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  A driver of a painted commercial bus yesterday died when his bus had a head-on collision with another bus belonging to the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) at Ifako in the Ogudu area of the state. It was gathered that the driver of the commercial bus, which somersaulted twice, died instantly as a result of loss of control due to overspeeding. The director Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Adebayo Taofiq, who confirmed the accident, said operatives of LASTMA rescued seven passengers with various degrees of injuries. Adebayo said preliminary investigation revealed that the fully loaded commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island to Ogudu when the accident occurred. He said, “LASTMA has carried out a series of enlightenment campaigns warning motorists, particularly commercial bus drivers, to stop overspeeding and adhere strictly to speed limit signs erected by the government across the state”.As emergency responders, in

  Nasir El-Rufai, the Kaduna State Governor, said if efforts from security agents are not intensified, bandits and terrorists could take advantage of the transition period to inflict bloody attacks in the country, especially in the North West and Northern region. El-Rufai on Wednesday disclosed this at the presentation of a security report by the Kaduna state government in the state capital. He called for escalated security operations against bandits and terrorists in the case of increased terror in the remaining days of the current administration and beyond.  The reviewed 2022 annual and first quarter 2023 security reports showed that 1,266 and 4,973 persons were killed and kidnapped in 15 months. “We appeal for an escalation of security operations over the 39 days remaining till the end of the tenure of this administration and beyond so that the change of baton at the federal level does not result in a dangerous lull that criminal outlaws can exploit”, he stated. Following the report

In the just concluded 2023 presidential election, President-elect Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu  congratulated the winners nationwide on Saturday’s supplementary polls, urging them to brace up to serve the people with diligence and dedication. He also called on the police to investigate the exercise in Adamawa State, where the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) illegally announced a winner of the governorship election while collation had not been concluded. Mr Tinubu stated this in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted supplementary elections last Saturday in 2,660 polling units across 185 local government areas in 24 states. Among them were the governorship elections in Adamawa and Kebbi States. They were declared inconclusive or postponed during the February 25 and March 18 elections. Meanwhile, on Sunday, the REC in Adamawa State, Hudu Ari, illegally declared Aishatu Dahiru, popularly called Binani, as the winner

  Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the act of Hudu Ari in seeking to manipulate the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Adamawa State is an embarrassment to Bauchi State, where Hudu comes from. Bala, who spoke to newsmen in Yola when he paid a congratulatory visit to his Adamawa State counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, after Fintiri’s reelection earlier on Tuesday, stressed that Hudu’s kith and kin back home are depressed by his action. “For us in Bauchi, we are highly embarrassed and disgruntled. We feel ashamed that one of our own came and perpetrated this action,” Governor Bala Mohammed said.  He described corruption, believed to have driven Hudu’s action, as a condemnable act that must be rejected by every right-thinking person. “Corruption is temporary, and whatever is gotten through such means will not stand,” he asserted. He urged fear of God and adherence to playing the game by the rules and commended Governor Fintiri for staying true to himself and beli

  • NEC expels Arambabi Abayomi, suspends eight others over anti-party activities The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to remain calm and steadfast in reclaiming the mandate of a New Nigeria. A statement by the Obi/Datti media team said Obi, in spirit-lifting words to Nigerians, particularly the Obidients, noted that he will never give up on the journey until victory is achieved. The LP Presidential candidate, who spoke in Asaba while addressing the National Executive Committee, NEC of the party, said he never expected the journey to a new Nigeria to be an easy one, saying that the forces who had, over the years, lived off the old order, were bound to fight back, as is being experienced now. Underscoring the determination of the group involved in this project to resist intimidation or harassment of any kind and from any quarter, Obi said, "If they come at us through land, air, and sea, we will respond to them through land, air, and se

  For over eight years, the conditions of service have not been implemented as the aviation agencies are functioning without governing boards."  Offices of various aviation agencies in Lagos were shut on Tuesday as aviation sector workers embarked on a warning strike, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offices shut were those of the Ministry of Aviation, the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. Members of the unions laid siege to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, resulting in gridlocks around the airport and its environs. There was a heavy presence of security agents at strategic points in the area to prevent a breakdown of law and order as unionists chanted solidarity songs. The Secretary-General of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals, Abdul Saidu, expressed disappointment that conditions of service in the sector had yet to be implemented after eight y

  The Nigerian Exchange Limited rebounded on Tuesday, recording an N2bn gain for investors. The All-Share Index also appreciated by 11.54 base points to 51, 138.92, pushing the year-to-date returns marginally to 0.22 per cent at the end of trading. Market activities showed trade turnover strengthened relative to the previous session, as the volume and value of transactions surged by 703.18 per cent and 220.17 per cent, respectively. Similarly, investors’ sentiment as measured by market breadth improved, leading to 21 gainers against 21 decliners. A total of 1.82bn units of shares valued at N5.02bn were exchanged in 4,669 deals on the NGX. Indigenous conglomerate Transcorp led the volume and value chart with 1.60bn units traded in deals worth N3.09bn. Buying interests were also recorded in the shares of Nigerian Breweries (+1.10 per cent) and GTCO (+0.60 per cent). Performance across indices was largely bearish as the insurance, banking and industrial goods indices declined by 1.43 per