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  The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps carried out an early morning raid in Lekki today, leading to the arrest of 25 miscreants in a bid to strengthen law and order. This was revealed in a statement by the Commissioner ...

  A Correctional Officer attached to the Burra Correctional Centre in Bauchi State has reportedly k!lled a fellow officer following a minor dispute over food The tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, around 2pm in Burra town, Ningi Local Government Area. According to ...

  British consumer goods group PZ Cussons Plc is at the warm-up stage of completely or partially quitting operations in Africa, where Nigeria and Kenya are the main manufacturing hubs. The continent accounts for 28.7 per cent of the group’s revenue, ...

  A 32-year-old man has been nabbed by the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps for defiling a minor in the state. The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps in a press release signed by its Head of Communication Department, Officer Adeleye Abiodun Adewale and ...

  A faulty air conditioning system or a blinding stage light are among the leading theories for what caused a spate of mysterious illnesses at a Trump rally. At least six people who sat stage right behind the former President ...

  A 25-year-old Nigerian lawyer, @The_Barr_OluT, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share unexpected family news that has captivated online users. Her 60-year-old father has welcomed a set of twins, making her a big sister again. The lawyer expressed shock, ...

  The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspect accused of detaining a young woman for alleged money rituals in Abuja. The NSCDC apprehended the suspect after a disturbing video surfaced on social media. ...

  Comrade Kennedy Iyere, the Accord Party’s gubernatorial candidate for Edo State, has withdrawn from the election, citing a desire to address Nigeria’s broader social and economic challenges. Iyere’s campaign faced difficulties due to internal conflicts, including attempts by his ...

  A prominent transgender model, actor and influencer has been brutally st*bbed to d3ath in Georgia. Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was k!lled the day after parliament in the ex-Soviet state had passed a law banning LGBT propaganda, with her death sparking widespread ...

  Rwanda has launched the first mpox vaccination campaign in Africa, marking a significant step in the continent’s fight against the disease. As of Tuesday, the country administered 300 doses of the vaccine to high-risk individuals in a border region with the ...

There is no resolution in sight to the crisis rocking the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as calls to replace its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, have deepened divisions within the PDP Governors’ Forum. A senior member ...

  Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka will be the featured guest on this weekend’s episode of African Voices Playmakers, a 30-minute magazine program sponsored by the telecommunications company Globacom and broadcasted on CNN International. According to a statement on Thursday, ...

  Domestic crude oil refiners and officials at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery have kicked against the commencement of the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, by major oil marketers in Nigeria. Oil refiners alleged that some imported fuels ...

  The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has dispelled rumours that he was part of an alleged plot to dethrone Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. Ganduje said this in a statement issued ...

  There are strong indications that President Bola Tinubu may scrap the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation as part of a major cabinet rejig. The exercise would also see some portfolios split and others merged into a single entity, ...

  Kano State Government has concluded plans to build free houses for victims of recent flood that ravaged some parts of the state. A statement by Governor Abba Kabir yusuf’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa indicated that the gesture is, ...

  First City Monument Bank in collaboration with the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation, has restored the vision of approximately 150,000 visually impaired Nigerians in Kebbi State through its “Priceless Gift of Sight” initiative. According to a release from the bank on ...

  Public workers in Edo State have been given Friday, 20 September, as work-free by the state government to enable them travel to their voting areas ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election. The Secretary to the State Government, Joseph Eboigbe, ...

  A 43-year-old electrician, Chukwukweike Ashiedu was on Thursday sentenced to to seven years imprisonment for indecently assaulting his 17-year-old daughter by Ikeja S3xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State. Justice Rahman Oshodi, while handing down the sentence, ...

  A resident of Ifetedo in Osun State, identified as Idowu, had reportedly d!ed in an incident of collapse building that occurred in the town. The collapsed structure was said to be a dilapidated building that suddenly caved in and ...

  The Osun State Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state. A statement signed by the acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State ...

  The Federal Government is set to receive a fresh loan from the World Bank, with approval expected for loans worth $1.7 billion. The loan is expected to be approved on September 26, 2024, according to official documents obtained by ...

  Police operatives have arrested three Yoruba Nation agitators for displaying their flags in the market of Ikire in Irewole local government area of Osun State. The suspects Fagbuyi Oluwafemi, Joy Faseyeku and Alabede Janet were arrested on August 27 around ...

  The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over an imminent building collapse at the Mopol 20 Barracks, Onigbongbo in the Ikeja area of the state. This is as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency is set to begin an ...

  The Federal Government has called on agencies recruiting for the private sector to adhere to the N70,000 minimum wage, warning that any deviation would not be tolerated. According to the FG, the new minimum wage is necessary to address the ...