Two people died, and 13 others sustained injuries in an accident at Ajede after J4 on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway on Saturday. Florence Okpe, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) spokesperson in Ogun, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta. Ms Okpe explained that the accident occurred at about 12:10 p.m. and involved a Toyota Hiace bus marked GUE 59 ZY and a truck with registration number BGT 94 LG. The FRSC spokesperson explained further that the accident was caused by excessive speeding, causing the bus driver to ram into a stationary truck parked by the roadside. “Fifteen people were…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the police have warned candidates preparing for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination against fake websites. The two bodies gave the warning at a joint news conference in Abuja on Saturday. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said there were several fake websites created by unscrupulous individuals with the intention of misleading candidates. He urged candidates to be wary of their tactics, saying the fake websites were designed to deceive innocent candidates into providing personal details such as registration numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. “Both JAMB and the Nigeria Police…
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, has ordered an orderly room trial of a police constable, Prince Chima, for allegedly threatening some people with a gun at their residence. The video of where Mr Chima was caught in the act went viral on Sunday on the X social media platform. In a statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the CP had called for a discreet investigation into the matter, leading to the arrest of the officer. “Sequel to a viral video sighted on X handle on April 7, 2024, where a young man that wore…
Gunmen attacked one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Benue in the 2023 race, Terwase Orbunde, on Friday and abducted his wife and house help, the police declared on Saturday. Mr Orbunde, chief of staff to erstwhile Gov. Samuel Ortom, escaped with a gunshot wound to his right arm in the attack. Police spokesperson in Benue, SP Sewuese Anene, told journalists that the gunmen attacked Orbunde and members of his household in the Benue capital as they were returning from the farm. She said Orbunde reported the attack to the police which despatched a team of detectives…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Onod State has finalized the selection of 627 delegates who will take part in the upcoming gubernatorial primary on April 25th. This was achieved through a delegates’ congress where one representative was chosen from each local government area, all through a consensus arrangement. Starnews Ng reports that seven aspirants have purchased nomination forms for the PDP candidacy. They are Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Hon Agboola Ajayi, Engr Adeolu Akinwumi, Chief Sola Ebiseni, John Ola Mafo, Bosun Arebuwa and Hon Kolade Akinjo.
The Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to inaugurate a 132/33KV electricity substation in Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa in order to end the 15-year blackout in Ondo South Senatorial District. Over 2,000 communities in the five local government are expected to be lit up when the substation is inaugurated later in April. Victor Antai, the NDDC executive director, projects, said that the completed electricity sub-station was already connected to the national grid. He described the power station as a legacy project that would boost economic activities in Ondo State and improve the living standards of the benefiting communities. Mr Antai…
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation, in collaboration with officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline, have arrested six people for defecating on the pedestrian bridge in Iyana-Ipaja. The commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on his official X handle on Saturday. Sharing two videos of the exercise by the officials, one of which saw the evacuation of faeces from the bridge, the commissioner stated that the bridge has now been disinfected. He wrote, “During the clean-up exercise of the Iyana Ipaja pedestrian bridge this morning, 6 miscreants defecating on the bridge were arrested. “The bridge…
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Friday inaugurated the 12 newly appointed Commissioners into the State Executive Council. The newly inaugurated Commissioners are Pastor Segun Ayerin, Mr Olaolu Akindolire, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, Dr Banji Ajaka, Mr Boye Ologbese, Mr Sunday Akinwalire, Deaconess Lola Fagbemi, Mr Saka Yusuf Ogunleye, Mr Rasheed Badmus, Mr Olayato Aribo, Mr Adewale Akinlosotu and Barr Gbenga Olaniyi. The Governor urged them to justify their appointments through dedicated service, emphasizing the administration’s commitment to accelerated development and good governance. The governor said; “Let me congratulate the newly inaugurated appointees for being worthy of consideration as…
A hit-and-run driver on Thursday night wounded two pedestrians, a man and woman, on the Badagry end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, leaving them hospitalised. The commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry Unit, William Manga, told journalists in Badagry on Friday that the accident occurred at 8:20 p.m. He said the command received information on the accident at 8:25 p.m., and its men arrived at the scene at 8:30 p.m. “The accident occurred at Car Wash, Itoga Junction axis of the Badagry Expressway. It involved an unknown car driver. “The victims sustained various degrees of injury and fractures,” he…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, April 12, 2024, sentenced Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment over mutilation of the Naira notes. He was arraigned on Friday, April 5, 2024 on a four-count charge bordering on mutilation of the Naira notes to the tune of N490, 000, 00 (Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira). Count one reads: “That you, OKUNEYE IDRIS OLANREWAJU, on the 24th day of March, 2024, at Imax Circle Mal, Jakande, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst dancing during a social event, tampered with…