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  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has named Tayo Bamgbose-Martins the new Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development. Bamgbose-Martins replaces Idris Salako who resigned on Monday after a seven-storey building caved in the highbrow Oniru. Salako left the position ...

Nigeria may witness yet another fuel scarcity as members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Wednesday threatened to pull out its entire workforce from oil and gas installations nationwide in protest of the ...

An ex-convict, Emmanuel Sunday has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for traffic robbery. The image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement, signed by him and made available to ...

One of the security men drafted to work on the construction site of Ebonyi International Airport, at Onueke, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, identified as Chukwuma Anyigor (aka Ite Igwe), has allegedly beaten a 17-year-old ...

Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House together Wednesday for the first time since leaving office for the unveiling of their official portraits. “Barack and Michelle, welcome home,” President Biden welcomed the couple ...

  Thomas Tuchel has been sacked by Chelsea’s new owners just three months after they formally completing their takeover. Despite Tuesday night’s abysmal Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb, Tuchel’s 100th game in charge, the decision will still come as a ...

A 45-year-old man, Yusuf Muhammad on Monday prayed a Sharia court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State to order his wife, Murjanatu Nasiru to pay him N1.6million in exchange for divorce. Muhammad made the request following Nasiru’s prayer for divorce ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has granted bail to the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, in the sum of N300m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Daniel Osiagor on Tuesday granted ...

The Nigeria Customs Service said it had seized 20 drums of carbide in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. Addressing journalists in Ikeja on Tuesday, the Acting Custom Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Comptroller Ejibunnu ...

Bahamian Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart has been shot dead after trying to break up an argument outside a nightclub at 2am – just four days before his 30th birthday. Hart, 29, was killed as he tried to stop a group ...

  Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 elections, Festus Keyamo, has said that he didn’t sue then-Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, over alleged certificate forgery. “I never sued Tinubu. No. I sued the House ...

  Officers of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued 15 children from a child trafficking ring in Port Harcourt, the state capital. This was made known at a press briefing by the state Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, at ...

  Two weeks after suspension of the nationwide strike by electricity workers that threw the nation into blackout, indications have emerged of a fresh looming strike over alleged unwillingness of government to resolve issues of unpaid entitlements to former workers ...

Cardi B and husband Offset certainly didn’t do their son’s first birthday by half as they threw the youngster a lavish car-themed birthday. The mum-of-two treated her youngest child Wave Set to the extravagant celebration and shared the fun with ...

  An impostor, one Obiako Chukwuemeka pretending to be a medical doctor working with the United Nations as a humanitarian aid at the National Hospital, Abuja has been uncovered and handed over to the police. An impeccable source within the ...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has bemoaned what he described as irresponsible leadership from among the political and religious ranks, saying religion is only being used as a tool of oppression in the country. The Bishop noted ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two women, Ms. Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Ms. Margaret Ogwu, for allegedly operating baby factory. The women, according to the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) for the Ogun State, Mr. Abimbola ...

Newlywed Gospel artiste, Mercy Chinwo turned 31 yesterday. Her husband, Pastor Blessed gifted her an SUV on her special day. Sharing the good news on her Instagram page, excited Mercy wrote; ”I got the best birthday gift ever Ya’all pls ...

  A 28-year-old Arabic teacher, Mohammed Algoni, was on Monday remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly sodomising his 11-year-old pupil in the Ifako area of state. The defendant was brought before the Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court on a ...

Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. ...

  Lagos Governor, Sanwo Olu attended the just held Headies Awards. The Award ceremony took place in Atlanta. Sanwo-Olu flew there to attend in person, saying it’s a way to collaborate with the Entertainment industry. Speaking after the event, the ...

  The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari,has denied owning 14 assets, saying the uncovered assets linked to him by the federal government are not his. Besides,the former head of Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT,said contrary to report ...

Police in Nyahururu, Laikipia County, kENYA have launched investigations into the death of a 26-year-old man who was found dangling from the ventilation grills of the police cells. According to a police report seen by K24 Digital, Gideon Mwangi had ...

  At least 14 people have died of yellow fever disease in the country between January and July 2022, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. In its latest report on the disease, the health agency stated that the ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the bill for a law establishing the Lagos State Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid (DNA) and Forensic Centre to support criminal investigations, law enforcement, preservation of evidence for the judicial system, and for other connected ...