No fewer than seven persons were burnt to death, while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs Florence Okpe explained that the incident occurred at 10:45 am on Sunday. The FRSC spokesperson said that the …

The Jews Community of Nigeria has hosted some members of the Muslim and Christian communities to an Iftar (breaking of Ramadan fasting dinner) in Abuja. At the Iftar, the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Nigeria, Israel Uzan said that Nigerians are completely living together and that he saw the mixing of different religions and different people, which he …

The Shawwal crescent was sighted in Tamir, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. With the development, Muslims in Nigeria and across the world would celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Friday. Morocco, Turkey, and Bahrain have fixed Friday for Eid al-Fitr. Earlier, the Federal Government of Nigeria had declared Friday 21st April and Monday 24thApril as public holidays.

An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos. The commercial bus was said to be coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. According to witnesses, the commercial bus …

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has confirmed the death of two persons and the rescue of four individuals at a collapsed wall in Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja. The Director-General of FEMA, Dr Abbas Idriss confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Idriss said: “Around between 10 a.m to 11 am., …

The Federal Government has declared Friday, 21st April and Monday, 24th April 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-al-Fitri. The religious holiday is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to mark the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end to the month long Ramadan fast, and the commencement of Shawaal, the 10th month of the …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has directed Muslims to look out for the crescent of Shawwal 1444 AH from Thursday. Abubakar made the call In a statement on Wednesday signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sultanate Council of Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Sultan, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme …

The Lagos State Government will today, Wednesday, arraign one Uzuokwu Solomon for offences relating to making hoax calls for the emergency responder. The Deputy Director, Public Affairs of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday night. Ololade said the offence was punishable under the Lagos State Fire Service law and Command …

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday discharged and acquitted the President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Mr. Innocent Bola-Audu and three others, of the allegation of human trafficking. Justice Charles Agbaza cleared Bola-Audu and three others on the ground that the prosecution failed to link the defendants …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restored Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume as non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The court voided the sack of the businessman and set aside his removal effected on 17th January 2023 by President Muhammadu Buhari on the ground that the action of the President was “arbitrary, unlawful and illegal”. …