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 LASG REOPENS OKE ARIN, GORODOM MARKETS AS TRADERS SIGN UNDERTAKING ON CLEANLINESS/SANITATION  ... Gives 48 Hours Quit Notice To Traders Under Idumota/Ebute Ero Police Post Overhead The Lagos State Government over the weekend directed the reopening of the Oke Arin/Gorodom market in Lagos Island on Monday following the signing of an undertaking by the traders for environmental cleanliness just as a 48hrs quit notice was given to traders operating under the Idumota Ebute/Ero Police Post area of Lagos Island.  The directives were given by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab when he led State officials on an inspection tour of the Markets in Lagos Island which was closed over two weeks ago due to flagrant disregard for the State Environmental laws.  Wahab, while undertaking the inspection, also gave a 48-hour quit notice to all traders/stall owners under Idumota/Ebute Ero Police Post overhead for indiscriminate erection of attachme...

 Zambian Truck Driver Allegedly Robbed and Raped in Durban A truck driver from Zambia was reportedly robbed and sexually assaulted by two unknown men in Durban. According to sources, when police discovered the victim, he was in a state of shock and unable to speak. Instead, he repeatedly gestured toward his back, indicating the area where he had been brutally assaulted. Authorities are investigating the incident, and efforts are being made to identify and apprehend the suspects.

 Rep Jaji denies warning Ganduje, El-Rufai over 2027 election A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Sani Jami has debunked reports that he is no longer a member of the party. He stated that nobody has the constitutional right to expel him from the party apart from the national headquarters. In a statement issued on Saturday, Jaji lamented that he was mischievously quoted to have warned APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, over the 2027 election. The statement read, “It has come to the notice of the honourable member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Kaura Namoda-Birnin Magaji federal constituency, Hon. Dr Aminu Sani Jaji, that some mischief-makers had initiated another campaign of calumny aimed at tarnishing my hard-earned reputation in the name of politics. “A media link attributed to an online news platform dated 14th day of February 2025 where the lawmaker was mischievously quoted to have warned the National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Um...

 Protesters set police station ablaze in Ondo   Angry youths have allegedly set fire to a police division in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area in Ondo State, following the reported death of a boy in police custody due to alleged torture.  According to sources, the protesters carried out the act after learning of the victim’s death, while his friend remained in a coma at a hospital. It was gathered that another building in the area was also reportedly set ablaze during the unrest.  In response to the escalating tension, Ondo State Police Commissioner Wilfred Afolabi has departed Akure for Ifon to restore order and prevent further violence in the area.

  NAFDAC seals 3,000 shops in Lagos, seizes 12 truckloads of fake drugs The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has intensified its enforcement efforts against the sale of illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos in the first week of operations. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday by NAFDAC. During the raid, officials uncovered alarming violations, including vaccines stored in dilapidated, unventilated rooms sealed with iron sheets, posing severe health risks.  Large consignments of banned and dangerous drugs were also discovered, including Analgin injections, diverted HIV antiretroviral drugs, and expired medicines slated for illegal revalidation. The statement said, “In the first week of enforcement, NAFDAC screened and sealed over 3,000 shops within the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos.  “Among the discoveries were vaccines stored in...

 One dead as Ogun Amotekun foils robbery on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, have foiled a robbery incident on the Odogbolu corridor of the Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode expressway, Ogun State. The incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday, had one of the suspects gunned down and another identified as Amechie Okoro, arrested during a gun duel with operatives of the Corps. This was contained in a statement signed by the Corps Commander, Brigadier General Alade Adeditgba (retd) and made available to the press in Abeokuta. According to the statement, the arrested suspect led the operatives of the Corps to their hideouts which led to the arrest of one Micheal Oko, another gang member who had earlier escaped from the crime scene. The Corps commander added that on interrogation, Okoro confessed to have just been released from Ikoyi prison last week Monday, while Micheal Oko said it was the ring leader called Awuha that initiate...

 Tunde Ayeni demands fresh DNA test as paternity dispute with Adaobi Alagwu deepens   Businessman Tunde Ayeni is demanding a fresh DNA test to determine the paternity of Adaobi Alagwu‘s child, arguing that a previous test was “compromised and falsified”. Ayeni, a former chairman of the board of directors, Skye Bank Plc, has been in the public eye over a paternity tussle with Alagwu, an Abuja-based lawyer. Alagwu claimed they dated in 2019 and that she welcomed a child with Ayeni in the United States in 2022. The businessman, however, denied the allegations and insisted that he “is not in any way connected to the child”. In July 2023, Biola, Ayeni’s wife, argued that her husband was a target for “runs girls” who use “diabolical” means to seduce “unsuspecting and naive victims” due to his popularity. However, TheCable Lifestyle recently obtained a DNA test report, which attributed a “99.9999997% probability of paternity” to Ayeni. According to the now disputed report, the DNA te...

