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The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has announced an expansion of the Red Line train service to improve rail transportation along the Agbado-Oyingbo corridor. In a statement on its X handle, LAMATA confirmed that the enhanced schedule will commence on Monday, February…

Chief Imam of Lekki Central Mosque, Sheikh Ridwan Jamiu, has called on Muslims to reject any governorship candidate who refuses to commit to establishing Shariah courts in the state. While delivering the Jumaat sermon at Lekki Central Mosque last Friday, Dr Jamiu emphasized…

The Nigerian Army on Sunday commenced the 2025 Lt. to Capt. practical promotion examination, with 208 candidates participating in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the week-long examination is being conducted by the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army. Addressing…

The recent increase in the retirement age for doctors and healthcare workers from 60 to 65 years will help to cushion the effects of ‘japa’ scourge in the health sector. The Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association, Oyo State Branch, Dr Happy Adedapo, disclosed this…

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Citizens Whistleblowers Coalition (CWC) has raised the alarm over an injunctive order issued by a court in London stopping litigations in Nigeria against the shipping giant, MSC Mediterranean Company S.A. (MSC) for services rendered by the company within…

The Oba of Benin, His Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has released the programme of activities for the funeral rites of his mother, Iyoba Omo N’ Ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare, II, who died 49 years ago. This comes 49 years…

A well-known celebrity native doctor, popularly known as Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki n’Oba, has been arrested by local vigilante operatives, Agunechemba. His arrest was confirmed in a short video posted on Anambra State New Media handle on Facebook on Saturday. The native doctor was apprehended…

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating…

A man in a police uniform has shot and wounded a yet-to-identified official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos. The incident happened on Thursday while officials of the Lagos Sector Command of the FRSC were on an enforcement drive to…

The Ogun State office of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has been put under lock and key as electricity workers commenced an indefinite strike over minimum wage and staff welfare. They said the action is necessary because of alleged non-implementation of the…