Latest reports indicate that one person died at an early hour train derailment on Thursday at Ashade railway crossing Agege, Lagos. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) confirmed the death. Mr Jerry Ochi, the Lagos Railway District Manager (RDM), told the News Agency of Nigeria that the victim died at the NRC hospital at Ebute Meta […]
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Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was never sincere with workers on the N30,000 minimum wage, describing today’s setting up an advisory technical committee on the as diversionary and plot to further deceive the workers. He said the President became jittery when the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)
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An Ado-Ekiti high court on Wednesday sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found Ajayi guilty as charged. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 22-year-old robbed with guns on Oct. 30, 2017, at
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German Development Minister, Gerd Mueller, on Wednesday has had his travel plans disrupted during a trip to southern Africa after his plane broke down. Mueller’s plans went haywire after his Global 5000 plane broke down in Malawi on Monday. He was able to take a commercial flight to Zambia but has been forced to stay
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The police in Ondo State have warned vehicle owners to desist from covering their number plates or risk arrest and prosecution. The spokesman of the police in the state, SP Femi Joseph, gave the warning in a statement on Wednesday in Akure. “The Ondo State Police Command has observed that vehicle owners, especially private ones,
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians not to re-elect governors who failed in their first terms, especially those who failed to pay civil servants salaries even after collecting bailouts from the federal government. Mr Buhari, who is also seeking reelection on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), said Nigerians’ votes should
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President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the media to expose his wife, Aisha, or his son, Yusuf if they are found to have benefitted from government deals. Buhari said this during an interview aired on Arise TV. The President described as unfair allegations that he was protecting some corrupt persons in his government while those in
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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the biggest problem the military has is probably the social media and not Boko Haram. Segun Adeyemi, media aide to the minister, quoted Mohammed as saying this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister said the federal government is planning to launch a national campaign to
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Former Governor of Ekiti State and South west coordinator of the Atiku/Obi campaign , Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday declared that the result of the February Presidential election would shock the ruling party. He said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be carried away by his past electoral feat in the northern part of the country, as
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A High court in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, sentenced 81-year-old Richard Ogunbayo to 25 years imprisonment for the murder of one Felix Esan. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, while delivering his judgment in Ado-Ekiti, said the prosecution could not substantiate evidence of murder against the convict but a case of manslaughter. The judge, however, sentenced Ogunbayo to
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