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Homeland News
Absolute disgrace – Aisha Yesufu reacts to threat by terrorists to kidnap President Buhari
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has reacted to the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari. She tweeted: “Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari is an absolute disgrace! Terrorists dared to say they will abduct the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and there is cowardly silence everywhere.“The terrorists are not currently under fire. Kai! What an utter waste of existence!”The…
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Four fake soldiers arrested in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four fake soldiers. The suspects, three males and a female, were nabbed in Iju area of the state around 1.30am on Sunday, July 24. Spokesperson of the police in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest on Twitter, said a vehicle was recovered from the impersonators. Hundeyin said the suspects…
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PVCs: INEC fixes July 25-26 for registration, data capturing of PLWDs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday asked persons with disabilities (PLWDS) to take advantage of the two-day window provided by the Commission to visit the various special centers for registration and data capturing for their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs). INEC has also opened eight special centres in Lagos State for PLWDs for them to have seamless registration in…
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Fourth Jigi-Bola re-launch to reach 250,000 persons
Lagos State government on Thursday launched the fourth edition of the BOSKOH Free Medical Outreach, tagged ‘Jigi-Bola Relaunch Phase II’, which is targeted to reach over 250,000 Lagosians in eight local government areas, eight markets and eight police barracks. The initiative by the state government is to prevent blindness and correct visual dysfunction. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event noted…
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Crime & City Diary
Four men gang-raped Lagos schoolgirl for five days
A 15-year-old teenager who went missing last Friday, has been found five days after she was allegedly abducted, drugged and raped by four men in the Igando area of Lagos State.The victim’s father, Tony said his daughter had just finished sitting her West African Senior Secondary School Examination and was on her way to church when she was abducted.Tony revealed…
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Sanwo-Olu relaunches Lagos Residency Card, targets 10m residents for enrollment before December
Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), on Wednesday launched an upgraded and chip-embedded smart residency card in a move by the state government to generate a comprehensive database of all persons residing in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu personally unveiled the smart residency card at the launching events held simultaneously across five locations in the State. The locations include Ikeja,…
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Scarcity looms as bread makers declare nationwide strike
Premium Breadmakers Association of Nigeria (PBAN) says it will embark on a four-day warning strike beginning from Thursday July 21, 2022. The decision to go on strike, according to a statement by the association, was taken by the bread makers due to increasing prices of baking materials in the country. The entrepreneurs who disclosed that it has become impossible to…
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Crime & City Diary
Court convicts man for $69,000 scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) has secured the conviction of one Kelvin Tobe Igboamaeze before Justice M. Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kurudu, Abuja on a four count charge bordering on cheating by impersonation.This was made known in a statement on the Commission’s website on Tuesday. Count one of the charge reads: “That you,…
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Lagos Fire Service battles Mile 2 inferno
Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service is presently combating intense fire at an articulated Motor Park, Otto Wharf, Mile 2, Lagos . A tanker carrying diesel reportedly exploded which resulted in the inferno at 3:44pm on Tuesday.In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Gawat Jubril, the Lagos Fire Service said it…
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Revenue House will be ready September-Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, led an on-the-site inspection of the ongoing renovation work at the eight-storey building formerly known as Elephant House, promising that the building would be open for use fully by September. Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and some members of the Executive Council joined the Governor on the inspection. The Revenue House is a multi-department office…
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