The Lagos Commissioner of Police (CP) Abiodun Alabi has debunked reports that Lagos was on partial lockdown over threats by terrorists to attack the state. Alabi, who attended a stakeholders’ forum on Police accountability quarterly meeting and awards at Ikeja,…
3 arrested, 20 corpses recovered from Edo shrine
The Edo State Police Command at about midnight on Wednesday said it busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects. The Command,…
Remains of 2 children found in 2 suitcases auctioned in New Zealand
New Zealand police on Thursday confirmed that human remains found in two suitcases bought at an Auckland auction were those of two primary school-aged children, and officers vowed to find those responsible. Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said it’s likely…
Emirates suspends flights to Nigeria from September
Emirates Airlines on Thursday announced the suspension of its flight operations in Nigeria from September 1, 2022. It said the suspension became necessary following its inability to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. International carriers operating in Nigeria have repeatedly complained…
Sir Salman Rushdie attack suspect ‘only read two pages’ of Satanic Verses
The man accused of stabbing Sir Salman Rushdie has reportedly said he has only read two pages of the author’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses. Hadi Matar, 24, has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the assault at an…
Electricity workers call off strike after shutting down national grid
After shutting down the national grid for more than five hours and plunging the entire country into darkness, the leadership of National Union of Electricity Employees of Nigeria (NUEE) yesterday announced a suspension of its strike by two weeks. LEADERSHIP…
*Great-grandma collapses, dies while climbing Lagos bridge (Punch)*Blackout in Lagos as electricity workers begin strike (Guardian)
Great-grandma collapses, dies while climbing Lagos bridge (Punch) There was confusion on Monday at the Berger area of Lagos State after a yet-to-be-identified great-grandmother slumped while climbing a pedestrian bridge. PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman, believed to be in…
APC debunks plots to remove its National Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted reports of plots to remove Senator Abdullahi Adamu, its national chairman. National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, in a statement, said the report was being sponsored by opposition political parties. “The reports are…
Two more Baltic countries quit China-led forum amid Ukraine War
Estonia and Latvia say they are pulling out of a decade-old mechanism established by China to deepen its influence in Europe, following their Baltic neighbour Lithuania, which left the group last year. Sixteen nations joined the China and Central and…