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Lagos vows to clampdown on illegal dredging operation, reads riot act

Lagos vows to clampdown on illegal dredging operation, reads riot act

Bush-Alebiosu also expressed the readiness of government officials to begin enforcement activities soon and that anybody caught violating dredging laws…
Police explain how five people died in a petrol tanker explosion that occurred on 1 October at Ugbenu in Ethiope West LG of Delta state.

Independence Day tragedy: 20 burnt to death after Tanker explodes on Warri-Benin Expressway

An eyewitness Yusuf said after the tanker fell, with its content gushing out, some people in the community came out…
A long queue of passengers waiting to board bus at one of the BRT terminals in Lagos

Commuters hail T&M transport managers over affordable fares

He said, “We decided to be collecting N400 fare from passengers at a loss as part of our little way to…
UNILAG

UNILAG announces new resumption date for students

According to Alaga-Ibraheem, the shift in date is to allow for the completion of renovation in all the halls of…
FCT's Mandate Secretary sets up panel to probe death of woman at District Hospital

FCT’s Mandate Secretary sets up panel to probe death of woman at District Hospital

Trending video on social media had it that a woman had died at the hospital alleging negligence and failures of…
Lagos re-opens Alayabiagba Market

Lagos re-opens Alayabiagba Market

Wahab said government would further ensure sustainability of all sanitation laws guiding the establishment of markets spaces urging traders in…
106 people arrested in Nasarawa for violating sanitation laws

106 people arrested in Nasarawa for violating sanitation laws

“Residents should cooperate more with the government toward ensuring that the state is clean in their best interest."
Asukwo, Armstrong remanded in prison accused of N12.9m, $108, 762 fraud

Asukwo, Armstrong remanded in prison accused of N12.9m, $108,762 fraud

While Asukwo was arraigned on a three- count charge bordering on criminal conversion and stealing to the tune of N12,…
Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, dismisses report that he was involved in a physical fight with Senate President Godswill Akpabio

Indefinite strike will inflict more pains on Nigerians, Opeyemi tells Labour Unions

The senate leader, therefore, urged Nigerians to team up with the new government to lead the federation out of doldrums;…
Nwonwu

Robbery suspect, Abolaji arraigned for robbing passengers

Police further alleged that the defendants and others hurriedly escaped from the scene when they sighted the chairman of the…
Ilorin hotel boss found dead in own facility

Ilorin hotel boss found dead in own facility

Police spokesman in Kwara, CSP Okasanmi Ajayi, stated in Ilorin on Friday that a supervisor at the hotel reported a…
Omo-Agege heads to Appeal Court

Omo-Agege heads to Appeal Court over tribunal judgement

The tribunal sitting in Asaba headed by Justice HC Ahuchoago had struck out the petition filed by Omo-Agege and his…
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

Demolition: Court orders Kano Govt to pay N30bn compensation to shop owners

Amobeda ordered the first to third respondents to jointly pay the applicants the sum of N10 billion as general damages…
Interpol extradites Barau from UAE to Nigeria to face N492.7m fraud allegation

Interpol extradites crooked Barau from UAE to Nigeria to face N492.7m fraud allegation

Adejobi said Michael sent a substantial sum of N492,750,000 to the bank account of Mr. Mohammed Sulaiman and that instead…
EFCC secures 1,688 convictions in 9 months

EFCC secures 1,688 convictions in 9 months

“Last year (2022), the commission secured a total of 3,785 convictions, the highest by any law enforcement agency in Nigeria…
Plan your movement: Lagos announces closure of Ojuelegba Flyover for seven hours

Lagos makes important pronouncement on Ojuelegba flyover that will affect your movement

A statement issued by the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi on Friday said consequently, alternative routes would be available to…
Comrade Beatrice Ituboh, the Labour Party candidate in Rivers 2023 governorship election loses only son, Dr. Confidence Chimenem Igwe.

Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Rivers Ituboh loses only son

The 29 -year -old Igwe was inducted as a medical practitioner on August 19 2021 by the Nigeria Medical and…
How Sam Larry was arrested

Sam Larry arrested, detained by police over Mohbad’s death

Sam Larry was arrested by the police in alleged connection with the death of singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known…
Sanwo-Olu launches 'Lagos City’s Inform Women, Transform Lives' Campaign

Sanwo-Olu launches ‘Lagos City’s Inform Women, Transform Lives’ Campaign

The Carter Centre is a non-governmental organization helping to improve the life of people in more than 80 countries by…
Enugu Police

Police rescue 6 kidnap victims, arrest 4 in Benue

According to him, the rescued persons, two women and four girls, were kidnapped on Sept. 22 while on their way…
NLC, TUC issue 14-day strike ultimatum to FG over hardship in the land

NEC begs NLC, TUC not to embark on strike

The Council also appealed to the unions to suspend its planned nationwide indefinite strike schedule to start on Oct. 3.
See names, faces of siblings, 15 other fraudsters sent to prison in Benin City

See names, faces of siblings, 15 other fraudsters sent to prison in Benin City

The convicts were arraigned separately on one count charge of impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal…
Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic: Abducted student Taye Ajoke regains freedom

Abducted Poly student regains freedom

The kidnappers had earlier called to demand N50 million but later reduced the ransom to N500,000 when they noticed that…
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, suspends Mr Shehu Ahmed, the Executive Secretary of  Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) from office

Breaking: Wike fires heads of FCTA agencies, parastatals

The director of press said that the affected appointees should hand over the affairs of their offices to the most…
DSS appoints Afunaya as pioneer director of new directorate

DSS appoints Afunanya as pioneer director of new directorate

Afunanya holds a Ph.D in Security and Strategic Studies from the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and a Master’s degree in…
Sanwo-Olu issues marching order to contractors to deliver Red line Rail before end of 2023

Sanwo-Olu issues marching order to contractors to deliver Red line Rail before end of 2023

The governor visited the Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Yaba and Ebute Metta Stations to inspect logistics for the near kick-off of…
Police arrest Kano Sales boy, Mujjitafa Sale, 3 others with 890 stolen mobile phones after a trader reported theft at his store

Kano sales boy, 3 others caught with 890 stolen phones

According to the statement, on 18 September a report was received from a mobile phone marketer at Beirut Road GSM…
Police detain 43-year-old Ekiti mother, Damilola Clement, for allegedly hitting her 9-year-old son on the head with a pestle.

How my mother killed my father by hitting his head with pestle while asleep – Son

Tayelolu was said to have fled after killing his 67-year-old husband with a pestle which she hit on his head…
Sanwo-Olu issues ultimatum to traders to vacate rail tracks

Sanwo-Olu issues ultimatum to traders to vacate rail tracks (Videos)

Sanwo-Olu warned that government would no longer condone lawlessness and people trading in places where they are not supposed to.
Lagos shuts another market

Lagos shuts another popular foodstuff market, arrests three, as KAI officer stabbed

Three people were arrested during the closure of the market in the early hours of Wednesday by officials of the…