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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 …

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the outcome of the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election, won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The group also faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission on the conduct of the election, saying the commission did …

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, has asked the commissioner of police to probe the fire at Akere auto parts market in the Olodi Apapa area of the state. The inferno, which raged from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday morning, destroyed goods and properties worth millions. A 65-year-old man was said to have …

  File Photo: The damaged BRT   A train and BRT Bus collided in the Ikeja area of Lagos on Thursday morning. Several passengers are feared dead following the impact of the collision. The incident occurred in Ikeja-Along area on Thursday morning. It was learned that the BRT, a Lagos …

Oyinlola Sale is the founder of Women Connect, a platform that showcases women entrepreneurs and the impact they are making in society. She has also created a thriving and sustainable community for women to network. In this chat, she shared insight on the role of technology in financial independence and …