An 18-year-old motor boy on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up one of the bus passenger and removing two of his teeth. The defendant, Azeez Balogun, whose address was not stated, is charged with assault. The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told...
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, impounded 16 vehicles, four cows and arrested seven beggars in Abuja. The vehicles, beggars and the cows were seized during the enforcement of zero tolerance to unapproved motor parks and herding of cows in restricted areas. The FCTA officials impounded 16...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a day-old female baby that was dumped near a sewage tank on Gowon Estate, Ipaja, area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday....
Prices of staple food have continued to increase in Abuja and Nasarawa State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, revealed that residents are frustrated due to the increase in prices of staple food items in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has nullified the removal of Alhaji Abubakar Faruk as the Managing Director of the Abuja Markets Management Ltd (AMML) by the Board Chairman, Abubakar Maina and the former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that...
No fewer than 14 persons, including a four-month-old baby, died on Sunday morning in an auto accident along Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos. Mr Williams Manga, Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry on Sunday. Manga said that nine other...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Police Force has foiled an attempt by hoodlums to steal fuel at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Pipeline in Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement via his verified Twitter...
Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos has described the movie, “Gangs of Lagos”, as defamatory and sacrilegious for depicting the ‘Eyo’ as criminal gangs that commit grotesque murder and visit terror on innocent citizens. The traditional ruler raised concerns about the film in a three-page letter he addressed to the...
Some residents of Ibeju Lekki Area of Lagos State are demanding a resolution to the prolonged power outage in their communities and also calling for swift action from the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). The protesters, who are landlords and residents of 10 communities in Ibeju Lekki, converged at...
Mr Dan Ayuba, Head of Administration, Kuje Area Council in FCT, on Wednesday received N10 million and a car as retirement gifts. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayuba retired from active service when he turned 60 years. The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Alhai Adullahi Sabo,...
.a The Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Tuesday, closed his case against the victory of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 election before the election tribunal sitting in Ikeja. The Labour Party governorship candidate is also challenging the eligibility of Hazmat to contest on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Mr. Olusade Adesola on Tuesday visited the site of the collapsed three storey building under construction in Dape District of the FCT. The Permanent Secretary, who was accompanied on the visit by senior officials...
Motorists plying the popular Abuja-Lokoja Highway were at a standstill in Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, due to flood from rainfall that started in the early hours of Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that motorists coming from Zuba Axis had to use alternative routes, especially...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday in Abuja, announced the outbreak of diphtheria infection in some parts of the capital city. The Director, FCT Public Health Department, Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahman, announced the outbreak at a news conference. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that diphtheria is...
The residents of Trademore Estate, located at Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the FCT Administration to rescind its planned demolition of the estate. The Chairman of the residents, Mr Adewale Adeleke, made the appeal in a news conference on Monday in Abuja. The...
The Federal Fire Service says rescue operations at the site of the collapsed four-storey building at Dape in Life Camp, Abuja, will resume on Tuesday at 8.a.m. Mr Emeribe David, a Superintendent of Fire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the scene of the disaster, that all...
First minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, has passed on at the age of 96. Adeogun died on Saturday, 1 July 2023, and his passing was confirmed by his family in a statement released, according to VOICE OF JNAIJA. The news medium also quoted the...
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa Chapter, has commended the reconciliatory effort of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his immediate past predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Babarinde in a statement on Monday, commended Sanwo-Olu for attending Ambode’s 60th birthday party and...
Malam Shehu Ahmed, the Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) says the FCT Administration would demolish all structures on waterways across the nation’s capital. Ahmed made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said some structures were preventing water from flowing freely through its natural...
A female pilgrim from the FCT, Hajiya Amina Yunusa, passed away in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.ma Malam Abubakar Evuti, the Director of the Federal Capital Territory Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, confirmed the sad incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Makkah. ” With total submission to Allah, the...