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Month: April 2024

FRSC vows to continue arrest of trailers loaded with passengers

He pledged the association’s support in making roads safer for economic activities in the country. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its operations against trailers loaded with passengers and goods will continue across the country until the situation is under control. The Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu, made this known during a Salah mega rally…

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Police arrest 3 wanted suspected armed robbers in Lagos

Hundeyin said that all the suspects confessed to the crime and were presently helping the police in further investigations. The Police Command in Lagos State have arrested three wanted suspected armed robbers, who allegedly robbed a victim of his cash and valuables estimated at about ₦4 million in 2023. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin,…

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ECOWAS Parliament Speaker thanks Tinubu, seeks collaboration for objectives

The Acting ECOWAS Speaker noted that an integral part of the events that should have characterised the inaugural session of the Parliament was the election of a new Speaker. Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President and newly elected ECOWAS Parliament First Deputy Speaker, Senator Barau Jibrin, has urged newly inaugurated members to collaborate towards achieving the bloc’s…

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Gov Ododo expresses shock after bandits killed over 25 Kogi residents

Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi has expressed shock and sympathy over the recent killing of 25 persons during a bandits attack in the Agojeju-Odo community in Omala Local Government Area of the state. Ododo, who spoke on the attack in Lokoja, regretted the ugly dimension that communal clashes between people in the area have assumed…

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Pelumi Nubi arrives in Lagos after driving from London to Lagos

Nigerian woman, Pelumi Nubi has made history by driving from London to Lagos by road. Pelumi Nubi announced she would drive by road from London to Lagos, and officially commenced her trip on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. She travelled across 17 countries. Her path took her from England to France, Spain, Morocco, and through the…

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Kwankwaso wants Nigerians to choose NNPP as best alternative to APC and PDP

Kwankwaso commended the party for electing him as its National Leader, pledging to ensure unity fairness and among all party members. Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), says the party is the best alternative for Nigerians over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives…

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This is unreasonable – LP asks FG to reconsider electricity tariff hike

The party’s spokesperson added that if the government had reason to hike the tariff at all, the increase should not be more than 25 per cent. The Labour Party (LP) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to hike the tariff payable by some electricity consumers in the country. Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya,…

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Segun Sowunmi explains how he’d deal with Wike if he became PDP chairman

Wike’s membership of the PDP remains a bitter pill to swallow for many chieftains of the party. Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes the party’s crisis involving one of its bigwigs, Nyesome Wike, was not properly addressed. Sowunmi, who aspires to lead the opposition party as its national chairman, described…

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We’re not biased against Southern soldiers in enforcing discipline – Army

The Army spokesman said the court martial proceedings were conducted in a fair and unbiased manner. The Nigerian Army has dismissed allegations of ethnic bias in the trial of soldiers recently arraigned before a Court Martial in 82 Division, Enugu. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Saturday by Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director,…

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NSCDC stops bandits from looting FG’s grain silo in Katsina

Hamisu said the NSCDC had detailed more personnel to the location and increased the firepower of the operatives to prevent a recurrence of such an attack. Agro Rangers of the NSCDC have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on the Federal Government’s grain silo in the Dutsin Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State. Buhari…

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