Police detained for failing to maintain professionalism

10 May 2024

The Lagos State Police Command has detained a police officer for failing to maintain professionalism during a confrontation with a citizen, according to a statement released by the state Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday. According to the statement, although the officer showed restraint most of the time, he allowed his emotions to cloud […]

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LWC promise to compensate sacked workers

10 May 2024

The Lagos State Water Corporation has announced compensation for scores of workers disengaged from the organisation. The corporation revealed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Kehinde Fashola on Friday. This comes after the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational Service Employees on Wednesday protested the sacking of over 300 employees […]

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Lady dead as car collides with a truck in Lagos

10 May 2024

An unidentified female passenger has been reported dead after a car conveying her was involved in a head-on collision with a stationary 20-foot containerised truck at Isolo Under bridge inward Oshodi, Lagos State on Friday. The Kia car, with registration number KWL-475CZ, travelling at a high speed, collided with the truck on the highway, according […]

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Kogi state government vows to rescue abducted student alive

10 May 2024

The government of Kogi State has vowed that the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTEC, Osara, Okene, would be rescued alive. Bandits, on Thursday night, invaded the institution and abducted some students. Also, an eyewitness account has it that the bandits swooped on the university around 9 p.m., while the students […]

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We paid Nigerian artists more than N25bn in 2023 – Spotify

10 May 2024

Spotify, a global online music streaming platform, said it paid more than N25 billion to Nigerian artists as royalties in 2023. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Spotify’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said this was double what was recorded in 2022, with a 2,500 per cent increase since 2017. Muhutu-Remy […]

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Bandits invade school, abduct students

10 May 2024

Bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State and abducted some students. An eyewitness account indicated that the bandits swooped on the university around 9pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The source said that the bandits came in through the bush, went […]

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Man kills friend over N3m job scam

10 May 2024

The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Sadiq Zubairu who killed his friend, Bello Adam over his failure to help the victim secure a job after receiving the sum of N3 million. Zubairu had promised the late Adam, who was his former colleague at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, to help him secure a […]

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“You should be arrested for this” – Nigerians fume as content creator buried himself alive for 24 hours

09 May 2024

Some Nigerians on Thursday condemned a 24-hour buried alive challenge’ undertaken by a content creator known as Young C. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Young C had embarked on this daring challenge on Wednesday, announcing his intention to be buried alive in a coffin for 24 hours. At 23 hours, he took […]

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Soldier apprehended for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives

09 May 2024

The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it has apprehended personnel for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives during a routine search operation by the Military Police K9 Team, at the Borno Express Terminal in Maiduguri, Borno State. A statement by Major Gen Onyema Nwacbukwu, Director of Army Public Relations said, “The soldier, Corporal Mubarak Yakubu […]

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