Embattled Chairman of Lagos State Council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has clarified the directive given to union’s members to sell tickets at motor parks. According to him, the tickets are the ones issued by the State Government pegged at N800. The Lagos State Government in January […]
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Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has faulted reports that he had conclusively exonerated the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who is facing trial before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of illegal drug business. Malami said this in a statement issued by […]
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Lagos dispatch rider, mother and baby Lagos State Police Command on Monday disclosed that a dispatch rider, Williams Tadule, got the consent of one Lovina Biturs to take her 10-month-old baby away. According to the police, Tadule and Biturs were neighbours and the baby was fond of the rider. The police, in a statement, added […]
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A lady, identified as wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, on Monday, fainted at the Federal High Court in Abuja. She slumped on the ground shortly after trial Justice Emeka Nwite deferred ruling on applications that DCP Kyari and six other persons facing drug trafficking charge with him, filed to […]
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Another batch of 31 Nigerians stranded in Ukraine arrived on Monday morning. Ukraine had been under Russian military attacks in the last two weeks. The evacuees arrived via Romania aboard a Turkish Airline around 6.30 am. The flight was paid for by the Federal government. They were received by a delegation led by the Director […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday cleared 16 political parties to contest the coming Ekiti State governorship election. This was sequel to the publication of the personal particulars of the candidates last month. Tagged: ‘Final list of candidates for the 2022 Ekiti State governorship election’, the Commission in […]
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The face-off between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, deepened yesterday. Obaseki took exception to Wike’s attacks on him and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not the personal property of the Rivers governor. The Edo governor said he will not accept political […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by two months. It took this decision at its National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja on Sunday night. ASUU had a month ago declared a 30 days strike action in the first instance in its face-off with the Federal Government. An […]
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Bakers under the aegis of Premium BreadMakers Association of Nigeria are mulling a total shutdown of operations, following steady and fast increases in the price of diesel in the past few days. The association said the continued rise in the price of diesel had made the price of the commodity to be doubled, warning that […]
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Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo Kwara State Police Command said on Sunday that all the 13 victims of Saturday auto crash which occurred at Lasoju in Asa Local Government Area of the state have been given mass burial. The 13 passengers were burnt beyond recognition on Saturday in the crash that involved a […]
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