At least 10 people died while 11 others were injured in a car accident along Obajana – Lokoja in Kogi State on Friday evening. The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Malam Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide. Mohammed said the …
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Police logo The Ebonyi Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for 1.5 million naira. Onwe, who hails from Nwezenyi-Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was arrested when his future wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of her husband’s action. The child was said …
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Daud Olatunji The Aare Mayegun of Owu Kingdom, Abeokuta, Aare Kazeem Bakinson, has attributed Nigeria’s growing socio-economic challenges to poor and uninspired leadership, saying the nation’s blessings in terms of human and natural resources are being wasted due to failure of integrity at the top. Bakinson, an expert in regional and urban planning, said this while addressing journalists on Saturday …
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A Policeman identified as Ukasha Muhammad has been shot dead by soldiers in Bauchi State. Spokesman of the state police command, Ahmed Deputy, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday in Bauchi. He said one of the suspects, Private Usman Mubarak (23NA/84/5346), who was part of the Special Task Force (STF) of Operation Safe Haven in Jos, Plateau State, …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the August 12 by-election in Kaura Namoda South Constituency in Zamfara State, Muhammad-Lawal Kurya, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his defection at a stakeholder consultation meeting for Zamfara Central organized by the popular APC group, “Yazeed Project,” on Saturday in Gusau. Kurya was defeated in the State Council by-election …
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said a broken windshield of the chartered ValueJet Airline plane carrying the Super Eagles delegation from Polokwane in South Africa to Uyo, for Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against Benin Republic, delayed the arrival of players and officials in the Akwa Ibom state capital. The NFF communications department made this known in a statement …
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By Ayo Kehinde An explosion at the Accurate Energetic Systems explosives manufacturing plant in McEwen, Tennessee, USA, left several people dead and many others missing. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed the casualties, saying rescue crews were still searching for the missing workers at the military munitions plant. “We have several people missing right now. We also have some that …
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The Presidency on Saturday released the list of persons granted pardon by President Bola Tinubu. The President had on Thursday granted a presidential pardon to 175 persons, living and dead, following approval by the National Council of State at a meeting held in the State House, Abuja. The beneficiaries include a foremost nationalist, Herbert Macaulay, a former Minister of the …
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The Lagos State Government has demolished 17 houses in the Lekki area of the state for encroaching on the road (RoW) of the Ikota River route. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, led a monitoring team with journalists to the site on Saturday. He urged residents to stop carrying out actions that damage the ecosystem, saying …
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of vandalism of its electrical and signaling equipment across the country, particularly along the Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna and Warri-Itakpe railway routes. In a statement released on Saturday by its public relations officer, Callistus Unyimadu, the NRC described the attacks as a grave threat to the safety and efficiency of …
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