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February 11, 2022 No Responses

School Bus Driver Bags Life Sentence For Defiling 4-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 39-year-old driver, Abiodun Matthew, to life imprisonment for defiling a pupil of University of Lagos (UNILAG) Women Society School. Matthew, who was charged with sexual assault by penetration,...

February 4, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Suspends Operations

The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible...

January 27, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Ex-Customs Boss, Hamman Ahmad

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Ahmad family on the passing of the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamman Ahmad. In a condolence message released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media an...

January 8, 2022 No Responses

Police Pledges To Rescue Kidnapped Retired Customs Officer

The Police Command in Kwara State on Friday pledged to do everything humanly possible to rescue a retired Customs officer, Mohammed Zarma, abducted in the state. The command Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement explained that as part of...

December 23, 2021 No Responses

Truck Crushes FRSC Official

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been crushed to death by a truck at Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun State. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.&...

December 17, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Group Boss Mourns Oba Olowu

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has described the death of Olowu of Owu kingdom, Oba AdegboyegaDosunmu, Amororo II, as a great loss to the company and the nation. The monarch, who died at the weekend, was the...

December 4, 2021 No Responses

Gunmen Attack Okomu Oil

One Police officer and an unarmed private security driver attached to Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc are in critical conditions following attack by gunmen who allegedly were in the company’s rubber plantation to steal wet rubber cup lumps. City Busin...

November 29, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

The Katsina State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle loaded with more than N71 million. Briefing Journalists on Monday, Acting Controller at the command, Alhaji Dalhat Wada-Chedi, said: “We intercepted the mo...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

Police Probes Death Of FAAN’s AGM

The Lagos State police command has commenced investigation into the death of Mr Abdulrahaman Musa, Assistant General Manager (AGM), Electrical Engineering Department, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Lagos. The police spokesman in Lagos, CSP...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Pupils Abducted In Edo

Two pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Edo State were kidnapped on Tuesday at 5.35 p.m on the Igarra-Auchi Road, near Ikpeshi, Akoko Edo Local Government Area. The spokesman for the police command in the state, SP Kontongs...

October 17, 2021 No Responses

Two Killed As Customs Team Repels Smugglers’ Attack

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)patrol team from Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Lagos, was attacked by smugglers on Saturday afternoon, during an operation along Shagamu Interchange in Ogun State. The Ag. Controller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu disclosed ...

October 14, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Intercepts 32.9kg Cocaine Aboard Vessel

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 32.9kg of cocaine wrapped in 30 slabs aboard Motor Vessel (MV) Chayanee Naree. Briefing Journalists on Thursday in Lagos, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, explained that ...

September 23, 2021 No Responses

NPA Explains Fire Outbreak At Headquarters In Lagos

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, in a statement explained that the fire incident ...

September 17, 2021 No Responses

Author Appeals N1.5b Copyright Infringement Suit Against Nigerian Breweries

Mr Paul Allen Oche, an author, has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, over alleged N1.5billion copyright infringement claims against the Nigerian Breweries. The ruling was delivered by Justice Binta Nyako in.....