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  Nigeria’s main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has rebuked the state government for increasing the fare for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) across various routes in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu‘s led government had recently approved a flat rate increase for all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ...

  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday droved a tricycle (keke) as part of his 85th birthday celebration. The elder statesman rode through some roads in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun, to pick up passengers. The former president caught the attention of residents of the community who cheered ...

  Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening.   It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church.   A source said victims ...

  A three-storey building under construction has reportedly collapsed in the Mushin area of Lagos. It, however, gathered that nobody was trapped when the building went down at about 6.30 pm. The building, located at 17, Cardoso Street, off Martin Street, was reportedly owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of ...

  Few months after the demise of Lamidi Adeyemi, Alaafin of Oyo, one of the late monarch’s wives, Olori Kafayat, has passed away. Although details of the queen’s death are still sketchy, POLITICS NIGERIA learned that she breathed her last on Friday night.   Olori Kafayat Adeyemi, who was the ...

  The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigeria Immigration Service has been ordered by a Federal High Court Abuja to provide the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the biodata information of David Nwamini Ukpo who was moved to the United Kingdom to serve as a kidney donor to ...

  Residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State have lamented over the difficulties in processing and collecting their Permanent Voters Card (PVC). During a constituency stakeholder meeting on Thursday themed: “2023 General Election: The Imperative of Permanent Voters Cards”, the residents appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to relocate its ...

  The Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sewage and Drainage, Joe Igbokwe, on Thursday hinted that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The APC chieftain in Lagos State in a post on his Facebook account ...

  Suella Braverman, the UK Attorney-General, will on July 7 determine whether the organ harvesting case filed against Ike Ekweremadu and his wife will be tried in the country or transferred to Nigeria. The case was adjourned to July 7 after Ekweremadu, Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, appeared before the ...

  Nigerian politician Babatunde Gbadamosi and Funke Akindele’s ex-boss has made a statement which comes after the revelation that the actress has suffered a failed marriage. In a post shared on Instagram, the real estate developer said without mentioning any name that the masquerades have finally been unmasked. He wrote: ...