Two EKEDC Officials Die Of Electrocution
The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday confirmed the electrocution of two members of staff of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in Lagos State. The incident took place in the Obalande area of Lagos Island. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said the case was...
Heavy Security Presence As Abia Assembly Resumes Plenary This Week
A heavy presence of security officials, especially members of the Nigerian Police Force was on Sunday sighted at the entrance of Abia State House of Assembly as lawmakers resume plenary this week, ABN TV reports. Our correspondent upon visit at the Assembly complex on Sunday evening noticed several armored personnel carrier (APC) and stern-looking security officials were mounted in unusual...
Why Second Niger Bridge Was Named After Buhari — FG
The Federal Government has named the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola disclosed this while briefing the press after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. “And because my colleagues in cabinet and the governors of the South-East who have spoken to me have decided that the Second Niger Bridge...
Caution Your Presenters, Dabiri-Erewa Urges Arise TV Chairman
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, has expressed her displeasure with the broadcasters and presenters of Arise Television over the comment made on Emdee Tiamiyu’s interview with British Broadcasting Corporation that assumingly corroborated the ban of Nigerian students from bringing their dependants to the United Kingdom. An Arise TV anchor, Ayo Mairo-Ese, had berated President Muhammadu Buhari on...
Three Siblings Of One Parents Suffocate Inside Landlord’s Vehicle In Lagos
Three children of the same parents have been found dead inside their landlord’s Toyota RAV4 in the Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. The victims, Uche (three), Marvelous (five) and Lazarus (eight), all children of one Mr Osondu, were said to be playing inside the compound when they entered the jeep and suffocated. A witness said the children were playing with...
Family, School Trade Blames As SS 3 Female Student Dies Mysteriously In Akwa Ibom School
The mysterious death of a Senior Secondary School 3 student in Akwa Ibom State has become an object of controversy. The deceased, Edima Ini Umoh, ABN TV reports, was until her death a student of Full Life Academy, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. It began as a minor complaint for headache but within the next few hours, Edima was no more. Her death has...
Robbers Attack Hausa Bizman In Ogun, Cart Away $11m
A four-man robbery gang stole $11 million from a trader in the Oke-Sokori district of Abeokuta, in the Abeokuta North Local Government district of Ogun State, in a three-minute operation on Friday. The perpetrators fled the scene with the $11 million in two 'Ghana-Must-Go' bags after demobilizing the automobile of their victim, a Hausa trader who arrived in a Toyota...
We’re Leaving Nigeria Better Than We Met It — Fashola
With barely 48 hours to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the government has made things better than it met them Speaking in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, Fashola maintained that Buhari’s government has effected changes that have impacted the economy positively, thus fulfilling the change mantra of the...
Youths Suspected To Be Yoruba Nation Agitators Hijack Ibadan Radio Station
People suspected of being members of the Yoruba Nation agitators reportedly hijacked Amuludun 99.1 FM in Ibadan in the early hours of Sunday. The radio station, according to some staff who spoke with our correspondent, was hijacked around 6 am on Sunday. Amuludun FM is a community station owned by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). A staff member of the...
Rampaging Youths Set Lagos Police Station Ablaze
In the early hours of Monday, angry teenagers stormed a police station on Olayiwola Close in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, set it on fire, and injured a police officer on duty. The motive for the attack could not be determined at the time of reporting this report, but our correspondent learned that the policeman, who suffered a...
