IGP bans use of SPY number plates nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered a total ban on all use of police SPY vehicle number plates by vehicle owners across the country. Baba stated that the ban is without exception “irrespective of whether it is authorized, or not, as all authorizations are hereby revoked indefinitely.” The IGP’s directive was made known via a statement issued by...
Families escape death in Lagos building collapse
Four families occupying a two-storey building at the Onipanu area of Lagos State on Tuesday night escaped death as the building collapsed. The South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known via a statement issued on Wednesday. Farinloye said the building located at No 15 Oke Arin Street, off Shillon, Onipanu, a suburb of...
Kuje jailbreak: Fleeing inmate arrested in Ogun
The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested one of the inmates who escaped during the July 5 jailbreak at the Kuje Medium Security Correctional Centre in Abuja. The fleeing inmate, identified as Yakubu Abdulmumuni, was arrested by police operatives at the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the...
Oyo Assembly member, Olusegun Popoola, dies at 45
The lawmaker representing Ibadan South-East II constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Olusegun Popoola, has passed away at the age of 45. It was gathered that Popoola died at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday night. Popoola was until his death the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. The demise...
Twitter sues Elon Musk for terminating $44bn acquisition deal
Twitter has sued Elon Musk for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform. It also asked a Delaware court, on Tuesday, to order the world's richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share. "Musk apparently believes that he - unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law - is free to...
One escapes death as building collapses in Lagos
A male adult escaped death in the early hours of Wednesday after a building collapsed in the Onipanu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the building located at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju, collapsed at about 1am on Wednesday. The incident was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu. Oke-Osanyintolu said: “Upon...
Sri Lanka president flees amidst fresh protests
Fresh protests are underway in Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The protest occurred hours after Sri Lanka’s embattled President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and his wife fled the country to Maldives on a military flight in the early hours of Wednesday. More than 3,000 protesters were outside the prime minister’s office in Colombo, near the premier’s residence, which...
2023: Tinubu has been hijacked by lapdogs, political jobbers ― Lawal
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engr. Babachir Lawal, says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has been cornered by “self-serving and lapdogs”, following the latter’s nomination of a former governor of Borno State, Sen. Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Lawal, who condemned the APC’s...
ASUU to Buhari: You’re keeping students at home
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led Committee on negotiation to end the union’s ongoing industrial action, saying "we are not the one delaying the students at home". ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osekede, said this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. The Briggs committee, which was...
Delta 2023: Omo-Agege appoints Orubebe as campaign DG
The Deputy Senate President and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has appointed a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, as the Director-General of the Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation. This was made known via a statement issued by the spokesperson of the campaign organisation, Ima Niboro, on Wednesday. Omo-Agege...
