The withdrawal of commercial motorcycles from roads in Benin metropolis, southsouth Nigeria, Monday began to cause hardship as thousands of commuters were stranded on the roads. Most of the roads were filled with students, workers, market women and other commuters waiting to catch buses or taxi cabs to their various destinations. Commuter buses had a [...]
A 40-year old man, Ajadi Rafiu, has been charged to a magistrates’ court in Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, for allegedly using a human being for sacrifice. The accused, a resident of Magaji compound, Kehinde-Oroki village near Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, who was suspected of using innocent citizens of the [...]
An Ughelli High Court in Delta State, south south Nigeria, has sentenced two men, Ernest Steve, 30, and Jerry Godwin, 29, to life imprisonment for gang-raping a 17-year old girl (name withheld), after robbing the girl’s parents of their valuables. Moments after the judgement was delivered, mother of one of the convicted rapists went berserk, [...]
At least 138 suspected hoodlums have been arrested in various parts of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, by officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. At least 66 of the hoodlums who pleaded guilty were sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Special Offences Court in Alausa, Ikeja, while the [...]
The Edo government on Sunday threatened to destroy commercial motorcycles or tricycles, popularly known as Keke NAPEP, that flouted the orders on their use. Governor Adams Oshiomhole in a state broadcast banned the use of motorcycles and tricycles in major streets in five local government areas of the state. The governor said the decision was [...]
National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu says he will not only miss his late mother, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji, but also the afternoon food and prayers she offered him. Mogaji died on Saturday, 15 June, at the age of 96. Speaking after her [...]
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Jamiu Yisa The remains of Alhaja Abibat Mogaji, the mother of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was today buried at the Vault and Garden Cemetery, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Mogaji, who was the President General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men died in her home [...]
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