Lagos NURTW generates N123b annually –Report (Punch) The Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, locally called agberos, generates about N123.08 billion annually which could service the annual budget of Nasarawa, Niger, and Yobe states put together,…
*Lagos residents lament high cost of food (Guardian)*UNILAG fires lecturers mentioned in sexual harassment story (Punch)
Lagos residents lament high cost of food (Guardian) For months, Nigerians have been lamenting a continuous increase in prices of goods and services. In Lagos, the nation’s commercial nerve centre, prices of goods have increased drastically with residents and traders…
*20 inmates to write 2021 UTME at Ikoyi Custodial centre (Vanguard)*SON seizes N600m worth of substandard tyres (DailyTrust)
20 inmates to write 2021 UTME at Ikoyi Custodial centre (Vanguard) No fewer than 20 inmates have indicated interest to write the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Lagos State Command,…
*Parents lock up daughter for 10 years in Kano (Guardian)*YABATECH releases cut-off marks for 2020/2021 admission (Punch)
Parents lock up daughter for 10 years in Kano (Guardian) The Nigerian police have rescued a 15-year-old girl imprisoned for 10 years by her parents, BBC reported on Tuesday. Aisha Jubril was rescued in Kano State on Monday. The girl…
*Kidnapped LASU student released (Punch)*Food security: Lagos sets to launch 5yr agricultural devt roadmap (Vanguard)
Kidnapped LASU student released (Punch) A 300-level student of Lagos State University, Kehinde Olowa, has been released to his family by his abductors on Monday. The PUNCH had reported that Kehinde was abducted by unknown gunmen on April 9 at…
*1 killed, others injured as NURTW members clash in Ondo (ThisDay)*CP redeploys DPO, others for aiding COVID-19 violators, 113 arrested (Punch)
1 killed, others injured as NURTW members clash in Ondo (ThisDay) One person was killed and several others injured on Tuesday morning, when members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), engaged in free for all Akure. The…
Rohr under pressure to drop Musa from AFCON qualifiers
Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is under pressure to drop his captain Ahmed Musa from the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho and Benin Republic later this month. Musa has been without a club since quitting Saudi side Al…
*Court remands butcher for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old stepdaughter (Vanguard)*Man in police net for allegedly beating wife to death (Nation)
Court remands butcher for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old stepdaughter (Vanguard) A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered that a 40-year-old butcher, Tunji Adeniran, who allegedly defiled his 14-year-old stepdaughter, be remanded in a custodial centre. The police…
Police arrest suspected impersonator of Eagles captain Musa
The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 30-year-old man, Gambo Yakubu, for allegedly impersonating the captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa. This was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Abdullahi, and made…