LATSMA to drivers: Eating, drinking, smoking while driving could land you in jail The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned drivers that eating, drinking, or smoking while driving could result in imprisonment. According to the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law of 2018, these actions are classified as offences and are subject to…
FG orders full implementation of naira-for-crude deal The Federal Executive Council has officially directed the full implementation of the suspended Naira-for-Crude agreement with local refiners. The Ministry of Finance disclosed this on its official X handle titled “Update on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira Initiative,” on Wednesday. Recall that the first phase…
Police arrest Lagos agbero for assaulting female driver The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man named Friday Onu, after a video showing him attacking a female commercial driver, Yetunde Amole, on the Lekki-Epe Expressway went viral. Onu was reportedly trying to steal her car battery when the incident happened. This was disclosed in…
Ibas defies court order, appoints administrator for Rivers LGAs Against the order of the court, the sole administrator of Rivers, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 local government areas of the state. The development comes less than 24 hours after a federal high court in Port Harcourt restrained him from…
And the next INEC chairman is… By Bola BOLAWOLE Two dangerous rumours grew wings and spread like wide fire in the harmattan haze last week, but thank goodness that the Presidency moved swiftly to shoot them down. The first rumour was that the government had given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) the nod to…
Bishop Kukah’s brother narrates ordeal at kidnapper’s den Ishaya Kukah, brother of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Kukah, has narrated how he was rescued from kidnappers den after almost giving up hope. Kukah was rescued by troops of the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna. He was among 60 rescued…
Trump orders migrants who used Biden-era app to leave Migrants who obtained temporary permission to live in the United States through the CBP One app under former president Joe Biden have received orders to self-deport “immediately,” US media reported Tuesday. A US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told AFP that “formal termination notices” had been…
Female driver seeks justice after assault by Lagos agbero A female commercial driver in Lagos State has appealed for justice after being attacked by an agbero while attempting to stop him from stealing her vehicle’s battery. In a widely shared video on Tuesday, the woman tearfully described the incident, her face swollen from the assault….
NLC set to take over LP offices nationwide The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) is assuming a worrisome dimension as the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday, wrote union leaders to begin the process of mobilising their members in readiness to invade and take over the 36 offices and…
The Orchestration Against Aisha Achimugu: A Classical Betrayal of Justice, Womanhood, and Nationhood By Ozohu Otuluku In the fabric of every nation, there are moments that test the strength of its morality, the resilience of its institutions, and the collective conscience of its people. Today, Nigeria stands at such a crossroads. Not because of war….
