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The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has set up a six-man panel to investigate several petitions against the management of Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management. The committee was inaugurated on Thursday in Katsina by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Garba Faskari. The governor said the investigation was necessary following several petitions against the management of the …

A petro tanker exploded at the Sari Iganmu area of Lagos on Thursday night. However, the cause of the incident and the number of casualties have not been ascertained. The incident caused panic in the area with passersby fleeing in different directions over the intensity of the fire. The spokesman of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, Shakiru Amodu, …

Troops of the 6 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army, on Sunday, arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in Taraba State. The Brigade spokesman, Lt. Ayodeji Abiodun, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Jalingo, said the suspects were arrested during an anti-kidnapping patrol by the troops in Jalingo. He listed the suspects as Awwal Bobo (32) …

Emergency responders have recovered the body of a dispatch rider who jumped into the Lagos lagoon on Tuesday. The middle-aged victim parked his motorbike on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge and plunged into the water at about 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday. The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said in a statement the body was recovered …

The Lagos State government has certified the Nagiko Tomato safe for consumption. The General Manager of Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA), Mr. Afolabi Solebo, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He said the product does not pose any health hazard to the public. The LASCOPA chief was reacting to claims made by one Mrs. Chioma Egodi …

Gunmen on Friday night killed a Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbanshin, in Odumude community, Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday by the spokesperson for the police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the DPO led a team of operatives to raid criminal hideouts …

One Ekelediri Nwankwo, a Rivers man, has narrated how his wife, Hope Nwala allegedly bathed him with hot groundnut oil in the Okehi community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to Nwankwo, he had been having a running battle with his wife over the attitude of her younger sister who lived with them. Narrating the incident to …

At least two persons were confirmed dead and one other injured in an auto crash on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mr. Anthony Uga, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Ota, said the accident occurred at 5:10 a.m., on Friday. He added that two vehicles and …

Police on Wednesday arraigned a 39-year-old school proprietor, Paul Okungbowa, at the Oredo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, for alleged breach of peace and negligence. Okungbowa, who is the of Calvary Crown Academy, was arraigned alongside three teachers – Blessing Osarodion (27), Esosa Egharavba (29), and Isioma Nimen (35). The proprietor was arraigned on a two-count charge of …

At least two persons were confirmed dead and three others injured in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The spokesman for the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta. He said the accident which involved a Mazda bus occurred opposite the Conoil filling station after the expressway’s interchange at …