The Lagos State Waterways Authority on Monday took its waterways safety awareness campaign to the Ipakodo Ferry Terminal;  Baiyeku, Ibeshe, and Ijede jetties in the Ikorodu area of the state. The campaign is to improve waterways safety ahead of the rainy season and to enlighten ferry passengers about waterways safety rules and regulations. According to a statement signed by the …

Controversial hip-hop artist Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, has been released from the Ilaro Correctional Center where he had been detained earlier on Monday. An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State had earlier in the day granted him bail in the sum of N300, 000. The …

An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, the state capital on Monday, ordered the remand of a 50-year-old man, Gboyega Lasisi, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the defendant’s plea due to want of jurisdiction, ordered his remand in Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo town. …

Kwara State Executive Council has granted the state government approval to offset its local debt stock with the outstanding payments of its share of the Federal Government’s unauthorised deductions from Excess Crude Accounts (ECA) between 2009 and 2015. The Nigerian Governors’ Forum is proposing that each state converts its balance of the deductions to what it equals in its debt …

President Muhammadu Buhari and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have sympathised with the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu over the death of his wife, Ifeoma Ada Kalu, who was 61. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, President Buhari commiserates with Kalu and Ifeoma’s family, friends and …

At about 12:30 pm at Molete in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Monday, a young man jumped off a flyover bridge in Ibadan as armed men snatched a Lexus jeep at gunpoint while the owner was whisked away to an unknown destination. The gunmen, who were said to have dressed in black, allegedly hijacked the car from the owner …

Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has urged African leaders to make life easy for their citizens. The former Nigerian leader who spoke at the maiden edition of the African Heritage Concert and Awards in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday, said such leaders should be concerned about the legacies they are going leave behind. According to a statement on Monday by …

The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa communities in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state following the killing of two persons. According a short statement by the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, the curfew is with immediate effect. Aruwan also said the decision was reached following …

Three Nigerians have been arrested for alleged armed robbery in Libya. According to local media, the suspects allegedly robbed a residence for expatriate workers in the city of Misrata, northwestern Libya. The accused were arrested by a patrol team from the General Directorate of Security Operations on Monday, and handed over to police authorities for legal action.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on the passing on to eternal glory of his wife, Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu. She was said to have died in the United States of America. Announcing her death on his verified Facebook page, Kalu said she was 61. She is survived by …