RRS
7 Jun
The Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested an 18-year-old suspected vandal, Mubarak Abdullahi, for allegedly stealing LED road stud light on the newly renovated Third Mainland Bridge.
27 May
The Lagos State Police Command has said that the Monday morning attack at the Ipaja Police Division was carried out by motorcycle operators known as Okada riders. Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement, said the attack came after police officers commenced the day’s enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycles in Lagos State. Hundeyin…
22 Feb
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested 25-year-old Praise Ebube, a phone accessories seller in Obalende, Lagos, and 21-year-old Ogbonna Michael, a factory worker at Billings Way, Oregun, for theft.
7 Feb
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Imo State Police Command, have arrested four persons with locally-made guns and ammunition. The suspects, all males, were arrested on Monday, February 5, at about 9:00 p.m.
8 Jan
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested three suspects in Shasha, in the Akowonjo area of Lagos State, for staging a street carnival without recourse to existing laws regulating the use of speakers in public places.
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Some residents of Calabar have raised alarm over their inability to access cash from banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) stands in the city. The residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday said that having access to cash had become more difficult in the past week NAN reports…
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An Allied Air cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja on Wednesday. Sources said the incident was due to the failure of one of its landing gears. The incident occurred at approximately 10:05 am, involving an E-Cargo aircraft carrying six crew members. Our correspondent gathered that casualties were…
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French President Emmanuel Macron raced Wednesday to meet a self-imposed 48-hour deadline to name a new prime minister after he hosted party bosses in a bid to hammer out a consensus and avoid a protracted political crisis. Following the ouster of the government of Michel Barnier in a historic no-confidence vote last week, Macron on…
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The Chairman of Katcha Local Government Area in Niger State, Danlami Saku, died in a car crash on Wednesday while two others were injured. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Muazu Jantabo, confirmed the incident. He said Saku died near Kwati village on the Minna-Suleja road on Tuesday evening. Saku was reportedly on…
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Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has restated his administration’s unwavering commitment to the welfare of Kano students studying in India. This was contained in a statement issued recently by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa. During a recent visit to the Nigerian Embassy in New Delhi, Governor Yusuf engaged embassy officials in discussions…
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The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP. "Unfortunately an explosion happened at the Ministry of Refugees and minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani has been martyred along with some of his colleagues," the official said, requesting not…
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An Abuja Magistrate Court has ruled that Razak Olusola Sotayo remains the National President of the Motorcycle Operators Union of Nigeria (MOUN). The court sitting before Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna ruled that it lacks jurisdiction in a matter filed by one Bobi Julius and nine others seeking an injunction to stop Sotayo as the authentic National…
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The Taraba Government on Tuesday says it is targeting N3 billion annually from tourism to boost its overall revenue generation. Mr Joseph Nagombe, the Commissioner for Heritage and Ecotourism, made the disclosure at the Gov. Agbu Kefas ongoing interactive session with Taraba critical stakeholders within Abuja and its environs on Wednesday in Abuja. Nagombe noted…
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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has received the report of the nine-man visitation panel for Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun. The visitation panel, headed by Prof. Olufemi Mimiko, a former Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was inaugurated on Sept. 17. A statement by Mr Adetunji…
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Following the striking out of the six-year tenure bill for the President, Governors, and Local Government Area Chairpersons by the House of Representatives, Accountability Lab (AL) Nigeria has called on Senators at the red chambers to also reject the bill should it get to the floor. On July 17, 2024, the House of Representatives passed…