Motorcyclist arrested for raping female passenger

10 May 2024

A motorcyclist, Afeez Mustapha, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger in Ogun State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrest in a statement posted on X on Friday. Odutola noted that Mustapha was conveying the female passenger to a destination when he suddenly changed direction by taking […]

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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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Prince Harry and wife Megan arrive in Nigeria

10 May 2024

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle have arrived in Nigeria for their 72-hour tour to promote the Invictus Games. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed in the most populous African country on Friday after boarding the British Airways overnight flight to Abuja. According to Daily Mail, the flight was slightly delayed after the […]

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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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NSCDC uncovers illegal refinery in Imo

10 May 2024

The illegal petroleum refinery has more than 95,000 litres of illegally-refined diesel and stolen crude oil, yet to be refined, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered an illegal refinery producing diesel in Otulu Community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo. Its spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi stated on Friday in Abuja […]

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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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Tinubu determined to make food production self-sufficient

10 May 2024

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, expressed his determination to make Nigeria self-sufficient in food production before leaving office. The President spoke Niger State during the groundbreaking ceremony for the 84km, N169.7bn Bida-Minna Road construction in the Kakakpagi, Katch Local Government Area of the state. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Information and National […]

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