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….Beg MKO Abiola’s families to settle rift immediately to avoid bloodshed By Olasunkanmi Akoni lagos—For the umpteenth time, residents of 400 acres of land in Abiola Farms, Ayobo, located at Igbo Ilogbo, Ayobo, Ipaja-Ayobo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos State, comprising of seven Community Development Associations, have called on relevant authorities to come to…
By Monsuru Olowoopejo Lagos State Government has condemned the use of prisons as rehabilitation centre for convicted children in the country, but rather should be kept in correctional homes. Prisoners: Manhunt for escapees The state government maintained that sending children to prison affects their mental health due to the atmosphere they were often subjected to….
By Wole MosadomiMinna—Two bike riders narrowly escaped death, Sunday, as a trailer conveying baskets of tomatoes fell on them at the City Gate along Suleja-Minna Road, Minna, Niger State. The driver of the trailer, Danjuma Mohammed, who also sustained serious injury, was taking the baskets of tomatoes to the late Abdullahi Abdulkhadir Kure Market, Minna…
By Esther OnyegbulaA 34-year-old furniture maker, Seye Yinka, arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police command alongside three of his gang members for being in possession of firearm, said he bought the gun for N30,000 to protect himself . Guns According to him, “I use the gun to protect myself any time there is…
By Vera Sam Anyagafu The Trade Director, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Nigeria, Mr. Bagus Wicaksena, has disclosed in an exclusive interview with Vangaurd that the Republic of Indonesia maybe a viable option for Nigeria’s rapid economic recovery, saying that, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country’s trade relations with Indonesia, stand to reach a…
Abuja – The National Leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has rejected the alleged anti-poor and anti-masses recruitment requirements of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp[oration (NNPC). NANS members protest at NASS Mr Adeyemi Azeez, NANS National Public Relations Officer (PRO) made the position of the students’ body known in a statment on Sunday…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has commended the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Abukabar Sadiq Maikobi and all the officers and men of the Division for the support and cooperation they continue to offer the state, especially in the area of…
Lagos – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone lateness by candidates to its 2019 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled for Monday, April 1. JAMB The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in…
By Soni Daniel, AbujaDespite having quizzed some of their key officials over financial matters running into billions of Naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday that it had not raised any team to probe outgoing Ogun, Imo and Zamfara state governors over alleged graft. Amosun, Okorocha and Yari Media reports on Sunday…
Lagos – Some residents of Mangoro/Onipetesi community in Lagos on Sunday went on a rampage blocking the Oshodi/Abeokuta expressway in protest against the killing of a youth in the area. Youths on rampage after AntiCultism policemen shot dead a youth in Mangoro area of Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday The angry residents blocked the major roads…