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January 15, 2026 No Responses

Peter Obi Attends Burial of Three Brothers Killed In Lagos Building Fire

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, on Wednesday attended the burial of three siblings—Stephen Onyeka Omatu, Casmir Nnabuike Omatu, and Collins Kenechukwu Omatu—whose lives were lost in the tragic fire incident at the Great...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Ekpoma Gets New DPO

The Edo State Police Command has announced the reorganisation of the Ekpoma Division as part of an ongoing security assessment and strategic repositioning aimed at strengthening public safety in the area.The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Monday Ag...

January 13, 2026 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Mourns Akran Of Badagry

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of the Oba of Badagry and Permanent Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, Oba Babatunde Akran, Wheno Aholu Menu-Toyi I.The respected monarch,...

January 12, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Reduces Cost Of Replacing Faded Number Plates To ₦20,000

The Lagos State Government has approved a temporary reduction in the cost of replacing faded and damaged vehicle number plates from ₦30,000 to ₦20,000, as part of a three-month amnesty and rebate window running from January to March 2026.City Business...

January 9, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Security Trust Fund Donates Vehicle To FRSC

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), has reaffirmed its commitment to road safety and emergency response with the donation of an operational vehicle to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command.The v...

January 8, 2026 No Responses

Kidnappers Kill Abuja-Based Lawyer

THE family of Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer, is saddened to announce her brutal death at the hands of still-to-be-identified kidnappers in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory on Monday, 5th January 2026.Before her abduction, Barri...

January 7, 2026 No Responses

Court Grants Interim Forfeiture Of 57 Properties Linked To Malami, Two Sons

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami...

January 6, 2026 No Responses

IGP Deploys New Commissioners To Railway, Maritime Commands, Others

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of new Commissioners of Police to the Railway and Maritime Commands as part of a broader redeployment of senior officers aimed at strengthening s...

January 2, 2026 No Responses

Customs, NDLEA Intercept 30kg Cocaine On Foreign Vessel At Apapa Port

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, working in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 30 slabs of cocaine weighing 30.1 kilograms aboard a foreign vessel at the Apapa Port, Lagos.A state...

December 30, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Commissioner, Ex-Polaris Bank Manager For Alleged N5.7b Money Laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 arraigned Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance and former Branch Manager of Polaris Bank Plc, Bauchi State branch, Yakubu Adamu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High C...

December 29, 2025 No Responses

Anthony Joshua: FRSC Blames Excessive Speed, Wrongful Overtaking

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has attributed Monday’s fatal road traffic crash along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway to excessive speed and wrongful overtaking, describing both as major traffic violations and leading causes of dea...

December 24, 2025 No Responses

SCAN Support Orphanage With Foodstuffs, Cash Donations

Photo Caption: L-R: President, Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN), Moses Ebosele, Founder and Matron,Chosen Child Orphanage and Care Centre, Mrs Louisa Ayuba and Cynthia Alo of Vanguard Newspaper, during a visit to the Orphanage on Wednesday...

December 21, 2025 No Responses

Drug Kingpin Arrested With 23.50kg Cocaine

Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the...

December 17, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Herbalists with $3.4m, €280, 000 Counterfeit Notes

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered huge counterfeit foreign notes to the tune of $3, 430, 000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280, 000....