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A former president of the Nigeria labor congress in the state of Ogun, his partner Emmanuel Bankole, lost his father, the chief Samson Adeyemi Bankole, who died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 97. According to a family declaration signed by his partner Bankole, the elderly statesman died on Friday 11 April 2025 in his Lagos residence. The …

The Federal Government has declared a significant leap in the stability of the Nigeria energy sector, revealing that the national network now transmits electricity more reliablely following the addition of over 700 megawatts of transmission capacity. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, made this known during a meeting with the ambassador of the European Union in Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, in …

The Lagos state government has increased its campaign to protect road users by reaching a large number of dilapidated vehicles operating in the city. This determining action, pioneered by vehicle inspection services (VIS), came in response to the developing concerns about the proliferation of unreachers that were not badly maintained that pose a big threat to public safety. Engr. Akin-George …

Police in the state of Adamawa have arrested a local herbalist who was identified as Murtala Moses, for the alleged killing of the ritual of a 11 -year -old boy, who was David, and let go of his eyes. Commissioner of the State Police, CP Dankbo Morris, who confirmed the arrest of Moses in a statement on Sunday, said the …

Bandit suspected of Fulani’s militia reportedly killed a father and his two sons in Zogu Village in the Miango District in the Bassa Regional Government in the State of the Highlands. The latest attack on the community confirmed by a spokesman for the Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Sam Jugo in a statement on Sunday, occurred on Saturday when the armed …

Judge Dehinde Diheolu from the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, ordered the final confiscation of seven properties related to one Muiz Tijani Adeyinka, a former First Bank PLC staff. Adeyinka is thought to have been part of a group that “benefits from illegal, illegal and cheating activities towards First Bank Nigeria PLC”. A …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (Ndlea) has destroyed 1.6 million kilograms of illegal drugs in the state of Ogun. Ndlea Commander in the state, Tijau Rabe, oversees training on Saturdays in the city of Ipara along the freeway in the Lagos-Ibadan barrier. He said the exercise was the first of his type in the state of Ogun. Ndlea’s command …

A bus that drove killed one person and injured two other people in the area of ​​Iyana Ejigbo in Lagos on Saturday. General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (Lastma), Olarekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the incident in a statement in Ikeja. He said the bus driver and conductor escaped from the accident. Oki said: “Initial findings showed that commercial …

The command of the Lagos State Police arrested a woman, Chinwentdu onyeneho, for presumably using a hot electric iron to burn his seven -year -old daughter as a punishment for having eaten a piece of meat from a pot. The disturbing accident occurred on Thursday evening at n. 11 Oshimyemi Street, Ogba area in Lagos, attracting rapid indignation from groups …

Six persons were, on Wednesday, abducted who rode on 10 motorcycles at the Federal University, Dutsinma, (FUDMA), Katsina State The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), however, rescued three, who all females while the bandits made away with the remaining three, include a boy. The six were farmers working on spare land of the university when the bandits attacked. …