Crime

Police Wield Big Stick, Disrobe Sergeant over N98,000

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The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday announced the dismissal of Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere, who was attached to the Sogunle Division, for extorting a young man of N98,000. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told journalists Continue Reading

Crime

LAWMA Officials Retrieve Day-Old-Baby from Dumpster

Web News 30 September 2022 366 0

The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials have retrieved a day-old baby from a dumpster while evacuating waste in a street in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin […]Continue Reading

Politics

Rep Calls for Strengthening of Electoral Act, Institutions

Web News 29 November 2020 518 0

Mr Benjamin Kalu, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, says Nigeria must strengthen its laws to ensure politics is practised without ethnic, religious or tribal considerations. Kalu (APC-Abia), who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, said Nigeria must strengthen its […]Continue Reading

Transportation

Ebonyi Bus Plunge: FRSC Confirms 14 Corpses

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ebonyi has confirmed the retrieval of 14 corpses from the Akeze-Ukwu river after a Mercedes Benz 608 model bus plunged into it on Friday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bus was conveying members of a particular church who attended their pastor’s burial and […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

The Need to Reduce the Cost of Governance

Web News 29 October 2019 774 0

Recently, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said government is planning to review the wages of all political office holders in the country. Senator Ngige explained that there was a need to review and streamline the wages and allowances given to political office holders, and the high wages earned by workers in certain […]Continue Reading