Customer Absconds With Car After Sending Fake Credit Alert To Dealer
A car dealer, Olatubosun Gafar, has become distressed after a customer, Segun Opeyemi, sent him a fake alert of N6.2m and absconded with one of his cars, in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Opeyemi walked into Gafar’s office last Wednesday and told him that he was interested in buying a Toyota Camry 2014 model...
Ibadan Chief Ariori Apologises Over Remarks Against Christians
The President of Association of Mogajis in Ibadanl and, Mogaji Asimiyu Ariori, has apologised over his comments while featuring on a live radio program on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Ariori said his statement was just a mere response to a question asked by one of the anchors which should not be taken personal. He said the statement was not...
Ken Saro-Wiwa: FG Urged To Investigate Ogoni People’s Suffering
Human rights activists have called on the Federal Government to grant the Ogoni people's just demands and alleviate their long-standing suffering in a resolute plea for justice. Speaking at a press conference to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the team leader, Peoples Advancement Centre, PAC, Comrade AkpoBari Celestine, who spoke on behalf of other groups,...
Driver Kills Two Street Sweepers Of Same Family While Escaping LASTMA’s Raid
Two street cleaners were killed on Monday by an unidentified driver attempting to escape a raid by officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) at Charlie Boy bus-stop via Oshodi- Gbagada expressway in Lagos State. The lifeless bodies of the cleaners were seen laid in a drainage channel as onlookers mourned. The gathering of onlookers and other street cleaners...
Lagos Schools Send Students Home Over NLC Strike
Following directive by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) asking workers to embark on industrial action, public schools in Lagos on Wednesday shut down operations in compliance with the directive. Students from several public primary and secondary schools were seen returning home on the highways and in the streets, according to our correspondent. Some other students were loitering around the...
Bus Crashes Into Truck Bucket, kills four, Injures Eight
Four persons have been confirmed dead and eight injured in an auto-crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash occurred on Tuesday night around Car Park C Turning stretch of the expressway and involved a Howo truck and a Mazda bus with registration number EPE440YG. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attributed the cause of the accident to the mazda bus driver who...
Labaran Maku’s Phone Stolen Inside Appeal Court
Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, lost his cellphone inside the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday. The ex-Minister was among the politicians from Nasarawa state who stormed the court in solidarity with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, David Ombugada. After fruitless attempts to recover the phone, Maku became so worried but he tried to maintain calmness. Some of...
Aba Accident: Abia Government Imposes Restriction On Movement Of Heavy-duty Vehicles
Following the auto crash that claimed about four lives at the Aba waterside bridge in Aba, the Abia State government has restricted the movement of heavy-duty vehicles from 7am to 8pm in Aba and Umuahia. A container-laden truck had on Tuesday lost its brakes and crushed a Toyota Sienna car and a tricycle, killing four persons, with scores injured. The state...
NMA Threatens Industrial Action Over Kidnap Of 10 Doctors In Enugu
The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, has threatened that industrial action may be taken in Enugu state if the state government and security agencies fail to take immediate proactive measures to safeguard the Medical and Dental Council workers in the state. The body raised the alarm that no less than 10 of its members had fallen...
End Avoidable Deaths In Our State, Ikechi Emenike Charges Abia Govt
![[OPINION] Ikechi Emenike And The Convolution Of Abia Politics](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ikechi-Emenike.jpg "End Avoidable Deaths In Our State, Ikechi Emenike Charges Abia Govt")
The 2023 Abia State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has urged conscious efforts to ensure that lives are not wasted due to avoidable deaths in the state. Reacting to the fatal accident at the Ogbor Hill area of Aba on Tuesday, which led to the loss of four lives and 11 people surviving...
