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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has expanded the scope of investigation into the death of Singer Ilerioluwa Alaba, aka Mohbad by inviting the Department of State Services {DSS} to join the state police command. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gbeyega Akosile disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The statement read: “The Lagos State Government has noted the developments …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says more management staff will be exiting the company on Monday, as the firm continues its leadership shakeup. According to NNPC in a statement released late on Monday, the oil firm said management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement will be leaving. Their exit is effective from Monday, September 19, …

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted four men charged with defiling two children. The men are – Ojo Taye, John Mahason, Peter Arabo and Adenekan Adedeji. The defendants had been in detention for for eight years following their arrest by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps …

The Governorship Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has advised former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, to drop out of the race for the November 11 governorship election in the state. Director-General of the campaign council, Mitema Obordor, who gave the advice during the party’s rally in Sagbama local government area on …

A former Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu has said that it was unfortunate that the government of Governor Alex Otti had gone ahead to impose taxes on Abia people when he promised he would never do so until he spread prosperity. Okiyi-Kalu who spoke on a Radio Programme monitored by New Telegraph in Aba said that politicians …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former Minister of State for Power, Olu Agunloye, Channels Television reports.Read more The commission had on December 13 declared wanted the former head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for alleged $6 billion fraud in the Mambilla hydroelectric power project. In a public notice posted on its X platform, …

Two-time governor of Bayelsa State and former Minister of State for Petroleum Reaources, Timipre Sylva was conspicuously missing from the amended list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the November 11 governorship election in the state. Going by the amended list uploaded on the commission’s website on Tuesday, Sylva and his ruining mate, Joshua Maciver …

Police Command in Adamawa has apprehended a 36-year-old man, Ja’afar Adamu, for allegedly raping 21 years old neighbour’s wife at Anguwan Diocese Kala’a in Hong Local Government Area. SP Suleiman Nguroje, command Public Relations Officer PPRO, disclosed this in a statement issued in Yola on Tuesday. Nguroje said that the suspect was arrested on Sept. 15. “The suspect was said …

The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Umar Damagum, said on Tuesday the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, other rebels in the party would be sanctioned by the party’s leadership at the appropriate time. Damagum, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja, stressed that the former Rivers State governor and others in …

Chairman of brokerage firm, Parthian Partners Limited, owners of digital investment platform, i-invest, Dotun Sulaiman, has expressed optimism about the potential impact of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) proposed policy documentation on rules of the foreign exchange market operation in Nigeria. Sulaiman, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the ongoing National Economic Summit …