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April 2, 2024 No Responses

Obajana Multiple Crash: FRSC Boss Orders Investigation, Prosecution Of Drivers

Perturbed by the scores of road users that were killed as a result of the multiple road traffic crash that occurred on Sunday 31 March, 2024 at Obajana market in Kogi State, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),...

April 2, 2024 No Responses

Gunmen Abduct Students In Delta State

Gunmen have abducted an unspecified number of students travelling along the East-West road in Ughelli, Delta State. According to the spokesman of the Delta State Police Command, Edafe Bright, the occupants of the vehicle may have been students who wer...

April 1, 2024 No Responses

Gunmen Rob, Set Ablaze Luxury Bus With 59 Passengers On Board

It was a frightening narrow escape on Good Friday night for travellers on board an Abakaliki-bound 59-seater luxury bus, when armed robbers attacked them at Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, and set the vehicle ablaze with all the passengers on board.The dare-devil...

March 28, 2024 No Responses

Just In: FAAN Shuts KFC Outlet At MMIA

In line with Lagos State law on People with Special Needs , Part C , section 55 of General Provisions on Discrimination which states that ,” A person shall not deprive another person of access to any place , vehicle...

March 28, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Donates 80,000 Bags Of 10kg Rice to Vulnerable Lagos Residents

The Aliko Dangote Foundation, (ADF) has flagged off the distribution of 80,000 10kg bags of rice to the vulnerable in Lagos state. President of Dangote Group and Chairman of the foundation, Aliko Dangote, noted that the gesture is part of...

March 24, 2024 No Responses

Delta: Police Confirm Murder Of Six Officers

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the murder of six policemen in Ohoro Forest in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the Police, five suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. Force spokesman....

March 18, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu: Killers Of Military Personnel Won’t Go Unpunished

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of military personnel in Delta State. In a statement on Sunday, Tinubu described the killing as unprovoked and “dreadful”, adding that the perpetrators, whom he described as “cowardly” must not go unpunis...

March 12, 2024 No Responses

Senate Probes CBN’s Anchor Borrowers, Ways And Means

The Senate on Monday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In his inaugural address to the ad-hoc committee chaired by Senator Isah Jibrin representing.....

March 10, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Govt To Sanction Uber

Citing non-compliance with an important data-sharing agreement, the Lagos State Government has announced its intention to sanction Uber Technologies System Nigeria Ltd. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, explaine...

February 27, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Protest

The meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday at the State House in Abuja ended in a stalemate. Speaking after the meeting on Monday night, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said:“The rally goes...

February 24, 2024 No Responses

Court Orders FAAN To Account For Airport Toll Gate Revenue

Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to reveal how much it made from toll gates and parking lots fees in all Federal Government owned airports and how...

February 20, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Lifts Suspension On RTEAN

The Lagos State Government has dissolved the Lagos State Parks and Garages Administrators’ Committee which was set up to mark the parks and garages in the state. A statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on...

February 19, 2024 No Responses

Tanker Drivers Begin Strike

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has directed all its members to withdraw their petroleum trucks from product-loading activities starting Monday, February 19, 2024. The development follows the associ...

February 17, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds N19.6M Sex Enhancement Drugs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), joint border patrol team, sector IV, has seized a consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6M in Sokoto state. Briefing Journalists in Sokoto, Coordinating Comptroller, Mr. Kolapo Oladeji, explained that trucks carrying...