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Oyo set to recruit 7,000 teachers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Speaking during the briefing, Adeniran said efforts were ongoing before now to recruit the teachers, in fulfilment of Governor Seyi…

Oyo to clampdown on tricyclists without permit, defaced windscreen

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Chairman noted that tricycle riders fond of defacing their windscreen with different stickers aside hackney permit and revenue ticket…

Lagos evacuates 753 lunatics, destitute, beggars from streets

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Ogundele said a total of 53 beggars were apprehended during the joint operation of the Ministry with the Lagos State…

PWDs beg Tinubu to appoint Tejuosho as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Head Persons Living With Disabilities in Lagos State, Gbolahan Jonah expressed delight over the support they have been getting…

Police confirm six dead in Kano mosque fire attack

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The police arrested a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, in connection with the incident.

Southwest stakeholders drum support for P-CNGi

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Speaking at the event, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha applauded the P-CNGi, saying it would create…

Demolition of 500 illegal structures in Karmo market begins

Isa Isawade

2 years ago

“To address the challenge, the Minister of FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike had directed that all illegal structures, shanties and informal…

NSCDC operatives arrest 9 for plotting to burgle Kano company

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, Kano Command, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, said in a statement, that their arrests were…

Badagry man Joseph Gamor docked for defiling 13-year-old daughter

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ayodele Adeosun told the court that Gamor, who lives at the back of Golden GLO Bus…

Makurdi woman docked for assaulting, robbing police officer

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

The Police Prosecutor, Insp Inedu Friday, told the court that the case was reported by one PC Akor Success, an…

How ex-Sterling Bank staff allegedly swindled his 86-year-old uncle of N14m

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Audu said that in 2015, the complainant, a resident of Tuyit Kagoro in Kaura Local Government Area, was advised by…

Adamawa police arrest five for highway robbery, kidnapping

Paul Dada

2 years ago

According to the police, the names of the suspects are Adamu Usman, 25 years old; Sule Abba, 20 years old;…

Four soldiers dead, eight others injured in battle against terrorists in Zamfara

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

According to him, five soldiers sustained minor injuries of gunshot wounds in the second ambush incident, saying the soldiers had…

Gov Buni orders removal of security checkpoints in two LGAs

Taiwo Okanlawon

2 years ago

Abdulsalam disclosed that the decision followed a thorough review of security arrangements in the locations.

Suspected ethnic militias sack Edo riverine community, kill one, raze houses, vehicles

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The attackers who allegedly referred to themselves as Ijaw freedom fighters, reportedly killed one person and set houses and vehicles…

Kano police set to investigate Customs officer’s suicide, deaths of two hoodlums

Paul Dada

2 years ago

Police said Abdullahi shot himself with a pump action gun, without letting anyone into the reasons he committed suicide.

Rivers police nab three ‘one chance’ robbers

Paul Dada

2 years ago

The nabbing of three suspects, Michael, Nsikak, and Peace, has resulted in confessions and cooperation with authorities to capture the…

Electricity tariff hike: Labour unions seal offices of BEDC, NERC in Benin

Paul Dada

2 years ago

The protesters also sealed off the state office of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), located along Igbesamwan Junction, Akpakpava…

Hoodlums attack, demolish 67-year-old blind man’s house in Enugu

Paul Dada

2 years ago

Nnadi, who said he had been suffering from serious body pains since the incident, appealed to Enugu State Government to…

Three dead, 21 injured in Ogun multiple road road crashes

Paul Dada

2 years ago

Akinbiyi said the accidents occurred on the iju bridge, Atan, on Owode Idiroko Expressway and Ayedade village, Obada on Lagos…

Ajeromi gas explosion: Lagos confirms 11 dead, 22 others still in hospital

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Abayomi revealed that out of the 33 casualties, 11 fatalities occurred due to extensive third-degree burns, which severely impacted vital…

Wicked Kaduna man Idrisa kidnaps, kills 6-year-old cousin

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

He added that the suspect confessed to the heinous crime, admitting to slaying the innocent child by brutally slashing her…

NDLEA intercepts three trailers conveying multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA's spokesman, in a statement on Sunday, said the multi-billion naira consignments were loaded into two 40-ft container trucks…

Confluence University abducted students rescued – Kogi Govt

Taiwo Okanlawon

2 years ago

The students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State, who were abducted by unknown gunmen on…

Motorists commend LASTMA for removing illegal motor parks from Lagos bridges

Isa Isawade

2 years ago

"I pray to Almighty God to give Giwa and Oki the strength and sound health to keep the good work…

Wale Edun visits Assembly Plant for CNG buses in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Present also were Tosin Coker, Commercial director PCNGi and Joseph Osanipin, Director General of the National Automotive Development and Design…

Deadly London man Itesh Ira jailed for life for brutal knife attack on woman

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Ira appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 2 May where he was sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a…

Two burnt beyond recognition in Lagos tanker fire

Paul Dada

2 years ago

"Efforts are currently underway to clear the wreckage of the involved vehicles from the roadway, facilitating unhindered traffic flow and…

We are not afraid to enforce our environmental laws – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Wahab restated that the recent removal of structures on the alignment of Odo Iya Alaro river in Mende Villa estate,…

Plan your movement: Lagos announces closure of popular roads in Ikoyi for repair

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

"To mitigate the traffic implications, the repair works will be conducted in phases. Phase 1 will focus on the stretch…

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