NURTW: MC OLUOMO, ISTIJABA FACTIONS ENGAGE IN BLOODY CLASHES

Commuters suffer untold hardship .Transporters lament. I lost over N80m to clashes – Istijaba. Commuters residing in some parts of Lagos ranging from Fagba, Mushin, Ayobo, Ekoro, Oke-Odo, Meiran/Ijaye and Abule-Egba to mention but a few now hold their hearts in their hands as unexpected clashes may erupt unexpectedly. This has been so for some

SANWO-OLU LAUDS ONGOING BLUE METRO LINE PROJECT

The Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commended the effort on ongoing work at the Blue Line Metro Project and Red Line rail which starts from Mile 2 and stop at Marina. Speaking on his official Facebook page, the governor said he is happy to report the project which is 90% completed. “I took

UKRAINIAN CRISIS: 13 OUT OF 19 NIGERIANS DETAINED IN POLAND RELEASED

A total of 13 out of 19 Nigerians detained in various camps in Poland have been released. The Nigerians were released with the intervention of the Nigeria Ambassador to Poland , His Excellency, Major General Christian Ugwu ( Rtd ). According to Ugwu, among the six remaining in detention camps, one of them claimed that

ACP EMMANUEL IDOWU ASUFI SLUMPS, DIES IN OFFICE

An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration in the Bayelsa State Police Command, ACP Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, slumped and died while performing official duty on Tuesday. ACP Asufi was said to have collapsed and died at the Police headquarters in Ovom community, Yenagoa, on Tuesday afternoon. The sudden death of the police chief

ZAMFARA GOVT SENDS 97 CLERICS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO PRAY AGAINST BANDITRY

Zamfara sent 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia on Lesser Hajj on Wednesday to go and pray for a stoppage of banditry. It is part of its decision to diversify strategies to restore peace and security in the state. The clerics are to engage in prayer sessions in almost all strategic holy places of worship in

BUHARI ORDERS MINISTER TO SUBMIT PROGRESS REPORT ON VACCINE PRODUCTION

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, directed the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, to submit a progress report by the end of May 2022 on the indigenous production of vaccines in the country. He gave the directive while receiving at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the leadership of the Nigeria Integrated Biopharmaceuticals Industries

A NIGERIAN TOURIST IS BIKING FROM LONDON TO LAGOS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY

Kunle Adeyanju, a Nigerian tourist, is on a “charity ride” from London to Lagos to support efforts to keep Africa polio-free. Adeyanju stated in a Twitter thread that the journey, which began on Tuesday from London to Borges in France, is expected to take 25 days. According to him, the journey would take him through

NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA – PRESIDENT BUHARI VOWS

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group will be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. ‘‘We have the land, we have the resources, and we have the people. But I do not know why people

TB JOSHUA’S DEATH: SERIOUS HARDSHIP HITS SYNAGOGUE CHURCH AS HOTELIERS PUT PROPERTIES FOR SALE

What used to be a bubbly environment has in the past couple of months gradually turned a ghost town. For those doing business within the vicinity of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun,Lagos,the death of its founder, Prophet T.B Joshua has brought untold hardship on them. This is because many of their businesses

ADERETI OSUN MONARCH’S SON JAILED IN THE U.S., ANOTHER NIGERIAN EXTRADITED FROM THE UK

Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, son of the late monarch of Iwaraland in Ile-Ife, has been sentenced to federal prison for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, United States. Adereti, 24, pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2021, to passport fraud and attempted bank fraud, and was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison