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Tragedy as unidentified driver killed LASTMA official
An unidentified driver has allegedly crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), one Jamiu Issa in the Lekki-Ajah area of the state. According to a statement issued by the spokesperson for LASTMA, Mr Olumide Filade, the unidentified driver was driving against traffic when he rammed into Issa, who wanted to apprehend him for the traffic offense.…
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Brace up for rainy season, Ogun advises residents
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State government has advised residents to prepare for the approaching wet period and support the state government in its efforts to keep the Gateway State free of flood. The advice was coming on the heels of a prediction by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), that there would be two…
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Three die as thugs clash with Hausa community in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Three persons have been reportedly killed during a clash between some hoodlums and the Hausa community in Ede, Osun State. It was gathered that the crisis started on Tuesday when some suspected thugs attacked the Hausa community at Sabo area of the town but were repelled with two of the hoodlums and one Hausa man killed.…
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Sanwo-Olu approves N750m for health insurance premiums oF 100,000 vulnerable residents
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved N750million from the equity fund for the payment of health insurance premiums for 100,000 vulnerable and indigent residents of the state in line with the goal of ensuring universal health coverage for all. First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Wednesday while flagging off a Town Hall meeting with the beneficiaries of the health…
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2023: Crisis rocks Lagos4Lagos movement
….Group’s Chairman removed over bribery scandal Crisis has engulfed a political group in the Lagos Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos4Lagos movement over alleged collection of N100million bribe from the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by its Chairman, Mr Sunday Ajayi in order to facilitate the return of the group’s members to the APC.…
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OAU management denies foot dragging over alleged sexual harassment
…says three lecturers already dismissed for same offence By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, has debunked the allegation that it is foot dragging in sanctioning a professor who was alleged to have sexually assaulted a female student in his office. The female student, Boluwatife Hannah Bababunmi had in a letter addressed to…
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INTERVIEW: Why I withdrew my lawsuit against APC- Former Lagos lawmaker
Hon. Dipo Olorunrinu is a former lawmaker who represented Amuwo-Odofin constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly between 2015 and 2019. In the last local government elections in 2021, Olorunrinu was initially declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government before being substituted with the incumbent Council Chairman, an act that made him…
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Man in police net for defiling neighbour’s 10-year old daughter for money ritual
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A 27 year-old man, Adeniyi Adeleke, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a ten-year-old girl in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of the state.The victim was said to be the daughter of the suspect’s neighbour. He was said to have allegedly lured the victim into his room and…
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Ondo civil servant suspended over Akeredolu’s death rumour
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A civil servant in Ondo State has been suspended for allegedly being responsible for the fake news about the death of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The state Head of Service, Pastor John Adeyemo, who disclosed this in Akure, said the disciplinary measure meted on the civil servant was based on the death rumour he peddled about the…
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20 burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Bauchi State, says 20 people were burnt beyond recognition in an auto accident on Tuesday in the state. The Sector Commander, FRSC in the state, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident said one other person sustained injury. According to him, the accident which involved a commercial Golf 3 bus and a Sharon…
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