Lagos residents resort to canoe as flood submerges community
Residents of Owode Onirin in the Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State are counting their losses after the area was submerged by flood on Tuesday.…
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Security
Police Arrest Principal For Raping Four-Year-Old Girl In Delta
Police Arrest School Owner For Defiling Four-Year-Old Girl In Delta The Delta State Police Command has announced its intention to pursue legal action against the proprietor…
JUST IN: FG to Shutdown Third Mainland Bridge
The Federal Government will close the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for repairs from midnight on Saturday, October 21, to midnight on Sunday, October 22. Leading…
BREAKING: 3 feared dead as Nigerian Prisons vehicle carrying inmates crashes in Kwara state
At least three people were reportedly killed while others were injured on Thursday when a Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) vehicle was involved in an accident at…
FG To Release 4,000 Prisoners Over Congestion – Interior Minister
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Thursday, revealed his plan to facilitate the release of 4,000 inmates as part of efforts to decongest prisons nationwide.…
Politics
JUST IN: NNPP national chairman escapes assassination
The national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Major Agbo, loyal to the founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has escaped an assassination attempt in…
Security
BREAKING: Kaduna police declare manhunt for killer of corps member
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the brutal murder of a member of the National Youth Service Corps member, Grace Chalya Silas, by yet-to-be-identified…
Uba Sani approves N3.1 b for payment of gratuity, death benefits
Kaduna – Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has approved the release of N3.1 Billion for the payment of gratuity for retirees and death benefits for…
Health
Cholera outbreak kills 12 in Ogun
No fewer than 12 persons have died due to a cholera outbreak in Ogun State within one month, the state government has said. On September 17,…
Man slumps, dies in Ogun
A yet-to-be-identified man had reportedly slumped and died in the late hours of Tuesday in the Oke-Abetu area of Abeokuta South Local government in Ogun State.…