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Three days after the container tragedy in Lagos, petrol tanker rams into four tricycles, two dead
Three days after a container fell off and crushed eight passengers in Lagos, an accident involving a petrol-laden truck and four tricycles (Keke...
Is this what I should get for serving Nigeria? Corps member laments as robbers gang-rape his mother
A Twitter user known as KingAhmed26 and a National Youth Service Corps member (name withheld) has narrated how robbers attacked and raped his...
Protesting youths hurl stones, dangerous objects at Buhari’s convoy in Kano
Ignoring warning from Kano Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano State yesterday was marred by violent protest by youths as...
Just in: DSS smashes syndicate selling new naira notes, indicts commercial banks
The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Monday that it has intercepted an undisclosed number of persons caught in the racketeering of...
Ahead of Buhari’s visit to Kano on Monday, security agents placed on red alert
As President Muhammadu Buhari pays a two-day visit to Kano State today, security has been beefed up in the state especially Kano metropolis,...
Just in: Reps in standoff with Buhari, Emefiele over Feb.10 naira swap extension, threaten Emefiele
The extension of the old Naira notes swap until February 10 has been rejected by the Ad-hoc Committee on New Naira Re-Design and...
Two Nigerians busted in $500,000 racket scheme in Canada
Two Nigerians — Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu — have been arrested in Canada for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the...
Tragedy in Lagos as container falls off, flattens passenger bus, 9 fatalities recorded
A traffic accident was recorded on Sunday in Lagos as a container-laden articulated vehicle fell on a commercial bus at Ojuelegba on Ikorodu...
Old Naira notes: Buhari, CBN back down on Jan. 31 deadline, extend it till Feb.10
The nation’s Apex Bank, the Central Bank, has extended the deadline for the mopping up of old Naira notes from circulation earlier scheduled...
Just in: PVC collection: INEC bows to pressure, extends deadline to Feb. 5
Bowing to pressure and calls by well-meaning Nigerians, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent...
Buhari says old currency notes swap targeted at cash hoarders not businesses
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday that the federal government will ensure that citizens’ businesses are “unharmed” and that no disruption is caused...
Tragedy as another DPO slumps, dies in office two weeks after Lagos DPO exits
Barely two weeks after a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) died in Lagos, SP Abubakar Musa, the DPO of Jahun Local Government Area in...
New naira notes: FCT POS operators make brisk businesses, increase charges on transactions
As the deadline of January 31 draws nearer for old Naira notes to be deposited in banks across the country and the non-disbursement...
Another train derails in Abuja barely seven days after Itakpe-Warri train derailment
Barely a week after the derailment of the Itakpe-Warri train, another passenger train on Friday derailed in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Abuja-Kaduna...
18-seater buses not suitable, safe for long distance trips — FRSC boss
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Dauda Biu, said on Friday in Abuja that 18-seater buses are not suitable and...
Update on Osun tribunal: Sacked Gov. Adeleke spurns verdict, heads to Appeal Court
Osun Gov. Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the Friday’s judgment of the Osun Governorship Tribunal sacking him,...
