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Seven dead, 100 rescued as migrant boat capsizes off Gambia
At least seven people were confirmed dead, and nearly 100 were rescued after a migrant boat carrying more than 200 people capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, authorities said on Wednesday. The vessel ran aground on a sandbank near a village in the North Bank Region as it attempted to navigate…
Read More »Plateau governor resigns from opposition PDP, set to join ruling APC
Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has resigned from Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), clearing the way for him to formally join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter addressed to the PDP chairman of Ampang West Ward in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State,…
Read More »SDP Senator Godiya Akwashiki dies in India
Photo: Senate President Godswill Akpabio Nigerian Senator Godiya Akwashiki, who represented Nasarawa North on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has died at the age of 52, lawmakers and his party said on Thursday. Akwashiki died on Wednesday at a hospital in India, they said, without disclosing the…
Read More »Police bow to court, suspend tinted glass permit enforcement
Photo: IGP Kayode Egbetokun Nigeria’s police have suspended nationwide enforcement of a tinted glass permit policy after a court issued an interim order restraining the move, the police said on Thursday. The Nigeria Police Force had announced on Dec. 15 that enforcement of the policy would resume from Jan. 2,…
Read More »Six killed in crash on Lagos-Ibadan highway in southwest Nigeria
Photo: FRSC officials at an unrelated accident scene At least six people were killed and two others injured in a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Thursday, Nigeria’s road safety agency said. The latest tragedy occurred just days after a former unified heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony…
Read More »Police arrest 43 after unrest disrupts New Year celebrations in Asaba
Police in Nigeria’s Delta State said they arrested 43 people and recovered dozens of vehicles after quelling violent disturbances that disrupted New Year’s Eve celebrations in parts of Asaba, the state capital. The Delta State Police Command said the unrest broke out shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, when hoodlums…
Read More »Why I withdrew libel suit against Natasha – Akpabio
Nigeria’s Senate President Godswill Akpabio said on Thursday he has directed his lawyers to withdraw all pending defamation lawsuits he filed against several individuals, saying a New Year sermon prompted him to reconsider his decision to pursue the cases. Akpabio made the announcement while speaking at a New Year Mass…
Read More »Police detain driver of Anthony Joshua’s ill-fated convoy
Police in Ogun State on Thursday said they have taken into custody the driver of a Lexus sports utility vehicle in connection with a fatal road accident involving members of the entourage of Nigerian-born British boxer Anthony Joshua. Two of the boxer’s friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, died in…
Read More »New Year disaster: 45 dead, 110 injured, in resort bar fire
Dozens of people were killed and about 100 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire tore through a crowded bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out at around 1:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) at a bar…
Read More »Rivers Crisis: Fubara urges calm amid political tension
Photo: Fubara with his estranged godfather and predecessor, Nyesom Wike Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday urged residents to remain calm amid rising political tensions, saying his administration would not be distracted or intimidated by what he described as “sounds of war.” Speaking during a New Year crossover service…
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