Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two cable vandals in different parts of the state. The suspects, Akpan Fortune,28, and Stanley Umebuane,24, were arrested in Ikeja and Ikoyi on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Monday, said…
Former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has warned the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party might get messier in coming weeks. In a tweet he shared, Fayose expressed concerns on the “serious turbulence” rocking the main opposition party, while also calling for it to be resolved. He tweeted; I see more serious…
Three persons have died and three others were injured in an accident that occurred on Monday morning, November 7, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, involving four males and two females, occurred at about 5:45am. Confirming the incident, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said two men and one woman died, while the remaining passengers sustained injuries. FRSC…
Anthony Joshua has revealed he is still emotionally ‘hurting’ following his second straight defeat to Oleksandr Usyk. The British-Nigerian boxer suffered a second-straight defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in August, having lost his WBA, WBO, and IBF belts to the Ukrainian mastermind in September last year. Joshua says the fact he is no longer a champion ‘hurts’ and that his…
Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA) has tackled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, over claims of the South-South state not being among the 10 worst-hit states by flood in the country. BYSEMA in a statement released on Monday, November 7, said no fewer than 1.3million residents of the state are displaced…
Gunmen attacked and disarmed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Enugu. The attack occurred on Sunday night, November 6, as the officials were providing security to the WTC Housing Estate in the Ogui New layout area of the Coal City. The hoodlums injured the NSCDC officials and made away…
About 18 foreigners have been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over alleged possession of permanent voter cards (PVCs) in Oyo. Isah Dansuleiman, NIS comptroller in the state who disclosed this at a sensitisation programme for stakeholders on the 2023 general election on Wednesday November 2, said the foreigners were arrested during a raid carried out across…
Pastor Niyi Adebayo has admitted that some of his preachings have been wrong and Pastor Mike Bamiloye also agreed that he has been wrong too. Niyi Adebayo shared a post detailing some of his teachings that he no longer agrees with. The post went viral after Mike Bamiloye reshared it and said he stands behind…
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed worries over the Naira’s fall against the Dollar. Speaking during an interview on a Channels Television’s programme, he said that the planned redesign of the naira might further worsen the situation. Sule said; “I am extremely worried. “But again, it takes you back really to understand, ‘Does it worry me?’…
Bandits have reportedly demanded for a N30m ransom for children abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa community, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. This came after Katsina Police Command spokesman SP Gambo Isah disclosed that only 21 children were abducted. He said the kids are aged between 15 and 18 years. Isah added that the command has…
