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Naijacentral NaijacentralAccording to the corps, it was intensifying efforts in its partnership with the Judiciary to ensure that all drivers involved in fatal crashes, would have their licences suspended.
The corps also said that such drivers would be made to face the wrath of the law.
Naijacentral NaijacentralA shut petrol station in Kaduna State
The Sheikh Abubakar Gumi central market in the state capital was also deserted.
Naijacentral NaijacentralThe vibrant spirit she embodied and the joy she shared through her artistry will always remain in our hearts.
“May God grant her family the strength to endure this loss and the comfort to cherish and honour the remarkable legacy she leaves behind.”
Onwenu, a renowned singer and actress, passed away on Tuesday night, 30 July, at Reddington Hospital in Lagos after collapsing at a birthday party.
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Naijacentral NaijacentralFor the second consecutive day, protesters have gathered at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in the Ojota area of Lagos State.
The demonstrators are rallying against hunger and economic hardships, demanding urgent action from the government to address these pressing issues.
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Naijacentral NaijacentralThere is a heavy presence of police officers at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos as Nigerians get set to hit the street to protest against bad governance.
Naijacentral NaijacentralWe will not be part of the protest because our peaceful coexistence in Agege cannot be compromised as we all know what happened during the 2020 EndSARS protest.
“Two police stations were burnt down so we don’t want such incidents to repeat themselves in Agege because the people of the council are already enjoying the dividend of democracy.”
Stakeholders at the meeting, including religious leaders, spoke in turns to advise against joining the protest.
Naijacentral NaijacentralShe also featured in the Half of a Yellow Sun and Lions Heart, among others.
Naijacentral NaijacentralProsecutor Thomas Nurudeen informed the court that the alleged offence was committed on May 17, 2024, contravening Sections 410 and 287 (5) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
Naijacentral NaijacentralIt was observed that there was a long queue at the NNPC station along the Cele Expressway, where the pump price was set at N568 per litre.
One of our correspondents gathered on Sunday that a litre of PMS was sold at N1,200 in Ipokia, a border community in Ogun State.
Similar scenarios also played out in some residential areas in Abuja where black marketers sold their fuel at between N1,000/litre and N1,200/litre.
Residents of Idiroko, Ajegunle, Maun, Ijofin, Agosasa, Madoga and other areas in the Ipokia Local Government in Ogun State said they now patronise black marketers, following the ban on fuel supply in border areas.
“You know we have about four filling stations servicing the entire local government area because we are in the border areas. They sell at N870/litre now while black marketers sell at N1,200/litre. That is our punishment for living at the border,” a resident, Sam Adegoke, stated.
Many of the filling stations in the Ogun State capital didn’t sell the product, and some who did, exploited desperate buyers, who paid as much as N1,000 before they had the product sold to them.
Similar case in South-South
Naijacentral NaijacentralOlusanya said food production was an entire system that accommodated numerous activities and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration was leveraging quality partnership to drive this process.
