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The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has expelled the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Sen. Rabiu Kwakwanso. The NNPP BoT also dissolved the Abba Kawu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the party’s meeting held in Lagos. The communique issued …

Special Adviser to the Lagos State Government on Youth, Mr Jubril Gawat, Director Rail Service, LAMATA, Mr Olasunkanmi Okusaga, Deputy Managin Director, CCECC, Mr Xia Lijun, Managing Director, LAMATA, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, during test running with media for the commencement of the operation in Lagos on Wednesday. The Lagos State Government says it will begin passenger operations on the Blue …

  The Nigerian Navy (NN) Wednesday handed over 13 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N6 million and one suspect to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Badagry area of Lagos. Speaking on the arrest, the Commanding Officer Forward Operating Base, Badagry, Navy Capt Adams Aliu,  said the items were arrested on August 24 and 27, 2023  at different …

A 43 years old man, Muhammadu Murtala of Damaiwa village in Zaki LGA of Bauchi State has lost his life as his move to get a bullet proof charm went soar when the bullet fired at him penetrated his body. A crime bulletin from the Bauchi State Police Command contained that on 31/10/2023 at about 0830hrs, information was received from …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday dared the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take disciplinary measures against him for serving in the present administration. The former Rivers State governor has come under criticism from PDP leaders after he accepted his ministerial nomination by President Bola Tinubu. Wike, who featured in a …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, would lose the forthcoming November 11 governorship election in the state. The PDP stated this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday, in Abuja. The opposition party averred that Uzodinma’s All Progressives Congress (APC), led government was fast …

The managing director of a popular hotel in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been found dead in one of the hotel rooms. The spokesman for the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, said a supervisor at the hotel reported a suspected homicide to the police on Thursday. He added that a …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday demanded the redeployment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Prof. Sylvia Agu, over alleged support for the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party alleged that Agu has shown sympathy towards the ruling party in …

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Kano state government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Eid Grand Shop Owners N30 billion as compensation for the unlawful demolition of their properties. The huge fine was to cover the unlawful demolition of the shops without following due processes laid down by law. The court ruled that the state government …

The Nigerian Navy has arrested six suspected fraudsters posing as its personnel in Lagos State. The Commander of NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga confirmed the development to journalists on Friday in Lagos. He said the NNS BEECROFT’s patrol team arrested the suspects in a raid in the Ajah area of the state. The commander added that two Toyota Hilux vehicles, …