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Lagos NURTW crisis : Police beef up security as MC Oluomo fights back
Following the suspension of the Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known…
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23 people arrested for kidnapping by Ondo Amotekun
The South West Security Network Agency in Ondo State code named the Amotekun Corps has arrested 23 men over criminal…
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Umahi, Deputy should shouldn’t vacate office – Ebonyi High Court, counters Abuja High Court judgement
An Ebonyi State High Court, sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Capital in a judgement has ordered that Governor David Umahi…
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2023 : Hon Lanre Edun changing the narratives of NASS representation in Abeokuta South Federal Constituency
Hon Lanre Edun From the elites to the less educated people ,politicians down to technocrats, the major topical issues on…
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Alleged killer of SuperTV CEO Chidinma crowned ‘Miss Cell 2022’
Chidinma Ojukwu, the principal suspect in the murder of SuperTV CEO Micheal Ataga, has been crowned Miss Cell 2022. The…
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Picture : Alleged Insubordination : NURTW Suspends MC Oluomo indefinitely
The Lagos chairman of the National Union of road transport workers, NURTW, Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya popularly called MC Oluomo…
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Buni refused to implement reconciliation committee’s recommendation, alleges El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday said the governors of the All Progressives Congress discovered a grand conspiracy…
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New dress code for Female Police Officers illegal – Ex-DIG says
A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, Parry Osayande, has faulted the approval of hijab for female police officers by…
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It is unpatriotic to pay for posting, relocation, NYSC warns corps members
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has advised corps members to ignore online messages from “criminals” offering postings to preferred…
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Filling station, residential building burnt, many homeless in Lagos as Fuel tanker explodes
Residents and passersby at at Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State, on Wednesday were thrown into a State…
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Shooting stars FC player accuses soldiers of brutalizing him
Ebenezer Odeyemi, a Shooting Stars striker has narrated his ordeal in the hands of army officials in Ibadan, Oyo State…
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Bamise: Sanwo-Olu slams critics, BRT suspends operations, family demands justice
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday suspended the operations of the Bus Rapid Transit due to protests against the tragic…
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PDP Primaries: Adeleke, Babayemi emerge Osun PDP gov candidates
Dotun Babayemi and Senator Ademola Adeleke has emerged Osun State governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in two parallel…
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Umahi sack : APC, PDP Reacts
The Ebonyi state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has rejected the judgement delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo of…
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I remain gov, Ekwo’s judgement meant to embarrass APC, FG – Umahi
In his reaction to the judgement delivered by Justice Inyango Ekwo of the federal High Court, Abuja, governor Dave Umahi,…
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Ebonyi : PDP presents names of governor, deputy to INEC
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declared as illegal, the defection of Governor Dave…
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Umahi Sack : Gov, deputy can’t transfer PDP votes to APC—Judge
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the federal High Court sitting in Abuja has said there was enough evidence that the second…
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36-year-old man slips into uncovered well, dies in Kano
A 36-year-old man, only identified as Nuhu Rabiu, was on Tuesday confirmed dead in Kano State shortly after he was…
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DIG in charge of Abba Kyari s investigations slumps, dies in office
Deputy Inspector General of Police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike, is dead. Nigeria Standard gathered that…
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Benin republic frees Yoruba agitator, Sunday igboho
Yoruba nation agitator , Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly released from custody in Benin Republic.…
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Don’t remand me in prison, Embattled Kyari begs court
The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former head of the Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari who was…
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Lagos: Police apprehends BRT Driver of Murdered Oluwabamise
Reports reaching us is that Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday arrested the driver of a Bus…
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BREAKING: Lady Declared Missing inside BRT Found Dead, body parts missing 
A 22-year-old lady, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who went missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle, has been found…
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BREAKING: NDLEA Arraigns super cop “Abba Kyari” others Over link with drug Business
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arraigned the suspended deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, before a the…
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