Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday received the English Premier League trophy, reaffirming his commitment to promoting sports for engagement and social inclusion. The trophy was officially presented by Guinness Nigeria PLC Managing Director, Mr Girish Sharma, during a ceremony at the Lagos House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu said...
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Dr Dorcas Oladunjoye, Medical Officer of Health, Badagry West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, has said suspected cholera outbreak in Zongo community, an Hausa/Fulani settlement in Badagry is behind deaths in the area. Oladunjoye made the clarification in an interview with newsmen in Badagry on Thursday....
Lagos State Police Command has detained two men who allegedly defiled their daughters in the Surulere and Amukoko areas of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the detention while briefing newsmen on Monday at the command headquaters in Ikeja. He said that a 39-year-old man defiled...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is changing the leadership narrative in Nigeria. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday, after inspecting some ongoing projects in preparation for the commemoration of Tinubu’s second year in office. He said that Tinubu’s...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC) will be the first project to be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu. Wike, who stated this after inspecting the project in Abuja on Friday, explained that the project would be inaugurated...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the prescribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until Friday for cross examination of the Federal Government’s witness. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the case after the FG’s counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, led the...
Police Command in Lagos State has detained a woman for allegedly killing a 65-year-old man in the Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said the command had recorded a significant breakthrough in...
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favourite church in Rome, on Saturday afternoon, after a two-hour funeral service held in St Peter’s Square, the Holy See said. Earlier, some 150,000 people bid farewell to the pope from the roadside as his funeral procession...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has summoned the chairmen of FCT area councils and leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing, for a meeting. The meeting was to find lasting solutions to the lingering primary school teachers’ strike over unresolved welfare...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The FCT Police Command has recorded a significant breakthrough in its ongoing investigation into the tragic attack on the Boys Brigade camping site in Zhayidna Village Orozo, which resulted in the unfortunate death of one of the campers, Johnson John. Police Public Relations Officer,...
Bh EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The 2033 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi has mourned the death of His Holiness, Pope Francis, describing him as a “moral compass in a troubled world”. The pope, who is the head of the Catholic Church passed away on Monday,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Abuja-based real estate developer and indigene of Plateau State, Mr. John Gamasaura Katura, has described the recent killings in Bokkos and Bassa as part of a calculated campaign to displace indigenous communities and seize their ancestral lands, warning that silence in the face of...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has debunked a publication in some newspapers dated April 17, 2025 asserting that hundreds of Boko Haram suspects have been apprehended in Lagos. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, debunked the report in a statement on...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is too important to be left in the hands of opposition political parties. Ganduje said this on Thursday in Abuja while receiving some members of the opposition political parties, including the Peoples Democratic...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration continues to rely on the restoration of Abuja master plan as a justification to carry out demolition and forced eviction. This government behaviour has resulted in the forced eviction of a greater number of persons from their homes. For instance, between 2003 and 2008,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested no fewer than 27 suspected drug peddlers during a coordinated raid in Gidan Drama, Malu Road, Apapa, Lagos State. The Nigerian Navy Ship’s spokesman, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has impounded a truck loaded with 70,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC National Public Relations Officer (NPRO), Afolabi Babawale, on Monday in Abuja. Babawale explained that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed that a security operative was killed in a violent attack by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Shiites). The command’s spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. She said 19...
Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia) has commended the political initiative by South-East governors to facilitate the release of the leader of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a statement on Tuesday, Aguocha commended the governors for proritising political solution to the continuous detention of Kanu...
The lawmaker representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency, Rep. Chinedu Obika, has urged the federal government to experiment with state police in the FCT. Obika made the call in Abuja on Thursday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the FCT was an ideal place...