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… destroys vehicles, properties…NEMA warns residents, motorist on safety Residents and motorists in Igando, Idimu and their environs are currently panicky as Electrical Transmission Tower popularly known as ‘high tension’ cables and towers from Egbin Hydro Power Station collapsed on their properties, destroying several vehicles and left them endangered. The transmission …

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) yesterday declared emergency clean up of refuse indiscriminately dumped along the Lagos Badagry expressway, stretching 19 kilometres, from Mile 2 to Iyana Iba. The agency also partnered West Africa ENRG, an environmental services company, for a thorough cleanup of heaps of refuse in black spots along …

As part of the ongoing national war against ilicit drug, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with National Agency For Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday, destroyed 260,000litres of Codeine Syrup. NAFDAC, which also said that following the federal government directive on the ilicit drugs …

The Emir of Daura Dr. Umar Farouk Umar has decribed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a promise keeper, saying that he his favourite anytime. Speaking at the turbaning ceremony of the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, as the Talban Daura, a District Head chieftaincy at the President’s hometown, the …

Nollywood actor, Karibi Fubara, is dead. His family member, Kalanne Fubara, shared the sad news on social media this evening. “He was a warrior, now he’s an angel in heaven,”  Kalanne wrote The “God calling” actor was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and had been in Dubai receiving treatment. Karibi, who married popular …

The founder of a private hospital in Yola, Adamawa State capital, has been abducted by gunmen who stormed the medical facility.  Dr Saidu Bala who is the immediate past Medical Director of Specialist Hospital, Yola, was abducted after gunmen invaded the hospital around 6pm and shot sporadically.  Adamawa State Police spokesman, DSP …

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari has announced that there will be an increased supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas popularly called cooking gas, in a bid to force down its price which has increased continously in recent times. Kyari said this on Monday December 13 …

Sani Dogara, one of the travellers killed Many travellers are feared killed and scores abducted when bandits opened fire on travellers along the busy Kaduna-Zaria highway. The attack occurred at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria on Monday evening, December 13.  It was gathered that the bandits struck around 8pm, …

Security operatives have arrested 30 suspected kidnappers and criminals in Imo state.  The criminals were arrested during a Monday raid, by a joint security team, on camps in Orsu local government and Uli community in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state. The raid also led to the release of the …

…Sets Stage for Main Auction on Monday. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the country. The simulated auction, which took place on Friday, December 10, 2021 at …