Crime Edo Kidnapping Nigeria Top Story

Gunmen kidnap 32 people from Edo train station

Gunmen with AK-47s seized more than 30 persons from the Tom Ikimi rail station in Igueben, Edo state, Nigeria, on Saturday. The attack is the latest evidence of escalating insecurity in Africa’s most populous country, challenging the government ahead of a February presidential election. Armed herders assaulted Tom Ikimi station at 4 p.m. on Saturday Read More…

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Civil Disturbance Crime Metro Ojota Top Story

One person killed as Ojota wakes up to bedlam by Yoruba Nation agitators

A police report says that in the early hours of today, hundreds of people pretending to be Yoruba Nation agitators upset normal social and business life in the Ojota area of Lagos. In a statement issued by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, through his Twitter handle, police from Alausa Division and the Rapid Respond Squad Read More…

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Education Metro

Lagos education commissioner tells students to build on past success

Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos State Commissioner of Education, has challenged students and children across the state to build on their past achievements in the coming year. A statement released by Adefisayo on Sunday urged students to be prepared for the start of the second semester of the 2022–2023 academic year on Monday. For her, this Read More…

Featured Nigeria Notes Owei Lakemfa Politics

The Afe Babalola testimonies

A lot of hope has been placed on the country’s February 25, 2023, general elections. It actually seems that the country’s continued existence depends on them. Already, some foreign observers have dispatched advanced teams. However, amidst all these, a 93-year-old statesman, scanning the horizon, advises that the elections be postponed by six months if the Read More…