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By: Sunday Ameh The Lagos State Police Command has assured residents of their safety following reports of a planned protest by youths from the Oworonshoki area over recent demolition exercises. In a statement issued on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, the police said adequate security measures have been put in place…

By: Sunday Ameh Several residents have been reportedly trapped and injured after a two-storey building collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos in the early hours of Monday. According to a situation report released by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, the incident occurred around midnight at 54 Cole…

By: Sunday Ameh Human rights lawyer, Temitope Temokun, has narrated in shocking detail how operatives of the Nigeria Police Force allegedly carried out what he described as a “state-sanctioned abduction” of pro-democracy activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the premises of the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja. Speaking on Inside Sources on Channels…

The Ondo State Police Command has reported the discovery of a suspected baby factory and human trafficking syndicate operating in Ore, located in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesperson Olayinka Ayanlade announced this in a statement on Sunday, noting that the case has been transferred from the Ore Division to the…

The Dangote Refinery has announced plans to expand its capacity from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, made this announcement during a press briefing in Lagos State. “We are expanding the Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels per…

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has proposed the adoption of a law mandating government officials to patronize Nigerian airlines on international routes. Keyamo made the proposal on Sunday during the ceremonial send-off of Air Peace’s inaugural direct flight from Abuja to London Heathrow Airport. The event, held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…

By: Sunday Ameh The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has approved the creation of six additional states across the country. This development was one of the key resolutions reached at the end of the committee’s two-day retreat held in Lagos, co-chaired by Deputy Senate…

By: Sunday Ameh Nnamdi Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, is reportedly recuperating but remains in the Kuje Correctional Centre clinic in Abuja, where he is being treated with a collar brace after sustaining injuries allegedly inflicted by police officers during his arrest last week. Ejimakor was among those arrested and allegedly brutalised by operatives…

By: Sunday Ameh The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued two children who were abducted in Tilden Fulani, Toro Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, on Saturday. According to him, the incident occurred on Thursday,…

By: Sunday Ameh The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised alarm over an alleged attack on its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by a Department of State Services (DSS) operative, claiming the act was part of a plot to assassinate him in custody. In a statement released on Saturday and shared by Kanu’s wife,…