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Sanwo-Olu’s Aide Empowers Lagos Island Residents

In a move to bolster community support and reward dedication, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, yesterday, distributed empowerment grants to over 500 residents and presented ten wheelchairs to physically challenged individuals on Lagos Island. The event, framed as an effort to institutionalise empathy, equity, and measur- able...
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EFCC Implicates Banks, Fintechs In 162bn Financial Scams

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has indicted a new generation bank, six Fintechs and some microfinance banks in major financial scams by allowing fraudsters to launder huge sums of money. Spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said at a news briefing at in Abuja yesterday the institutions allegedly allowed cryptocurrency transactions worth N162 billion to pass...
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Court Fixes March 3, 4 To Restart Trial

The Oyo Division of the Federal High Court has fixed March 3 and 4 to restart the trial of three Malians accused of being the brains behind the Bodija bomb explosion in Ibadan. Justice Nkeonye Maha picked the new dates as yesterday’s proceedings were stalled due to the absence of the prosecutor and one of...
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Ogun Police Arrest 8 Robbery Suspects, Recover Truck, 900 Bags Of Cement

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate linked to violent attacks and the hijacking of trailer trucks along the Papalanto-Ilaro and Owode-Idiroko axis of the state. The arrest followed an intelligence-led operation by operatives of the Anti-Robbery Squad, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta, which also...
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Reps Summon CEOs Of Ibadan, Jos DISCOs

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the power sector reforms and expenditure from 2007 to 2024 has summoned the Managing Directors of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and Jos Electricity Distribution Company to appear or face sanctions. Committee Chairman Al-Mustapha Ibrahim, who issued the summons at yesterday’s sitting, expressed dissatisfaction with their absence during...
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Yeni Kuti Speaks On Wizkid–Seun Kuti Clash

Yeni Kuti, daughter of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has shared her thoughts on the ongoing public disagreement between her brother, Seun Kuti, and award-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid. Yeni, one of the co-host of TVC’s Your View, expressed her disappointment over the late Fela being dragged into the controversy on the...
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Woman Appreciates Don Jazzy For N6 Million Gift

Social media influencer Popoola Joke has publicly acknowledged the role music executive Don Jazzy played in her recent relocation to the United Kingdom (UK), thanking him for a cash gift that helped make the move a reality. Joke’s message of appreciation comes several months after a moment that went viral in May 2025, when she...
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Link Between Smoking, Depression Confirmed – Study

A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim, Germany, has confirmed an association between cigarette smoking and depression using data from the German National Cohort (NAKO). The study, published in ‘BMC Public Health’, found that depression occurs more frequently over the lifetime of current and former smokers than among...
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