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Two street cleaners were killed on Monday by an unidentified driver attempting to escape a raid by officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) at the Charlie Boy bus stop via Oshodi- Gbagada expressway in Lagos State.

Bandits have attacked a mosque in Allah Babba community, Sabon Layi Village of Kakangi Constituency in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, dismissed reports of an assassination attempt on his life.

A renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Aminu Baba Waziri, has called on lawmakers to enact a law that will compel civil servants on Level 12 to take additional wives.

Former chairman of Ijebu East Local Government in Ogun State, Wale Adedayo, has regained freedom from the Ibara Correctional Centre in Abeokuta, barely about two days after his remand in the facility. The Police Command in the state had Tuesday arraigned Adedayo, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, on a two-count charge. The charge followed a …

Benue State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo, has been abducted. Abo was abducted from his residence in his hometown in Zaki-Biam community of Ukum Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night. The victim was sworn in as a member of the Benue State Executive Council on August 29, 2023. He hails from the Ukum local …

Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande, has said the fire incident that gutted part of the court’s building did not affect the presidential election petition tribunal. Fire engulfed some sections of the apex court in the Federal Capital Territory on Monday. The incident has reportedly been put under control by the police and firefighters. …

President Bola Tinubu is shielding some information about his academic records, Paul Ibe, media adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, has said. He was reacting to a motion filed by President Tinubu challenging the Northern District of Illinois order directing the Chicago State University to release his academic records …

Olubunmi Osadahun, Ondo state Woman Affairs Commissioner, was at the weekend, attacked in the Arigidi Akoko Area of the state, during the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. Osadahun was allegedly attacked by some members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the council area following the allegation that the exercise was shrouded …

In the wake of reforms by Governor Godwin Obaseki to transform the state into a petrochemical hub, the two modular refineries in the state have continued to wax strong, with both now having a standing order of 300,000 barrels of crude from the Oza oil field. Decklar Resources Inc and its co-venturer Millenium Oil & Gas Company Limited, which operated the Oza …