Impounds N1.2b Fake Malaria drugs
September 12, 2025 No Responses

NAFDAC Impounds N1.2b Fake Malaria drugs

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized 277 cartoons of fake and unregistered Malamal Fort malaria drugs worth over 1.2 billion in Lagos.NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, wh...
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NDLEA Impounds ₦5.3b Cocaine
September 8, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds ₦5.3b Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international organised criminal group (IOCG) with networks spanning Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates, arresting three kingpins and intercepting a co...
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Dangote Trucks: PETROAN Backs NUPENG, Issues Strike Notice
September 7, 2025 No Responses

Dangote Trucks: PETROAN Backs NUPENG, Issues Strike Notice

Members of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), on Sunday threatened to suspend lifting and dispensing petroleum products on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in protest against alleged monopolistic tendencies in the downstr...
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CNG Trucks: NUPENG Threatens Strike Over Dangote’s Alleged Anti-Union Practices
September 6, 2025 No Responses

CNG Trucks: NUPENG Threatens Strike Over Dangote’s Alleged Anti-Union Practices

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to embark on strike beginning from Monday.The union in a statement jointly signed by its President, Comrade Williams Akporeha and General Secretary, Comrade Afolabi Olawale, the uni...
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NDLEA Arrests 26 Suspects In Edo
September 6, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 26 Suspects In Edo

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, has arrested 26 suspected drug traffickers and seized about 41,410.53kg of narcotics.Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, state Commander of the agency disclosed this on Friday in Benin City while presenting the m...
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Tinubu Departs Abuja To Europe For Annual Leave
September 4, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Departs Abuja To Europe For Annual Leave

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today, September 4, to commence a working vacation in Europe, as part of his 2025 annual leave.A statement issued byBayo Onanuga,Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy explained that the vac...
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Another Boat Mishap Claims 29 Lives In Niger
September 4, 2025 No Responses

Another Boat Mishap Claims 29 Lives In Niger

A boat mishap has claimed 29 lives in Gausawa community in Malale ward of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger.Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, Director-General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Wednesday....
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Lagos Blue Line Lifts 5m Passengers In Two Years, Declare 50% Reduction In Fares
September 3, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Blue Line Lifts 5m Passengers In Two Years, Declare 50% Reduction In Fares

Today, September 3, 2025 is the second anniversary of the inauguration of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line.In a message to commemorate the event,the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said within the period, the Blue Line carried more than five...
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Customs FOU, Zone A Impounds 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds, Drones
September 2, 2025 7 Responses

Customs FOU, Zone A Impounds 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds, Drones

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, FOU A, Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds and two Industrial Drones.Briefing Journalists on Tuesday,Comptroller of the Unit, Mohammed Shuaibu said; “On August 7, 2025, at about 2:...
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Tinubu Mourns Former IGP, Solomon Arase
August 31, 2025 8 Responses

Tinubu Mourns Former IGP, Solomon Arase

President Bola Tinubu condoles with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over Solomon Ehigiator Arase (CFR), the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (IGP), who died on Sunday at 69.President Tinubu commiserates with the family, friends and associates of the ...
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