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General Transportation

Air Peace incident: NAHCO begins investigation, suspends personnel

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc launch investigation into circumstances surrounding its equipment that damaged an Air Peace Airbus A320 Aircraft at Murtala Muhammed Airport on Wednesday. The company’s Group Executive Director, Business and Corporate Services, Dr Sola Obabori, announced this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. The incident led to the disruption […]

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Economy National

Customs arrests 176 suspects, losses 4 officers in 2022

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, said it lost four men to smugglers in 2022 and arrested 176 suspected smugglers. The Acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu,  announced this at a news conference in Lagos. In the year under review, Ejibunu said the unit […]

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Law / Crime

Police neutralise terrorist attack in Katsina

The Police, on Monday, said they neutralised a suspected terrorist and repelled his group’s attack on Magamar-Jibia in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. The state command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, announced this in a statement Monday evening in Katsina. “Today Monday, Jan. 2, at about 0430 hours, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically […]

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Politics

Elites are problems of democracy – Jandor

PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), says elites’ apathy to the democratic process in Nigeria had slowed down gains and dividends of democratic rules. Adediran, who is the convener of the Lagos-4-Lagos Movement, made the remarks in an interaction with newsmen in Lagos. He said that until elites get involved in the […]

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General Politics

Olajide pledges Lagos-4-Lagos airline, if elected governor

The PDP governorship candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (a.k.a Jandor), says he will establish an airline for the state if elected governor in the 2023 general election. Adediran told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that the state had enough resources to establish an airline. He said that the establishment of an airline […]

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Politics

I’ll create more LCDAs in Lagos – PDP flagbearer

By Our Correspondent The PDP governorship candidate in Lagos, Olajide Adediran, says he will create more LCDAs if elected in the 2023 general elections. He said that he has no plan to cancel the existing 37 LCDAs in the state as is being rumoured in some quarters. Adediran told newsmen in Lagos on Thursday that […]

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Health

Care-giver pays hospital bills of indigents in Lagos

A US-based caregiver, Dr Oluwatoyin Iseyemi, on Thursday, paid the medical bills of many indigent patients at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. Iseyemi, who is of the Nigerian Care Provider (NCP), said that the gesture ”is in fulfilment of my promises to alleviate burdens of people during festive season”. She paid the medical expenses […]

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Law / Crime

IG recommends suspension of trigger-happy ASP Vandi

By Our Correspondent ……assures of enabling environment for justice The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of ASP Drambi Vandi, for allegedly killing Omobolanle Raheem. The NewsZenith reports that ASP Vandi allegedly killed Raheem,  Lagos-based lawyer on Christmas Day in Lagos.   The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, […]

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Environment General

2 fun seekers drown in Lagos beach

Two fun-seekers have been drowned at the Baracuda beach in Abraham Adesanya area, Ajah Lagos State. This is contained in a statement issued by Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Tuesday in Lagos. According to the statement, two adult male were trying to rescue an adult male from drowning in […]

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General Politics

Christmas: Obi celebrates with displaced persons in camp

By Our Correspondent Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to resettle Internally Displaced People (IDP) currently living in camps. Obi made the call while celebrating Christmas with displaced people at IDP camp in Abagana, Makurdi Benue State. He told them that their plight would not […]

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