Residents of Kori-Oja and Bisodun villages, as well as neighbouring communities in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State are living in fear over increasing cases of kidnapping in their area. Some of the residents expressed fear, lamenting that reported cases of kidnapping made it difficult for people to go about their daily business. A community leader in the …

The Lagos State Government has announced that from 1st April 2023, the existing 50 percent discount on the fares of buses owned by the state would no longer apply. In a statement by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on Tuesday, the government said that fares of state-owned buses would return to their original rates by Saturday, 1st April. …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday over Naira scarcity rocking the nation. The pressure group earlier disclosed that it would begin an indefinite strike from Wednesday, adding that it would picket branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) across the country. The suspension of the strike was made known today at …

A teenager has narrated how she was allegedly raped and deflowered by one Pope Paul, a youth pastor in the Deeper Life Bible Church in Lagos state. The 19-year-old survivor appeared before the sexual offences and domestic violence court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday. The survivor said the abuse started when she was 15 years old and living with …

A rival group clash at Agbowo junction, opposite the University of Ibadan main gate has left a suspected cultist dead. It was gathered that the cultist identified as Eboto has been allegedly shot dead by a rival cult group on Monday night by some rival cultists who stormed the area in the afternoon and were allegedly hunting one another over …

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Kebbi State Governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu; and a former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Chief Olawale Edun as members of the Presidential Transition Council (PTC), set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who is PTC Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha assured on Tuesday that the transition …

A domestic worker, Joseph Ogbu, was sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos State High Court on Monday for the murders of his employer, Adejoke John, 89, and her daughter, Oreoluwa, at their house in the Surulere neighborhood of the city. The verdict was delivered by Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay after she determined that the defendant had committed three charges …

The United States Embassy in Abuja emphasised the necessity of industry-wide interaction with media professionals on Monday in order to establish a framework for combating disinformation in Nigeria. At a two-day “Train-the-Trainers Workshop” on battling false information, which was co-hosted by the US consulate and Mythos Lab, the Public Affairs Counsellor of the US Embassy in Nigeria, Mr Adnan Siddiqi insisted …

Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander Abu Muhammed is said to have executed his deputy Abu Darda for allowing a military raid into their camp in the villages of Mukdolo and Bone, which resulted in the deaths of 41 fighters, including Abu-Zahra Munzir. This occurred as members of the Joint Task Force of Operation Hadin Kai thwarted an ISWAP …

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Kamarudeen Adeniyi, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and stealing in the state. The defendant is facing four-count bordering on forgery, stealing, malicious damage, and a breach of public peace. The police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime …