The Lagos State Police Command has dissolved one of its tactical squads following a public outcry over a video showing its officers assaulting a motorist. The video, which circulated on X, showed the officers’ misconduct during a stop-and-search operation. The footage, posted by a user named Somto under the handle #General_Somto, captured a heated confrontation….
Social media platforms, X owned by Elon Musk, and Meta, owners of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads have failed to comply with Nigeria’s Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms and Internet Intermediaries. The two companies did not submit their content moderation report for the year 2024 as mandated by the Code. While Meta,…
The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, is unhappy that politicians who have had numerous opportunities to serve Nigeria but failed, have now connived to hijack the party from the genuine members, who sacrificed over the years to nurture the party to where it is today, to…
The President Bola Tinubu-led government has told former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, that “no one is above the law” while reacting to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) manhunt for businessman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, the founder of AA & R Investment Group and son-in-law to Atiku. Haske had been declared wanted by the EFCC for…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians about the circulation of counterfeit Cowbell “Our Milk” 12g sachets across the country. In a statement issued on Friday, the agency said Promasidor Nigeria Limited, the manufacturer and Marketing Authorisation Holder of Cowbell products, raised concerns about fake milk sachets that…
The embattled family of a woman who was mistakenly lynched on Thursday to be a kidnapper at Ipata Market area of Ilorin, Kwara State have demanded justice. Recall that the deceased died at the General Hospital, Ilorin from severed injuries sustained during the mob attack. Spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, Toun Ejire- Adeyemi,…
The 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, says the opposition coalition floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is deceiving Nigerians that it can rescue the country from the cesspool of underdevelopment. “They are deceiving us,” Baba-Ahmed said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday. Baba-Ahmed was…
Six people lost their lives while 19 others were injured after a passenger vehicle somersaulted due to a tyre burst at Osupori Village near the ICT Polytechnic, Itori, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Friday. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a telephone conversation with…
Dear Hon. Minister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, With a heart full of admiration and gratitude, I journeyed all the way from Bekwarra LGA, Cross River State, to Abuja, driven by the desire to personally witness the wonders your visionary leadership has brought to our nation’s capital. Standing before the landmark projects commissioned so far in the…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu again regarding the vice president, Kashim Shettima, and his 2027 second-term ambition, while also stating that America is “desperate to remove” the president. Primate Ayodele, in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, warned Tinubu not to…