  NDLEA busts trans-border drug cartel, arrests 4 members in Onitsha, Keffi ...Recovers multi-million-naira opioids from Sienna bus bumper, meth in auto spare part, others in Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Taraba, Ekiti, Lagos interdictions Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have busted a trans-border drug trafficking syndicate, arresting four members in intelligence-led operations during which multi-million-naira worth of tramadol pills concealed in the bumper and false bottom of sienna buses heading to border towns were recovered. Following weeks of intelligence and surveillance operations by operatives of the Directorate of Intelligence in NDLEA, a Sienna bus marked ABJ 452 HG was intercepted at Nasarawa- Toto road, Keffi, Nasarawa state on Tuesday 27th January 2025 at 6am. Two suspects: Zahradeen Adamu, 27 and Abubakar Usman, 44, were arrested in the vehicle coming from Onitsha, Anambra state enroute Yola, Adamawa state. A second Sienna bus driven b...

 Senator Shehu Sani, Others Joins APC Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has welcomed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Shehu Sani and other prominent politicians in Kaduna. Gov Sani also assured Shehu Sani and the other 49 political stalwarts that defected to the APC that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges like every other members of the party. The Governor spoke when he addressed a mammoth crowd of the party’s supporters at the Murtala Square at a mega rally held on Saturday. Sani said that there was no any difference between a party member that joined it recently and the ones that have been in APC ten years ago. He said: ‘’Someone who joined APC today and the one who has been a foundation member 10 years ago, they are of the same status. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges.” Sani urged the decampees to notify their supporters of the readiness of APC to accept them into the party as their doors were still open to accept more defectors. Accordin...

 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE NIGERIA CALLS FOR COMBINED MARITIME TASK FORCE FOR THE GULF OF GUINEA AT AU SUMMIT,  NAVY TO PROVIDE SEA LIFT SERVICES President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called on the Africa Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) to prioritise the establishment of a combined maritime task force to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea.   At the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, President Tinubu expressed Nigeria's readiness to host the task force's headquarters in Lagos.    President Tinubu conveyed Nigeria's position as the AU considered the report on the AUPSC, focusing on peace and security in Africa, and the biennial report on the implementation of the Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa (2023-2024).   The statement was delivered on behalf of President Tinubu by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. ...

 CATHOLIC PRIEST ALLEGEDLY BEATS UP A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN MERCILESSLY WITH CANE, LEAVING VARIOUS SCARS ON HER BODY.  Reverend Fr. Jude Muokwe, a Priest of Roman Catholic Church, Awka Diocese has allegedly beaten up, assaulted and molested Mrs Ikeorah Maureen in her classroom during school hours for speaking against deduction of teachers' salaries. The victim is a widow, from Umuanugwo village, Ifitedunu. She's a Primary 6 teacher at Angel's Primary School, Ifitedunu where the Priest is a Manager.  The brutal cum traumatic incident happened on 12th February, 2025 in the presence of the pupils and the staff of the school, after the Priest reneged on a contract agreement he made with the School's Teachers over the pupils' lesson fees.  Mrs Ikeorah was said to have spoken out against Rev. Muokwe's failure to keep to their agreement over the lesson fees, and the Priest descended on her mercilessly. Watch video and more photos below. 

  Azuka's Final Interment: Soludo,Obi,Umeh,Agbodike,Onuakalusi,Others Mourn By Michael Ezenwata It was an assemblage of who is who in Onitsha as the remains of the late member who represented Onitsha North one constituency, Hon.Justice Azuka was laid to rest in his country home, Onitsha. In a funeral oration at a Requiem mass in his honour at the St. Mary's Catholic Church, Onitsha,  Governor Chukwuma Soludo conveyed his condolence to Azuka family and promised to assist the wife and children to move on with life. The governor assured the family that the death of their illustrious son,father and brother will not be in vain as justice will take its full course in meting out appropriate penalties to the perpetrators of the heinous crime. He charged the people of the state and Anambra residents to always give government timely and appropriate information if they see something wrong. Governor Soludo assured that government will not relent in its efforts to stamp out criminality in ...

