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Police nabs man over alleged conversion of funds in Ekiti

1 year ago1633 min

The police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Joshua Edet, before an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court for suspected fund conversion. Inspector Olubu Apata, the police prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the crime between July 12 and September 7 at LAZORA Bar, opposite Fayose Market in Ado-Ekiti. According to the prosecutor, “the defendant, a sales boy, fraudulently converted the sum of N250,400 belonging to his boss, one Babafemi Damola,...

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Bauchi police arrest man for stealing 20 motorcycles in four years

1 year ago1954 min

The Bauchi State Police Command has detained a 30-year-old guy who is an expert at stealing motorcycles. The suspects, Bello Mohammed alias Faruk Manja, a resident of the Bakaro neighbourhood of the Bauchi metropolis, and Kabiru Danfulani, who is now at large, have been committing their evil actions for more than four years. In a statement made available to state press, Ahmed Wakil, the police public relations officer for the Bauchi state command, claimed that...

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Breaking: Nigerian Referees Snubbed for AFCON 2024

1 year ago1331 min

The forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast in 2024 would not use Nigerian referees. There were no Nigerian referees on the list of 32 center referees, 33 assistant referees, and 2 VAR officials provided by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the competition. No Nigerian referee has been chosen for an AFCON competition for the past 13 years.

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LASG educates PHC staff about mental health

1 year ago11653 min

A mental health capacity-building training session has been organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Health for no less than 314 primary healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, community health officers, community health extension workers, and social workers who are drawn from Primary Health Centres throughout the state. The participants were taught how to identify and treat common mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, drug misuse, psychosis, and stress as well as how to handle psychiatric emergencies...

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Police arrest fake CP in Lagos

1 year ago1235 min

The Lagos State Police Command announced that it has detained one Nwagu Emmanuel for allegedly posing as a police commissioner to enable the release of a suspect from the state’s force headquarters. This information was revealed on Monday during the parading of Emmanuel and other suspects at the Police Headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos, by the state’s commissioner of police, Idowu Owohunwa, through the command’s public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin. In order to enable the release...

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Court orders election rerun in Banky W’s federal constituency

1 year ago1444 min

Thaddeus Atta of the Labour Party was legitimately elected as the representative for the Eti Osa Federal Constituency, but the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal, which is located in Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos State, has declared his election victory illegal. The judiciary declared the polls to be inconclusive in a late-night ruling on Monday and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold a new election within 90 days in every polling location where voting...

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Breaking: UNIJOS students protest school fees hike

1 year ago1561 min

Tuesday, following an increase in school fees and other services provided by the institution, University of Jos, Plateau State, students blocked roads leading to the university in protest. The student demonstrators demanded an immediate reversal of the increase in tuition and other fees for the University’s services after being organised by the institution’s students union government officials. Armed with signs that read things like “We don’t want to drop out of school,” “If your children...

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East-West road: Ex-agitators vow to shut P’Harcourt Refinery, others

1 year ago1455 min

If nothing is changed at the last minute, a gang of former agitators of Ogoni descent has pledged to shut down the Port Harcourt Refining Company and other international companies in Eleme, Rivers State due to the poor condition of the East-West Road. The Indorama Eleme Petro-Chemical Company, the Notorea Fertiliser Company, among other businesses, were identified by the former agitators operating under the banner of Ogoni Living Martyrs as more businesses in the area...

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Court remands jealous lover for killing girlfriend

1 year ago1553 min

Using a sledgehammer, a security guard named Samuel Adeniyi is accused of hitting his lover Morolake Sunday in the head in the Lekki Phase 1 neighbourhood of Lagos State. He was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Monday. After Adeniyi, 33, appeared in court on one count of murder, Magistrate Patrick Nwaka of the Yaba Magistrate’s Court issued an order remanding him. The incident happened on August 10, 2023, at No. 33, Audu Ekpa...

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NSCDC nabs pastor over N1.6m visa scam

1 year ago1242 min

Pastor Michael Ogundepo, 39, was detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ondo State Command, for allegedly engaging in a visa scam. DSC Aidamenbor Daniel, the Command’s public relations officer, said in a statement released on Monday in Akure that the suspect obtained N1.67 million to secure a visa for a woman named Miss Fagbuyiro Ajetomobi-Yemi. Daniel continued by stating that Ogundepo of No. 15 Ewu Agbo Street, Ikorodu Lagos, had the complainant’s...

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