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Olayomi Koiki, the spokesperson to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has raised an alarm that the Nigerian police should be held responsible if the Yoruba Nation rally turned violent in Lagos State.He said this in ...

Bypass web filters using a VPN In some cases, you won’t be able to download or install a VPN, such as at work or school. But if you’re using your own device which isn’t restricted like that, you can install ...

Sodiq Oyeleke The Federal Government has agreed to release the Swiss-flagged San Padre Pio oil tanker that was seized in January 2018. Switzerland’s foreign ministry made this known in a press statement on its website on Thursday, titled, ‘Switzerland and ...

There was a drama at the cargo area at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, when one of the 250 cows flown into the country through the airport broke loose from its crate, leaving airport workers ...

Power consumers have raised the alarm that power distribution companies were now selling the free meters that were provided for electricity users by the Federal Government. In October 2020, the Federal Government inaugurated the National Mass Metering Programme in respect ...

n its determination to reduce youth unemployment in the South East, the federal government has concluded arrangements to equip the vulnerable in the ninety-five Local Government Areas that constitute the zone with vocational skills and other empowerment initiatives. This is ...

We’ll investigate, Odumosu assures A Lagos resident, Korede Abiodun, has raised alarm over the reappearance of disbanded Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) operatives on the road.Abiodun on Wednesday morning alleged that he saw at least four armed policemen wearing the ...

A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively.Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently in custody of troops of 195 battalion of the Nigerian army, said Shekau got injured during ...

A Lagos State High court on Wednesday (today) sentenced popular prophet and Sheperd-in-charge of CCC Global Genesis church, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe to two-year imprisonment for defrauding an American based woman. The trial judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade sentenced Prophet Oladele ...

Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has blamed a previous administration for being responsible for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Although Adamu was not specific on which administration he was referring ...