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Police arrest power cables vandal in Lagos
By Innocent Raphael Policemen under the Ikeja division have apprehended one Parfa Samson, alleged to have vandalized vital power cables in the area. Lagos State force Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this via his official X handle on Tuesday. According to him, while the suspect was apprehended, his partner had absconded upon sighting the law enforcement officers. Hundeyin…
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Bus collides with two vechicles, claims pedestrian’s life in Ketu
By Innocent Raphael A tragic collision involving three commercial vehicles took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Ketu, Lagos, resulting in the death of a pedestrian and injuries to several others. According to a statement by Adebayo Taofiq, Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the incident occurred around…
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Sowore asks Nigerian youths to emulate Senegalese
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election Omoyele Sowore has faulted the attitude of young Nigerians to politics He faulted the youths response to politics in light of the swearing-in of 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president. Sowore who spoke from New Jersey in the United States (USA), said Nigerian youths need…
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DCP Gbolahan allegedly commits suicide in Oyo
By Innocent Raphael Deputy Commissioner of Police serving with the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos State, Gbolahan Oyedemi, has reportedly committed suicide in his private home in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Oyedemi, who previously served as the Aide de Camp to the late former Governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, during his tenure in 2006, was found hanging by a…
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I no longer have smooth relationship with Odili- Wike confesses
Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he no longer have a smooth relationship with one of his predecessors, Peter Odili, because “there are some political differences”. Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), revealed this during a chat with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Wike was the governor of the oil-rich South-South state from…
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Rivers Politics: Wike slams Secondus, Sekibo for supporting Fubara
…describes PDP leaders as ‘Political Buccaneers’ Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, labelling them as “political buccaneers”. Wike, who was governor of the oil-rich South-South state from May 2015 to May 2023, blasted PDP leaders in the state for declaring support for his former…
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BREAKING: Abiodun’s aide dies
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Senior Special Adviser to the Ogun State Governor on Vocational and Technical Education, Prof. Joseph Odemuyiwa has died. Odemuyiwa died early tuesday morning in a motor accident. He is from Ishara Remo North Local Government, areas of Ogun State. …details later
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Tiv paramount ruler reconciles SGF, Benue Gov
By Innocent Raphael The Tiv Traditional Council has reconciled the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, and Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia. Akume and Alia had been on a loggerhead for some months. The disagreement split the Benue APC into two camps as each camp loyal to the two gladiators. Held at the Tor…
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Police detain 8 over murder of UNIMAID lecturer
By Innocent Raphael The Borno State Police Command has revealed that eight suspects have been apprehended in connection with the death of Dr. Abdulkadir Kamar, a lecturer from the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). Spokesman for the command, ASP Daso Kenneth, disclosed to Journalists that the suspects were arrested following a report filed by…
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BREAKING: Bandits attack Mosque in Zamfara, abduct worshippers
Bandits, on Tuesday, attacked a mosque in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state, and abducted scores of worshippers. According to Daily Trust, the kidnappers stormed the Mosque when Muslim faithful were observing the famous congregational prayer, Tahajjud. Tahajjud is special prayer being observed by Muslims in every last 10 days of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
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