Motorcycle Ban: Police To Arrest Riders, Passengers In Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it will arrest both motorcyclist and passenger as part of measures to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycle operations in the state. Its spokesman, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, announced...
Stop Beating Your Wife As Disciplinary Measure – Lawyer Advises Men
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr. Taiwo Abdullahi, has advised men to stop beating their wives as a form of discipline as the act promotes domestic violence. Abdullahi, who gave the advice in an interview with...
1 Person Rescued, 1 Dead In Lagos Building Collapse
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday confirmed the rescue of one person, and the recovery of one dead person in a two-storey building that collapsed at Freeman Road, Lagos Island. The Zonal Coordinator...
Gunmen Attack Cement Truck, Allegedly Kill Two
Gunmen attacked a truck belonging to a popular cement company at Ugbolu village, near Asaba, on Wednesday allegedly killing the driver and his conductor. Eyewitnesses told journalists in Asaba that the attackers, armed with dangerous...
Court Dissolves 9-Year-Old Marriage Over Domestic Violence
An Upper Area Court in Ilorin on Wednesday dissolved the nine-year-old marriage between Muritala Salahudeen and Sekinat over domestic violence. In her petition, Sekinat, accused Salahudeen of violence and refusal to provide for their two children. Delivering...
Police Arrest Suspected Armed Robber In Ogun
The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old suspected armed robber, Segun Azeez, in Sango-Ota area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the confirmation in a...
78 Blind Candidates Sit For 2022 UTME In Kano Center
A total of 78 blind candidates are taking part in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Prof. Yahuza Bello, who is the JAMB Coordinator...
Opposition Can’t Stop Gov. Oyetola’s Re-election – Aide
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has done so well for the state in three-and-half years of his administration to get re-elected. The declaration was made in Osogbo on Sunday by Oyetola’s Special Adviser on Civic Engagement,...
Court Remands Applicant, 30, For Alleged Killing 70-Year-Old Man
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Makurdi, on Friday, ordered the remand of an applicant, Aondona Akula, in a correctional centre for allegedly killing a 70-year-old man, Mr. Tyav Azembe, with a matchete. Akula, 30,...
Septuagenarian Tells Court How Driver Allegedly Defiled Granddaughter Inside Car
A septuagenarian, Mr. Julius Oyenuga, on Thursday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how his 55-year-old driver, Folarin Rauf, allegedly defiled his five-year-old granddaughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
Eld-el-Fitr: Don’t Go Back To Sinful Ways, Cleric Urges
Alhaji Kamaldeen Adeyemi-Bagudu, the Chief Imam of Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, has urged Muslim faithful not to indulge in sin after the Ramadan fast. Adeyemi-Bagudu told the News Agency of Nigeria...
Total Surrendering To God Will Bring Elevation – Adeboye
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) on Sunday said surrendering totally to God would bring about elevation and fulfilment of dreams. Adeboye said this in his sermon with...
7 Died, 5 Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident
Seven persons died while five others sustained injuries on Friday in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a truck at Ogunmakin on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr. Ahmed Umar, confirmed...
