An eight-month-old baby was miraculously rescued unharmed following a multiple-vehicle collision at Otedola, inward Tollgate, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. The crash also injured four pedestrians, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Initial reports indicate that the accident involved four vehicles: Investigations revealed that the pedestrians, including a woman carrying the

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A 24-year-old man, Usama Abdullahi, has lamented that his three girlfriends, for whom he stole packs of noodles, never visited him in prison. Abdullahi, a resident of Shelleng, Adamawa State, made the confession before the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee, a special mobile court tasked with reviewing cases to decongest correctional centres. He revealed that

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a vessel carrying 20 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the seizure in a statement on Friday. According to Babafemi, the vessel, MV Nord Bosporus (registration number 9760110), arrived from Santos, Brazil. NDLEA officers discovered the Class A

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The founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Prof. Udenta O. Udenta, has accused the Nigeria Police of actively destabilising the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Udenta made the allegation on Thursday during an interview on Arise Television, monitored by DAILY POST. The claim comes after two rival factions of the PDP clashed on

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The factional Board of Trustees (BoT) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) loyal to factional National Chairman Nafiu Bala has described the David Mark-led coalition as an illegal structure backed by a rival leadership. The BoT Secretary, Rufus Ekenmi, made the statement on Thursday during a press briefing in Abuja. He condemned what he called

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Hashimu Sulaiman Dungurawa, chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the political strength to win the 2027 elections without the support of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Speaking at a press briefing at the NNPP state headquarters, Dungurawa said the APC has lost

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The Imo State Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), James Okoroma, convened a crucial meeting with all 27 LGA Chairmen of the party to consolidate strength and unity ahead of the 2027 general elections. The meeting, held at the party’s office in New Owerri, brought together LGA Chairmen and other stakeholders, who reaffirmed their

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Security agencies, including police tactical units and military personnel, have launched an operation to locate the students abducted from St. Mary’s Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State. The abduction occurred in the early hours of Friday, when armed assailants invaded the school and took away an undetermined number of students and

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Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministry has urged Nigerians, particularly northern Christians, to take measures to defend themselves against terrorists. Delivering a sermon in response to recent killings and mass abductions by bandits, including the attack on worshippers in Kwara State, Ibiyeomie cited the biblical example of Jesus’ disciple Peter, who carried a sword

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Human rights lawyer Maxwell Opara has suggested a possible solution to ending the persistent sit-at-home orders in Nigeria’s South-East. In an interview on Arise Television on Friday, Opara stated that the practice could be curtailed if the Court of Appeal overturns the Federal High Court ruling that sentenced pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment.

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