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Benue APC delegation to rally involved in accident

Benue APC delegation to rally involved in accident

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Benue State sustained serious injuries on Saturday morning when a bus conveying them to the party’s rally in Lafia, Nasarawa State, was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. It was gathered that the accident occurred in Lafia, a few kilometres […]
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Motorists groan in Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway gridlock

Motorists groan in Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway gridlock

MOTORISTS and other road users have continued to groan under the perennial 24-hour gridlock, experienced on the ever-busy Lagos Abeokuta Expressway by the collapsed section of the Iyana Dopemu Bus-Stop.

Red Alert: Racketeers on the prowl as PVC collection starts in Lagos

Red Alert: Racketeers on the prowl as PVC collection starts in Lagos

AS the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, begins the distribution of Permanent Voters Card, PVC, in Lagos, the State Police Command, has issued a red alert to its operatives across the state to checkmate the activities of criminal elements indulging in the collection of the INEC temporary voters cards from unsuspecting residents, on the pretext of promising to help them (residents) obtain their PVCs without hitches.

SURE-P/FERMA taskforce to recover abandoned FG properties

SURE-P/FERMA taskforce to recover abandoned FG properties

AS residents of Lagos await deployment of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme and Federal Road Maintenance Agency, SURE-P/FERMA taskforce to the state, the agency has finally disclosed that its major responsibility is to recover all the abandoned properties of the Federal Government in the state, and not to cause trouble.

Fall of Mubi:  Fleeing residents recount ordeals

Fall of Mubi: Fleeing residents recount ordeals

WeDNESDAY, October 29, 2014, Mubi, the second largest city in Adamawa State and the commercial nerve centre of the State, was overrun by the Boko Haram insurgents. Before Mubi was taken over by the rampaging terrorists, Michika and Madagali local governments have been under the grip of the extremist Islamic sect since July this year.