FRSC Takes Sensitization On Safe Driving To Ogun Drivers
Sagamu Unit Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has held a one-day workshop to sensitise drivers on road safety measures. This year’s workshop with the theme, “Speed thrills but kills,” was held at Awolowo Motor park in Sagamu, Ogun State. Chief Route Commander, Sule Okloho (Unit Commander Rs2.25) said it was in the FRSC tradition to sensitise the public,...
Demolition Not Targeted At any Group In Lagos – Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, said the ongoing demolition in the state is not targeted at any group. Olumide stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. The minister refuted claims that the ongoing demolition by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration was targeted at the south-easterners. According to Olumide, the...
Rivers State Govt Signs MoU For Construction Of Central Spare Parts Market
The Rivers State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two private companies to build 20,000 housing units for low and middle-class income earners and also to develop a central spare part market in the state. The housing projects will be executed by Pricewise Home Nigeria Limited, a sister company to TAF Africa Global, the company that developed Riv/TAF...
Igbos Pioneers Of Modern Lagos, Says Ohanaeze Ndigbo President Iwuanyanwu
Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that Igbo forebears are “the pioneers” and “heroes” of modern Lagos State. Iwuanyanwu stated this in a press briefing video that has gone viral. He was indirectly responding to the comment the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, made in relation to the origin of state, which generated controversy. The monarch had said that...
Don’t Give On Nigeria, There’s Hope, SGF Urges Nigerians
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, has expressed optimism about Nigeria’s future, urging citizens not to give up on the government. Akume expressed the optimism at the ‘National Solemn Assembly: A Day of Praise, Worship, and Thanksgiving to God for Nigeria,’ held at the National Ecumenical Centre in Abuja weekend. He said Nigeria was undoubtedly...
Three Kidnapped On The Ogun Farm
No fewer than six suspected hoodlums have reportedly attacked a poultry farm and kidnapped three workers in Atoyo town in the Itele area of Ogun. PUNCH Online gathered that the armed suspects attacked the farm around 5 pm on Saturday. Though the state police command said two persons had been arrested in connection with the crime, the three victims were yet...
Nigerian Man To Die By Hanging For Killing His Friend Over N100
Mr. Anas Dahiru has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his friend, Shamsu Ibrahim with a knife. Dahiru had during a quarrel in 2017, killed his friend over one hundred naira at Unguwar Dallatu area of Gusau, in Zamfara State. Ruling on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, Justice Mukhtar Yusha’u of the Zamfara State High Court, convicted the suspect according...
Lagos State Govt Seals Churches, Mosques Over Noise Pollution
Fourteen hotels, churches, including Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG and mosque have been sealed across the state over noise pollution and other offences by Lagos State government. Other establishments sealed by the state government, through its Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, for noise pollution, were Ifelodun Mosque, Children of God Healings Deliverance and Adoration Ministry, City of Testimony Church, Cherubim...
Pedestrian Bridge Collapses In Lagos, Injures Two
A section of the pedestrian bridge at the Alapere Estate, Ketu area of Lagos, collapsed following a collision involving a truck. The incident occurred around midnight on Thursday when the truck collided with the bridge. Two persons were reportedly injured during the accident. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed the incident, stating that the truck, loaded with metal and exceeding...
NYSC Member, Others Die In Imo Accident
A 26-year-old female National Youth Service Corps, NYSC member, Sanni Mariam, of 2023 Batch C Stream 2, was among those who died in an accident in Imo State on Thursday. Other passengers and the driver were also reported dead when their vehicle had an accident en route to Lagos. It was gathered that Mariam was returning from her state of deployment,...
