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Akwa Ibom Police Commissioner, Ayilara dies
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has died. Ayilara reportedly died in the early of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. It was reported that he underwent a prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died hours later. ” We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother and family, the Commissioner…
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Perish your dream of becoming President in 2027- George tells Atiku
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, on Monday, said ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar must wait until 2031 if his desperate to run for President again. A statement on Wednesday by George, said power would not return to the North, where Atiku is from, until 2031. But in a swift reaction, Atiku’s media adviser, Paul…
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Lagos Police arrests Nurse over death of butt lift client
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse in the Lekki area of the state following the death of a 36-year-old woman, known only as Abiola. A statement issued by the Spokesman for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement, on Wednesday, said the driver of the deceased reported the incident at the Maroko Police Division. Hundeyin said the…
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NLC mobilises members for Ajaero’s appearance at police headquarters
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all state chapters and affiliate members to mobilise members in solidarity with the NLC President Joe Ajaero, who is expected to honour police invitation for alleged terrorism on Thursday, August 29, 2024. General Secretary of the NLC, Emmanuel Ugboaja, confirmed the directive. According to the NLC general secretary, the directive also instructed members…
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FG, ASUU to reconvene Sept 6 over impending strike action
Representatives of the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Wednesday to avert an impending industrial action by university lecturers and will reconvene again on September 6. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, disclosed this in Abuja, saying the government is working with ASUU to fashion out modalities to address the contentious issues.…
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Lagos taskforce arrests 4 over alleged attack on BRT buses
By Adeola Ogunrinde The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency Task Force, on Wednesday said it has apprehended four suspects linked to the August 13, attack on a BRT Bus en route Orile-Iganmu to Alaba Suuru on the Lagos Badagry Expressway Addressing journalists at the Task Force yard, Oshodi, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Operations, Olusola Oyewole, said that the…
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Fire engulfs two-storey building in Ojo Alaba
Fire has engulfed a two-storey building comprising six units of three bedroom flats in Mosafejo-Ojo-Alaba area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses said the fire incident occurred at about 10:30am Wednesday morning before a distress call was made to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). Although, no casualty nor injury was recorded but the fire completely consumed one out of the…
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Atiku berates FG over age limits for entry to tertiary institutions
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Ministry of Education over its policy that pegged age limits for entry to tertiary institutions, describing it as absurd. In a post on X on Wednesday, Atiku said the policy belongs to the stone ages. He wondered how such anti-scholarship regulation the next logical step in the myriads of issues besetting…
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16 dead, 3 injured in Ore-Benin expressway road accident
No less than 16 persons have lost their lives in an accident on the Ore-Benin expressway. According to the Ondo command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), three persons were also injured in the accident that occurred on Monday night. Spokesperson of the command, Samuel Ibitoye in a statement said that the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus and…
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Nigeria needs effective leadership to curb unhealthy inter-ethnic, inter-sectional relations- University Don
A University Don, Prof. Abdur-Rahman Olayiwola, has said Nigeria needs effective leadership to curb unhealthy inter-ethnic relations as well as inter-sectional and inter-religious disharmony. The Professor of Political Science argued that Nigeria would stop to be plagued by ethnic, religious, regional identities and socio-political and economic crises if the leadership is responsible to the people. Prof. Olayiwola who is the…
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