Nigeria
23 Jan
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), yesterday, rescued a male accident victim on Anthony-Oke Bridge, inward the Gbagada area of Lagos.
23 Jan
Following a successful pilot programme, globe’s first World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended malaria vaccines are to be administered through routine immunisation programmes across Africa today, beginning with Cameroon.
23 Jan
Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences, yesterday, raided Oshodi and environs, arresting 63 persons. Chairman of the agency, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Shola Jejeloye, led the operation that lasted over three hours.
23 Jan
In November 2020, the Nigerian Police Force recruited over 25,000 special constabularies to assist in community policing. The then Police Affairs Minister, Mohammed Dingyadi, said the special constabulary would complement regular police officers
23 Jan
Federal Government has approved more registries to facilitate marriages. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who disclosed this, said government, with the interest of citizens at heart, took the step to ensure efficient service delivery
23 Jan
Rita, the wife of embattled Professor Cyril Ndifon of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), is now a professor at the institution’s Faculty of Education. A Federal High Court had, recently, ordered that Cyril, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law
23 Jan
Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, lamented that Nigeria is close to the precipice, saying any little push could lead to a total disintegration.
23 Jan
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that about 6,700 traders, 450 shops, 30 offices and five restaurants were impacted by fire that engulfed Mandilas Building on Sunday in Lagos.
23 Jan
The presentation and passage of the Rivers State 2024 Budget by four-member Ehie Edison-led House of Assembly was, yesterday, described as an aberration. It was, therefore, voided and set aside by a Federal High Court, Abuja, on ground of illegality and unconstitutionality.
23 Jan
The Rivers State Police Command has issued an official query to three officers and commenced their orderly room trial for extorting two young men of N4 million in Aba, Abia State.
23 Jan
On the day Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja nullified the N800 billion budget passed by the Edison Ehie-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly signed into law by Governor Siminalayi Fubara
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The Delta State Police Command has urged Point-of-Sale (POS) operators to be cautious when handling large cash transactions, particularly those involving armed individuals. It noted that customers requesting large cash transactions should be accompanied by a video by the POS operator. Police spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated on Friday in a post on X, noting…
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Lagos State government on Friday said it has apprehended 10 fake enforcement officials around the Cele/Itire axis of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway of the state. The apprehended persons; Ojo Oluwaseun, Rafiu Agbabiaka, Babatunde Ibrahim, Abiodun Olusegun, Daniel Olanrewaju, Aweda Kabiru, Olufowobi Michael, Olamilekan Olasupo, Bunmi James and Iyiola Shola(female) were caught carrying out unauthorised enforcement using…
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has monitored the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise in Abuja. Prof. Oloyede who monitored the exercise at the Kogo Computer Based Tests (CBT) Centre in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, expressed satisfaction with the process. He reiterated the examination body's earlier order…
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The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has warned newly-registered companies against paying certain fees to obtain tax identification number (TIN) amongst others. The management of CAC gave this warning in a statement on its X handle on Friday. CAC said it noticed email messages sent to directors of newly-registered companies. READ ALSO: CAC targets registration of…
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Sansani town, the headquarters of Sansani chiefdom in Gassol local government area of Taraba state, has been thrown into a state of mourning as unidentified gunmen carried out a brazen attack, claiming the life of monarch Abdulmutalib Jankada. Sources close to the matter said the attack occurred on Thursday inside the monarch's palace at about…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo has raised concern over "orchestrated internal and external conspiracies malicious aero-politics, imperialistic intrigues, and discrimination" to frustrate Air Peace operations internationally. In a statement on Friday signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze Ndigbo noted at the plenary of their National Executive Committee (NEC), that such a plot was not healthy…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed money laundering charges against former Attorney-General Mohammed Adoke. Justice Inyang Ekwo ruled on Friday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) failed to present a strong enough case (prima facie case) against Adoke. EFCC alleged that Adoke sometime in August 2013 in Abuja accepted a cash…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has teamed up with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to meet up with the FIRS's projected N1.9trillion tax from the public sector. ICPC Chairman Dr. Musa Aliyu Adamu at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Abuja assured the FIRS that the…
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Federal Character Commission (FCC), expressed its disappointment with the absence of the Chief Executives of supervisory bodies from federal tertiary institutions during a meeting with the commission. The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and National Universities Commission (NUC) with…
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The Kwara Government has said it will target about 1.5 million children between zero and five years of age, for polio vaccination across the 16 Local Government Area of the State.