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Ilorin, Jan. 9, 2023 – Olawoyin Mogaji, a member of Kwara State House of Assembly representing Ilorin Central State Constituency and the House Majority Leader, is dead. He died after a brief illness on Monday morning. The House has confirmed his passing in a statement issued in Ilorin on Monday by its Chairman, House Committee on Information, Youth, Sports and Tourism, Awolola Olamide Ayokunle. “The House announces with regret the demise of Hon. Magaji Olawoyin, member representing Ilorin Central State Constituency and Leader of the House. “The sudden event occurred …

Lagos, Jan. 8, 2023 – Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, on Sunday promised to generate at least 40 megawatts of electricity within four years if elected. Obi made the pledge during a Town hall meeting organised by Channels Television on Sunday where he promised to declare total war on epileptic power supply in Nigeria.   “I don’t think that power (problem) is stubborn, it is the people who are trying to solve it that are not doing the right thing. “We have to open up like South …

Benin, Jan. 8, 2023 – Thirty-two persons are reported missing after some gunmen abducted some passengers at train station in Igueben in Edo State on Saturday. The missing persons include the Station Manager, Godwin Okpe, Head of Security, Ikhayere, the ticketing clerk and a resident, Victor Osarobho. They were abducted at about 4.00 p.m. on sturday by suspected herdsmen at the train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. Chidi Nwabuzor, the Spokesman for the Edo Police Command, said the abducted passengers were travelling to Warri in Delta …

Lagos, Jan. 8, 2023 – Nigeria has 13 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lagos and Edo states, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The weekly epidemiological data from the agency said that Lagos has reported 12 new cases, while Edo State reported one between December 31 and January 6, 2023. This has increased the total number of confirmed cases across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to 266,463 with 3,155 deaths.   A total of 259,850 of the cases were discharged. …

Benin, Jan. 8, 2023 – The Edo State Police Command said it had commenced an operation to locate passengers who were abducted at the Igueben Train Station in Edo while waiting to board a train on Saturday. It said some gunmen invaded the train station and abducted some of the passengers waiting to board a train to Warri, Delta State. Chidi Nwabuzor, the Spokesperson for the Command, said on Sunday that some of the passengers sustained various degrees of injuries. “The command has begun combing the surrounding bushes to rescue …

Ilorin, Jan. 7, 2023 – The Kwara State Police Command said it had arrested a suspected kidnapper, Issa Naigheti, for allegedly kidnapping his father, Bature Naigboho, in Igboho in Orelope Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspect, together with his collaborators, was alleged to have collected N2.5 million ransom before his father was released. The command said in a statement on Friday that members of its anti-kidnapping team “arrested one Issa Naigheti “m” on 4/1/2023 around Kambi area of Ilorin while on the trail of suspected kidnappers. “He confessed …

Bauchi, Jan. 6, 2023 – A 40-year-old man, Nuhu Usman, of Dangarga Village in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has killed one of his two wives with a dane gun. The Spokesman for the Bauchi Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, said the suspect ‘accidentally’ shot the wife. He thought it was his eldest son who had threatened to ‘harm him’ after a misunderstanding. Wakil said the wife went out to use the restroom and on her return, Usman brought out his gun and shot her. “The victim …