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The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that was involved in the incident that led to a train colliding with the bus at the PWD/ Shogunle railway line, on the Agege motor road in Lagos, on Thursday, has appealed to victims of the accident to forgive him. Some …

  Ogun governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Oladipupo Adebutu has reconciled with a chieftain of the party, Segun Sowunmi, ahead of the March 18 governorship election in the state. Sowunmi has been at loggerheads with Adebutu over the Ogun PDP governorship ticket. He had alleged that the executive …

  Titilayo, one of the survivors of the accident involving a BRT bus and passenger train on Thursday, has narrated how herself and other passengers of in the bus begged the driver to wait for the train to pass, but he refused. Recall that seven persons have been confirmed dead, …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered the sureties of James Nolan to produce him before the court  in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds to the Federal Government. The order was given by Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi on Thursday. The sureties, Adebisi Solomon and Michael Iyage, …

The accident victims Death toll from an accident involving a train and a BRT bus in Lagos has risen to six, the state government said. Recall that the BRT bus conveying staff of Lagos State Government collided with an oncoming train at the PWD rail crossing in Shogunle area of …

BVAS The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, (TVC) in the March 18 governorship and state houses of assembly elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed …

Nigerians have condemned the posture of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the request by opposition political parties for access to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used for the presidential and National Assembly elections as directed by the court. They spoke in separate interviews on Wednesday. They said …

PVCs Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, said it recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also …

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness Okechukwu Akube, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos how N2bn was allegedly diverted from the Nigerian Air Force Special Emergency Account to a property in Ikoyi, Lagos. The witness disclosed this while giving evidence at the continuation of the …

Saratu Umar Embattled directors of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) have, again, petitioned the minister of industry, trade and investment Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, over continuous maltreatment and breach of the extant laws governing the federal civil service by the executive secretary, Ms Saratu Umar, asking him to act fast …