Metro
29 May 2023
Police officers, who recently retired from the force, have alleged disappearance of their retirement approval letters, which could help them access their benefits.
29 May 2023
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, has pardoned 115 inmates identified by the sub-inaugural Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy in the state.
29 May 2023
Hoodlums, yesterday, broke into the Ijegun family home of a staff of The Guardian, Godwin Omoh, and carted away his laptop, phones, money and other belongings.
29 May 2023
LIONS Clubs International (LCI) district 404B2 Nigeria has urged Nigerian students to shun vices, to be focused and be determined for greatness.
29 May 2023
•Relief as Lagos commissions Akesan-Obadore road Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has tasked motorists and residents using the new Ogudu-Alapere link road and Prince Adesoji Ajose Street, Ogudu, on maintaining the infrastructure. The governor, who spoke at the commissioning of the projects, promised the community to expect more. He said in the last four years,…
29 May 2023
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, recovered the body of a cart pusher trapped under a fallen container at Goye, Dopemu area of the state.
29 May 2023
A combined team of security operatives has allegedly killed a gardener, John Patrick Akinolo working at Shiva Fellowship International Centre, Aboh Mbaise Local Council of Imo State.
29 May 2023
Piqued by the level of its dilapidation, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed immediate rehabilitation of road leading to the newly reconstructed Oke-Odo Junior High School, in Ebute-Metta area of the state.
29 May 2023
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), being taken to a bandits’ camp in Niger State.
28 May 2023
Mr Tein Jack-Rich, a frontline presidential aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday urged all Nigerians to come out en mass to Support the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Jack-Rich made the call at Abuja, in an inauguration and goodwill message to Nigerians. He said: ``All Nigerians need to come out…
28 May 2023
One of the Board members of Fidson Healthcare Plc, Mr. Ekwunife Okoli, who died recently, was buried in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
26 May 2023
Quadrant MSL, premiere strategic communications and PR firm, as well as partner members of the Africa Communications Week (ACW), on Thursday, May 25 2023, hosted communications professionals across Lagos to a conversations-and-cocktails event, to commemorate Africa Day and Africa Communications Week 2023.
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The Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, has hailed road marshals nationwide for their doggedness and sacrifices in checkmating routes violations thereby reducing road traffic accidents by 42 per cent.
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Authorities have confirmed the escape of 118 inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger state, following a heavy downpour that wreaked havoc on the facility, Wednesday night. The rain which lasted hours was said to have destroyed part of the main facility and the perimeter fence giving way for the inmates to escape.…
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A yet-to-be-identified elderly passenger has passed away in a commercial bus while travelling along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Kwara State. Eyewitnesses said the deceased was believed to be in his late 60s. The incident, which left fellow passengers in shock, reportedly occurred after the bus experienced mechanical problems near Ote town. According to Abeni Okin,…
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A Nigeria woman, Clara Chizoba Kronborg, has broken the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest interviewing marathon. Kronborg who is a social media entrepreneur broke the world record with a time of 55 hours and 24 seconds, according to GWR. Kronborg in setting a new record smashed the previous one which was 37 hours…
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Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed two people, including the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Mai Dabino community in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, Saidu Basa. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at about 3:30 pm, along the road leading from Mai Dabino to Danmusa. It was learnt that…
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A former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has narrated how an air crash was averted in Lagos on Friday. Abah, who made this disclosure in a post on his X handle, said he boarded a 7:00 am Ibom Air flight in Lagos, heading to Abuja. The flight also had…
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A fire incident disrupted flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday morning. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in a statement on Thursday, said smoke was detected emanating from the E54 bridge at 05:29 hrs. FAAN's director of public affairs and consumer protection, Obiageli Orah, said the airport engineers immediately…
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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President Bola Tinubu and President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, have promised to give fresh direction to the justice sector in the country through a holistic overhaul.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the Army to establish military formations in Sambisa Forest and the Mandara Hills, bordering Cameroon and Chad in the North East, to counter terrorism in the areas.