Hundreds of Passengers Stranded As Abuja-Kaduna Train Breaks Down

Hundreds of passengers on the Abuja/Kaduna train are currently stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed faults a few minutes into the journey. Five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Midat Joseph, an Assistant National Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), who is one of the passengers, said …

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TAMPPAN BOT Goes Tough On Iyabo Ojo, Nkechi Blessing

The Board of Trustees of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, and the Elders of Nigerian Motion Picture Industry have sent a stern warning to actresses, Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing, over their ‘reckless accusations, abuses and embarrassment’ against the association and the movie industry as a whole. The association, during a press briefing in Lagos …

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I was not invited by SSS – Gumi

Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has denied media report that he was invited by the State Security Service (SSS) on Friday The Kaduna-based cleric said he was neither arrested nor invited for interrogation by the secret security agency. “I am having non stop calls from all over the globe asking whether I was interrogated or detained by the DSS. Let …

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Court, not social media’ll determine Baba Ijesa’s fate –Counsel

Bisi Oridate, one of the lawyers representing embattled actor, James Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesa, has said that the court, not social media would eventually decide whether the actor is innocent or guilty of the charges of child molestation and others preferred against him. Oridate, who is the Head of Chambers of Babatunde Ogala and Co, told Saturday Beats, “It is …

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Speaker Obasa congratulates Sanwo-Olu at 56, hails Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his 56th birthday describing him as one who continues to prove his belief in the development and prosperity of the state. Speaker Obasa, in a message released by his media office on Thursday, said the Governor’s actions and activities have …

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Odumosu Calls For Caution In Social Activities As He Parades Murder Suspect

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, on Thursday, called on citizens across strata to be careful and vigilant in romantic  endeavours and other social expedition to avoid unnecessary sad tales. He stated this when he paraded Chidinma Adora Ojukwu, a 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV and …

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NAOSRE Congratulates Its Grand Patron, Buratai, On Ambassadorial Appointment To Benin Republic

Leaders and members of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, have congratulated its Grand Patron, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, (ret’d), former Chief of Army Staff, who has been appointed as Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin by President Muhammadu Buhari. Geoffrey Onyeama, the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, June 22, presented a letter of credence …

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