The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the flooding that occurred in Lagos last weekend claimed seven lives. Zonal Coordinator, South West, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. “The…
The Police Command in Jigawa has arrested 10 suspected drug peddlers and recovered 102 wraps of cannabis in Taura Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the State, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest…
The Lagos House of Assembly has denied unfounded report that it had secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and…
Religious centres have been urged to embrace the use of technology to further strengthen security on their premises. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Area C Police Command, Lagos, CSP Idowu Adedeji, gave the advice at a security…
Two men, Danladi Yusuf and Garba Rabiu, were on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 5 bags of rice worth N165,000. Yusuf, 28 and Rabiu, 30, both residents of Kinkinau, are facing a two-count charges…
The High Court of Oyo State will begin its annual vacation on Friday. Reports state that the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. The chief judge said that…
Four families occupying a two-storey building at Onipanu area of Lagos on Tuesday night scampered to safety before the building collapsed to the ground. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed this in a…
The Police in Ogun on Wednesday said they have arrested a suspected Kuje prison escapee, Yakubu Abdulmumuni, at Sango-Ota area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, said that the…
Ahead of the coming July 16 Osun governorship election, hotel accommodations in Osogbo have been fully booked, with little or no space available. A correspondent who visited some hotels in Osogbo on Wednesday, said most of the rooms in several…
Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has told President Muhammadu Buhari how to end the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Falana urged Buhari to submit a supplementary budget for the appropriation of the sum of N200 billion…
