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Angry Youth Set Ondo Police Station Ablaze Over Alleged Custodial Death

Angry Youth Set Ondo Police Station Ablaze Over Alleged Custodial Death

BREAKING: Angry youths set Ondo police station on fire over alleged custodial death A group of enraged youths has reportedly set a police station ablaze in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area in Ondo State. The incident followed allegations that a young boy died in police custody after being subjected to torture. Sources indicate that the protesters took action upon hearing about the boy’s death, while his friend, who was also detained, is currently receiving treatment in a hospital and remains in critical condition. It was also learnt that another building in the vicinity was also torched during…
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NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seized 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs

NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seized 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs

NAFDAC Seals 3,000 Shops In Lagos, Seizes 12 Truckloads Of Fake Drugs The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intensified its enforcement efforts against the sale of illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday by NAFDAC During the raid, officials uncovered alarming violations, including vaccines stored in dilapidated, unventilated rooms sealed with iron sheets, posing severe health risks. Large consignments of banned and dangerous drugs were also…
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Breaking: Afenifere Leader, Adebanjo dies At 96

Breaking: Afenifere Leader, Adebanjo dies At 96

BREAKING: Afenifere Leader, Adebanjo dies Renowned nationalist and elder statesman, Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo, has passed away at the age of 96. According to Vanguard, the Yoruba leader breathed his last on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2025, at his Lekki residence in Lagos State. SubmitIn an official statement released on Friday, the family confirmed his peaceful departure, saying, “He died peacefully this morning, Friday, February 14, 2025, at his Lekki, Lagos home at the age of 96.” Chief Adebanjo, a respected lawyer, former organising secretary of the Action Group, and national leader of Afenifere, is survived by his…
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FRSC Confirms 16 Dead As Trailer Loses Control Along Lagos – Ibadan Expressway

FRSC Confirms 16 Dead As Trailer Loses Control Along Lagos – Ibadan Expressway

FRSC Confirms 16 Dead As Trailer Loses Control, Ram into Vehicles Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 16 persons in an accident involving multiple vehicles at the Ojoo-Iwo Road axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. The spokesperson, FRSC, Oyo State Sector Command, Mr Mayowa Odewo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that 17 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. He said two people were injury-free of the 35 people, made up of 14 male adults, 10 female adults, six female children and five male…
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Why We Raided Akure Night Clubs, Arrested 127 Suspected Yahoo Boys – EFCC

Why We Raided Akure Night Clubs, Arrested 127 Suspected Yahoo Boys – EFCC

Why we raided Akure night clubs, arrested 127 suspected Yahoo boys – EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has disclosed that its operatives raided nightclubs in Akure, Ondo State, on Saturday. While revealing that no fewer than 127 suspected internet fraudsters were arrested during the sting operation carried out in the wee hours of Saturday, the anti-graft agency stated that the operation was basically to effect the arrest of the suspects after receiving an intel. DAILY POST had reported how a groom-to-be and his friend were arrested in the raid. According to the spokesperson of the agency, Dele…
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Lagos GDP Hits N41 Trillion, Ranks 7th In Africa

Lagos GDP Hits N41 Trillion, Ranks 7th In Africa

Lagos GDP Hits N41 Trillion, Ranks 7th In Africa The Lagos State Government has revealed that its Gross Domestic Product, GDP, has moved from N27trn to N41 trillion within four years of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Ope George, disclosed this on Thursday, during the ongoing ministerial press briefing to commemorate the first year in office of the second term of Governor Sanwo-Olu, held at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. According to George, “Over the last couple of years, Lagos had face numerous challenges particularly when COVID 19 and Endsars struck. “And so we have had…
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Oyo Police Arraign 29 Yoruba Nation Agitators

Oyo Police Arraign 29 Yoruba Nation Agitators

Oyo Police Arraign 29 Yoruba Nation Agitators About 29 Yoruba Nation agitators were, on Wednesday, arraigned before the Chief Magistrates Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for their involvement and roles in the failed invasion of the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly. The case, with charge number Mi/520c/2024, is between the Commissioner of Police and the 29 suspects. On Saturday, April 13, 2024, some masked persons suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the state secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, to hoist their flag before the joint security personnel demobilised them. They were arraigned on seven counts of…
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Gov Otti Honours Sanwi-Olu, As Lagos Gov Gives Out Daughter In Marriage

Gov Otti Honours Sanwi-Olu, As Lagos Gov Gives Out Daughter In Marriage

GOV OTTI HONOURS SANWO-OLU, AS LAGOS GOV GIVES OUT DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, on Saturday honoured the first family of Lagos State as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke, gave their pretty daughter, Modupeoreoluwa, in marriage to Mr. Oladele Adebayo Johnson. The event, which brought together the cream of Lagosians, politicians, business people and other distinguished personalities, also had the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in attendance. Equally in attendance at the wedding event, marked with a service at The Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, and reception at the Old Lagos…
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Ooni Of Ife Welcomes Beautiful Twins

Ooni Of Ife Welcomes Beautiful Twins

Ooni Of Ife Welcomes Beautiful Twins Official Announcement: we welcome the beautiful Twins! 👑💟👑 Congratulations to the Arole Ooduduwa Olofin Adimula,Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi - Ojaja II 👑 Mother and children are doing well to the glory of God Almighty. To everyone in the waiting room, praying for the fruits of the womb, we shall celebrate your babies soon by His grace. Amen. Aku Orire Baami Kabiyesi, Ooni Ife ati gbogbo omo
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EFCC Arrests 45 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

EFCC Arrests 45 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

EFCC Arrests 45 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 45 suspected internet fraudsters in the Ikorodu area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the agency’s official X handle on Wednesday. The statement read, “They were arrested on Monday, March 11, 2024, at Ikorodu, Lagos, following intelligence on the activities of an Organised Cybercrime Syndicate Network, OCSN, operating in that axis of the state. “Items recovered from them at the point of arrest include exotic vehicles, sophisticated mobile devices, and laptops. “They…
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