An auto-crash involving two vehicles around Verona, Ogere, Ogun State along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has claimed the lives of six passengers, leaving three injured. The Ogun State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Relations Officer, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Friday. She explained that the suspected …
Mmusic icon, Onyeka Onwenu to be buried today
The music icon, popularly called Elegant Stallion, who died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing following her performance at the birthday party of Dr Stella Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals will be buried today. The funeral service, as announced by the family, will take place at the Fountain of Life …
ANF arrest Nigerian man with cocaine at Pakistan Airport
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in Pakistan has arrested a Nigerian national at Lahore International Airport on charges of drug smuggling. The suspect, who had flown in from Nigeria via Dubai, was found with 38 cocaine-filled capsules hidden in his stomach. ANF spokesperson, in a statement on Thursday, August 29, 2024, said that a total of …
Court direct DSS to freeze bank accounts link to female suspected terrorist
The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured an order from the Federal High Court in Abuja to freeze 20 different bank accounts linked to a suspected female terrorist, Aisha Abdulkarim. The accounts, domiciled in eight different banks, are to remain frozen for a period of 60 days to enable the secret police to carry …
NYSC bars HND graduates from entering camp
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has started implementing the directive issued earlier that it will no longer accept graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics who cannot provide evidence of completing the mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) program. In July 2024, a circular signed by the Director, Corps Mob, Isah Walida Siddique, on behalf of the …
Zamfara Community members kill over 30 bandits
Community members of Matusgi village in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara State, on Wednesday, foiled an attack by armed bandits who stormed the community to kidnap residents and rustle cattle. The armed bandits in their large numbers, faced stiff opposition from the villagers who were earlier informed about the invasion, as they came …
DSS releases Polish nationals arrested for waving Russian flags during protest
Seven Polish nationals arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on August 5, 2024. for allegedly waving Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano have been released. The seven Polish nationals were accused of playing a “suspicious role” in protests against government policies and economic hardship, the DSS said following their arrest. However, …
TikTok app causing harm to Nigeria -Buhari’s ex-aide
A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmed, has revealed that the social media app TikTok is causing more harm than good for Nigeria. Ahmed stated that the platform, increasingly favoured by criminal elements to reach the public, requires stricter regulation by stakeholders. In a post on his X.com account late Wednesday, the …
Akwa Ibom State police commissioner is dies this morning
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, is dead. Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, The Nation reported. Sources close to the family said that he underwent prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died hours later. “We are very sad to inform you …
Lagos nurse apprehended over failed butt enlargement surgery
The Lagos State Police command has arrested an unnamed nurse over the death of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Abiola, over a failed butt-lifting procedure allegedly carried out on the deceased by the nurse. Confirming her arrest to newsmen, the state’s Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the nurse was arrested after the Maroko …