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A new Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has assumed duty at the Lagos State Police Command, taking over from Abiodun Alabi, who was promoted to an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 2 with headquarters in Lagos. Confirming the development via a statement on his Twitter handle late Tuesday, the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  has extended its 2023 UTME registration exercise by one week starting from Wednesday, February 15, 2023. A press statement by Board’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said with the extension, the sale of ePINs would end on Monday, February 20, 2023, …

The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail to an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, who was arraigned before the court on Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly spraying new naira notes at a party. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke who admitted the actress to bail in the …

Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has sentenced a 51-year-old cleric, Nduka Anyanwu, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Justice Abiola Soladoye convicted the Lagos-based pastor on Tuesday of impregnating a 13 and a 17-year-old, both of whom have been delivered of …

Some yet-to-be-identified persons have blocked the ever-busy Eleyele junction in the Ibadan North-West Local Government Area of Oyo State to protest the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes. Recall a similar protest rocked the city on Friday, February 3, where some hoodlums within the popular Araromi Spare parts, Gate, …

The apex court, which heard the case on Wednesday, was filled to capacity with a retinue of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, other lawyers and the governors of Kaduna and Kogi states, Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello, respectively. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has adjourned the case on the naira swap policy …

The Anambra state police command on Thursday February 14, rescued fifteen members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC abducted by unknown gunmen along Isseke, Ihiala road in the state . A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, says the Corps members had just finished their …

Ten days to the February 25 presidential and National Assembly election, cash for the mobilisation of ad-hoc staff for the polls is yet to be made available to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Daily Trust reports. Nigerians have been battling with the scarcity of naira notes following the redesign …

There is palpable anxiety in the air as Nigerians await the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on a substantial suit filed by the Governors of Kaduna, Zamfara and Kogi states today. The suit by Nasir El-Rufai and his counterparts, Bello Matawalle and Yahaya Bello, respectively, is seeking the extension …

Police operatives, on Tuesday, took over the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office located in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo capital. The takeover of the facility followed a protest by some bank customers who were complaining about the rejection of the old naira notes by …