A 20-ft container has crushed a commercial bus in the Oshodi area of Lagos State on Wednesday afternoon, injuring a commercial bus driver. This is unfortunately the latest container-related accident experienced in the state in the space of four days. Reports say the accident at Oshodi was caused by a brake failure. While the passengers in the bus were said ...
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February, 2023
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1 February
Obasanjo makes case for Unity School @ FGC, kaduna’s 50th (full speech)
THE QUEST FOR UNITY IN NIGERIA AND THE ROLEOF UNITY SCHOOLSREMARKS BY H.E CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ON THEOCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FEDERALGOVERNMENT COLLEGE, KADUNA28 JANUARY 2023ProtocolLadies and Gentlemen,I am delighted to join you today in celebrating the 50th anniversaryof this great institution, the Federal Government College, Kaduna.Let me begin my brief remarks by expressing my sincerecongratulations to the ...
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1 February
INEC begins distribution of nonsensitive materials
Ahead February general elections, theIndependent National Electoral Commission INEC has commenced the distribution of non-sensitive materials to all 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Uthman Ajidagba disclosed this Tuesday in Lafia while inspecting the vehicles hired to convey the materials from INEC state headquarters. He said the items were expected to arrive at ...
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1 February
Naira Change hits Bandits, dash 100k old notes to each villagers
Indications are that one of the main aim of changing Nigeria Naira notes is already being achieved. Starving kidnappers of naira is being achieved. Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, members have reportedly distributed some huge sums of old naira notes to commuters in the Lake Chad Basin. The incident occurred after Mairari village, along the Maiduguri/Monguno highway on ...
January, 2023
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31 January
Corpse disappears from mortuary in Ogun, Ritual alleged
A yet-to-be-identified female corpse slated for burial on Saturday has gone missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State. A hospital source said the drama started on Friday when the family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial only for them to discover that the corpse was no ...
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31 January
Nigerians going through a lot! Fuel, Naira scarcity bite
Murmurings and grumblings everywhere, over almost everything by nearly everybody. The refusal to extend the date before the u turn on Sunday is perceived by many Nigerians as orchestrated attempt at making poor people suffer. It has increased hardship in the society. A citizen after searching for money to no avail said “So in an instance where you have like ...
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31 January
Naira Note Racketeering booms across Nigeria..POS agents rejoice
Lagos, Abuja, Anambra are the worst, but it is all over the country. Following the fundamental result of the economics law of demand and supply, the scarcity of the new naira notes is taking a worse turn, as currency racketeers took advantage of the situation to exploit Nigerians who were desperate to obtain the currencies. In Abuja, the nation’s capital, ...
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29 January
20ft Container crushes 9 to death @ Ojuelegba, Lagos..1 survivor
Nine bus passengers were killed as a container-laden truck fell at Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos on Sunday. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said rescue and evacuation efforts are ongoing at the scene of the accident. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said nine persons died — including two children. “Upon arrival at the ...
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18 January
Emefiele’s fraud & terrorism issues, Police @ Abuja home again!
The clamour for and attempts at arresting CBN Gov Godwin Emefiele is becoming one too many. Around andover CBN Gov Godwin Emefiele are allegations bordering on financing terrorism and money laundering, among others. Indications are becoming very clear that powerful forces really want ,the CBN governor, Emefiele arrested for allegedly funding terrorism and committing economic crimes against national security Just ...
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13 January
Tension in Osun as Governorship Tribunal closes proceedings
Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Thursday accused the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress of planning an attack on the venue of the tribunal hearing petition against the victory of the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. Parties in the matter are expected to present their final written addresses before the Justice Tetsea Kume-led panel on Friday (today). ...