The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the arrest of a fake traffic officer, Bamidele Omotutu, for extorting unsuspecting members of the public, including traffic offenders in the state. The Director of Public Affairs Department, LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, in a statement on Sunday, said the agency’s General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, confirmed that the suspect…
Real Madrid superstar, Luka Modric is set to hold talks with Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia. This is ahead of a potential move of the player to the Saudi Pro League, SPL. Also, he traveled to Saudi Arabia this weekend hoping to reunite with former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. There are doubts about the…
A 48-year-old man, Adekola Adeshina, is currently in the custody of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. Adeh said the suspect was arrested based on a complaint lodged by…
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has recounted the love treatment he received from the president and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, when suspected assassins attacked him. Recall on October 21, 2022, gunmen suspected to be assassins attacked Suleman’s motorcade, killing at least seven persons including security officers. It was…
Six persons have died and two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in accidents that occurred in different parts of Ogun state on Friday and Saturday. The first accident occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway claiming two lives while two other persons sustained injuries. It was also gathered that the second accident occurred on Friday night…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor in a statement on Saturday said he had “directed the Honorable…
An Egyptian referee, Mohamed Farouk, has been suspended indefinitely by the country’s FA, for allegedly disallowing a goal after looking at footage on a spectator’s phone, Daily Mail reports. Mohamed Farouk took charge of an Egyptian Second Division clash between Al-Nasr and Suez on Friday and in the absence of VAR, relied on an alternative…
No fewer than 25 people lost their lives in Udubo along Hadeja-Potiskum road in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State following a fatal crash. Ten others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the lone crash involving a Toyota Hummer Bus. The crash occurred on Thursday at 4.30 pm. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has hailed the decision of the House of Representatives to step down a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria. NDLEA chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, gave the commendation in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Friday in Abuja. The…
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Pius Anyim, on Friday, said he is disappointed in the action of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall Anyim, who is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, BOT, and three other prominent stakeholders of the party,…
