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Police agents in Lagos have arrested four cult suspects linked to a series of violent crimes and murders in Ajanmgbadi, Ojo and neighboring communities in the state. Spokesman of the state police command, Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Adebisi said the suspects were arrested as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate cultism, violent crimes …

Another group of 182 Nigerians stranded in Libya returned to the country on Tuesday evening. The returnees arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on a Buraq Airline chartered flight at 20:15 and were received by officials of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The migrants, consisting of women and children, are voluntary returnees from Libya. In a conversation with …

Police agents in Sokoto have thwarted bandit attacks in three villages in Wamakko Local Government Area of ​​the state. This was stated by the Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Ahmad Rufai, in a statement on Tuesday in Sokoto. He said one suspect was arrested while 11 cows and five sheep were rescued by officers. Rufai said:’ “Police received a …

Investors in the Nigerian equity market lost another N478 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday to continue their bearish sentiment. This follows the fall in stock prices, including PZ, CWG and ABC Trans, on the stock exchange floor. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) fell to 246,686.66 points from 247,560.66 points the previous day. After five hours of trading …

Nigeria’s currency, the naira, continued its recovery against the United States dollar at the official window on Tuesday. Officially, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange data shows that the naira closed at N1,361.04/$1, compared with N1,366.79/$1 on Monday. This represents a gain of N5.75 in local currency against the dollar. On the black market, the price of the nair …

Former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday disagreed on the competency of a subpoenaed witness presented in his ongoing trial over alleged money laundering charges of N1.35 billion. The disagreement occurred before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, during the continuation of proceedings in the long-running case in which …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has dismissed reports of kidnapping of schoolchildren in some parts of the state as false alarms. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo by his Chief Press Secretary, Olawale Rasheed, the governor assured the people of Osun that the government had taken proactive steps to secure schools across the state. Adeleke described the kidnapping …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched an investigation into alleged unauthorized access and disclosure of information from the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) database. This was disclosed by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mohammed Haruna in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The investigation follows reports on social media claiming that …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Appellate Committee has upheld the results of the governorship primary election in Kaduna State and confirmed Isa Ashiru as the elected candidate. This was disclosed by the Secretary of the Committee, Mr Mikailu Barau, at a press conference at the ADC State Secretariat in Kaduna, Tuesday. Barau said the committee had reviewed the petition and …

The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, on Tuesday disclosed that the administration of President Bola Tinubu was working to reduce taxes from the current 62 to a maximum of nine, to create a more business-friendly environment in the country. Oyedele, disclosed this at the 2023 annual conference of Institute of Chartered Accountants of …