ANAMBRA POLICE INTERVENES AND ARRESTS A SUSPECT WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER AT 3-3 AREA OVER A MINOR DISAGREEMENT _As CP Orutugu notes that the incident serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of conflict resolution and anger management_ Police Operatives attached to 3-3 Divisional Headquarters acted swiftly on a report on 15th February 2025 and arrested one Christian Ndubuisi who allegedly murdered his elder brother over a minor disagreement. Preliminary information had it that the suspect during a fight with the deceased, used a bottle he broke and stabbed his elder brother. The victim was rushed to the hospital and was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty   The Commissioner of Police *CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD* notes that the incident serves as a sober reminder of the importance of conflict resolution and anger management. He noted that it was very tragic to hear that a minor disagreement escalated into a violent confrontation, resulting in the loss of life.  T...

 Mauritius ex-PM arrested in money laundering probe Police in Mauritius on Sunday arrested the island's former Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in a money laundering probe and seized stacks of cash in raids on fellow suspects' homes, officials said. Officers detained the 63-year-old along with his wife Kobita Jugnauth on Saturday and questioned them for several hours, police sources who asked not to be named told AFP. Kobita Jugnauth was later released and Pravind Jugnauth was placed under formal arrest in the early hours of Sunday. Pravind Jugnauth's lawyer Raouf Gulbul told reporters: "He gave his version of events and denied the allegations made against him." He said the ex-premier would appear before a judge later on Sunday. A police incident report seen by AFP detailed a search by officers at the home of another suspect, who works for a local leisure company. It said they seized documents bearing the names of the Jugnauths, as well as luxury watches and stacks...

 CAPACITY BUILDING: LAGOS HEALTH DISTRICT IV TRAINS HEALTH WORKERS As part of the Lagos State Government's efforts to ensure good hygiene and prevent the spread of disease, the Lagos Health District IV has organised a two-day Training of Health Workers in all her Primary Healthcare Centres on “Infection Prevention & Control”. The training, which was held recently at the New Height Pharmaceuticals, llupeju, was tailored to ensure strict compliance to regular hand washing techniques and the use of disinfectants by Health attendants in cleaning hospital facilities. Some of the best hands in the medical profession were on the ground to treat sundry topics. Dr Kayode Opawoye, a Specialist in Infectious Disease and Control took participants through the days of the Ebola epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone had to comply with the rules and ethics of good hygiene, hand washing, social distancing, spraying and fumigation of hospital facilities and the environment, to curtail th...

 ONISIWO FULFILLS  PLEDGE,  DONATES LAND TO LNSA MARINE UNIT The Management of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) led by the General Manager, Prince (Dr.) Ifalade Oyekan, FISN, has taken possession of the parcel of Land at Tomaro Abagbo, Lagos. The parcel of land donated by HRH Oba Alayeluwa Mohammed Musiliu Adio Yussuf, Ilufemiloye (Ogbabi II), the Onisiwo of Tomaro Abagbo, Takwa-Bay and its environs was donated in fulfilment of his earlier promise for the construction of office space for the LNSA officers in his domain to ensure the security of lives and property.  Handing over the Land to the Agency, HRH Oba Onisiwo said, "The Land is part of my family's contribution to the continuous development of Lagos State and the ongoing progress in the LNSA", reiterating that he will not hesitate to partner more with the Agency on other matters.  The General Manager of LNSA Prince (Dr.) Ifalade Oyekan, FISN, on behalf of the State Governor, Mr. Babajide...

 VALENTINE: Ooni OF IFE PRESENTS GIFTS TO NURSING MOTHERS AT GH IJEDE In a bid to express love, show empathy, compassion and put smiles on the faces of nursing mothers and their newborns at the General Hospital, Ijede on Saints Valentine's Day, the Convener, Hopesalive Initiative for Africa (HAI) and His Imperial Majesty, the Arole Oodua, Oba Adeyeyi Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, yesterday at the facility entrusted delegates to present gift items to nursing mothers who delivered within few days to Valentine's day, a day celebrated worldwide to show love. According to the Deputy Convener, HAI, Her Regal Majesty, Amb. (Dr.) Olori Temitope Enitan-Ogunwusi, who was ably represented by the MD of Ryhtech Technologies, Mrs. Eno Essien, said Hopesalive Initiative for Africa is a Non-Governmental Organization focused on ensuring immediate and long-term support for underserved communities by spreading love, building relationships, and creating a better environment for everyone across...