Lagos Fire Service rescues 8-year-old boy from drowning (Guardian) Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFR), yesterday, rescued a eight-year-old boy, Onyeka Umeh, from a pool at the end of Pastor Ojediran Street behind Oba’s Palace, Ejigbo, Lagos. The agency…
*3,298 inmates on death row in Nigeria – NCoS (DailyTrust)*NYSC presents cheques to family of Lagos corps member crushed (Vanguard)
3,298 inmates on death row in Nigeria – NCoS (DailyTrust) No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, disclosed…
*8 kidnapped female students escape from captivity in Kaduna (Channels)*107 stranded Nigerians arrive from Libya (Vanguard)
8 kidnapped female students escape from captivity in Kaduna (Channels) The eight female students at Government Secondary School, Awon in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have escaped from the hands of their abductors. The students were kidnapped by…
*Flood sweeps 4-year-old boy away in Lagos (Punch)*Dino Melaye clinches PDP guber ticket in Kogi (DailyTrust)
Flood sweeps 4-year-old boy away in Lagos (Punch) Parents of a four-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka Okoro, and their neighbours are currently troubled over their inability to retrieve the boy’s body almost one week after he was washed away by a flood…
*Fire guts warehouse in Lagos (Punch)*Bandits Invade Female Hostel In Zamfara, Abduct Students (DailyTrust)
Fire guts warehouse in Lagos (Punch) A fire incident occurred at Flux Logistics warehouse in the Ikeja Area of Lagos State and left a property destroyed. It was gathered that no casualty was recorded. The fire affected the company’s warehouse…
*Internet fraud: EFCC nabs cleric, 27 others in Kwara (Punch)*Nigeria Air will fly before May 29 – FG (DailyTrust)
Internet fraud: EFCC nabs cleric, 27 others in Kwara (Punch) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arrested 28 persons including a cleric suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected…
AFCON Qualifier: Osimhen arrives Super Eagles camp ahead Guinea Bissau encounter
Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has arrived at the team’s camp in Abuja ahead of Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) of Guinea Bissau. The match is scheduled to take place at…
*109 deaths in three months linked to 2023 polls, says CDD (Guardian)*Business boom for petty traders as old naira notes bounce back (DailyTrust)
109 deaths in three months linked to 2023 polls, says CDD (Guardian) About 109 deaths recorded across the country from January 1 to March 10, 2023, have been linked to the conduct of the 2023 general election, a pro-democracy organisation,…
*IGP orders restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday (Tribune)*I’ve no godfather, only mentors – Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (Vanguard)
IGP orders restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday (Tribune) The inspector-General of Police (IGP) has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement during the governorship and house of assembly elections on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed Thursday by…