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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has reported that two people died and several others were injured in multiple road accidents across Lagos on New Year Day. In a statement on Thursday, LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs, Adebayo Taofiq, said the incidents were largely caused by reckless driving and speeding. The first fatal crash

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The Anambra State government has disowned the chieftaincy title of ‘Anyanwu N’Awalu Ora’ reportedly given to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, saying it was conferred by an impostor and not in accordance with state tradition. In a letter dated December 31, 2025, signed by Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs,

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has paused nationwide enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy after a Federal High Court issued an interim order restraining the Force from implementing it. The court had issued the order on December 17, 2025, following the police announcement on December 15 that the policy would resume nationwide on January

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The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has formally nullified a police investigation led by CP Akin Fakorede against several Ghanaian businessmen in Abuja. Following a comprehensive review, the AGF directed that no criminal prosecution should proceed against Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Kojo Ansah Mensah, Victor Quainoo, and Abu

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The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the detention of the driver who conveyed former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a vehicle involved in a fatal accident that claimed the lives of two of his associates. In a statement on Thursday, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said:“The driver of the

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The Oyo State Government has disclosed that the ₦30 billion released by the Federal Government as part of the intervention fund approved after the January 16, 2024 Bodija explosion in Ibadan has not been spent more than a year after it was paid into the state’s account. In a press statement issued on Thursday, the

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Amnesty International has criticised the Nigeria Police Force for failing to arrest those responsible for the abduction and public assault of Nigerian filmmaker and academic, Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki, in Benin City, Edo State. In a statement posted on X, the global human rights organisation described the incident as “barbaric, unlawful, and a gross violation

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The Lagos State Government has confirmed that casualties were recorded in the Christmas Eve fire outbreak at the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House (GNI) located on Martins Street, Lagos Island, while rescue and recovery operations are still ongoing. In a statement titled “RE: GNI HOUSE FIRE,” the state government said emergency response began immediately after

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The home of a UK-based media critic and Edo State indigene, Albert Obazee, was allegedly set ablaze on New Year’s Eve by hoodlums said to be linked to a loyalist of Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo. Eyewitnesses reported that the attack occurred late Wednesday night in Obazee’s neighbourhood, where a group of young men allegedly

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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has confirmed that Muntaka Mohammed Duguri, a co-defendant in an ongoing Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) case involving an alleged ₦4.6 billion money laundering scheme, is his nephew. The confirmation follows an earlier report that linked Duguri to the case alongside the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu.

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