Guardian Newspaper Headlines Today Saturday 14th January 2023
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10 die in road crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
No fewer than 10 persons were confirmed dead on Saturday in an accident involving a Mack truck and a Toyota Hiace bus at Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Umar explained that the accident occurred
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Man, 50, razes father’s house, sets self ablaze in Ondo
A fifty-years-old man, Ojo Ogundeji, allegedly committed suicide, yesterday, after setting himself ablaze in his father’s house in Ondo West Local Council of the state. The deceased, who lived in Lagos, was said to have returned to his hometown for the Yuletide. The Guardian learnt that Ogundeji had deliberately locked himself in a room within
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Police re-train 79 Squadron Commanders ahead of elections
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in line with his mandate on human capacity development, has begun a two-week fully residential refresher training for all 79 Squadron Commanders of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force at the its Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun State. The programme, which began on January 9, will end on January
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Obasanjo, Blair, Dangote commiserate with Adesina over mother’s death
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie; and business mogul, Aliko Dangote have commiserated with the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, over the death of his mother, Mrs. Eunice Olaperi Folasade Adesina. Mrs. Adesina died on December 22, 2022 and would be buried on
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Guards Brigade, Whirl Stroke neutralise two bandits, rescue 30 kidnap victims
The troops of 177 Guards Battalion situated in Nasarawa State, in conjunction with Operation Whirl Stroke, have neutralised two bandits in Toto Local Council of the state. They also rescued 30 kidnap victims. Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa, who made the disclosure in a statement, yesterday, noted that as part of
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Prostitution: Police rescue teenagers
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued three teenage girls allegedly brought into Lagos from Akwa Ibom State for prostitution. This was contained in a statement, yesterday, by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin. “The girls were rescued on January 8, 2023, at about 0600hrs, when a
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Kwara police rescue US female citizen from yahoo boy
Police Command in Kwara has arrested 23-year-old Nigerian internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of US$ 1,000. The state Commissioner of Police, CP. Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He said the suspect presented himself to
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S’Court affirms Jigawa Deputy Governor, Namadi as APC guber candidate
The long drawn legal battle on the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State was on Friday, laid to rest by the Supreme Court with the affirmation of the incumbent Deputy Governor, Umar Namadi as the lawful candidate. The Apex Court in a unanimous judgment prepared by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun upheld
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Court kicks PDP out of Imo West Senatorial election
The Supreme Court in Abuja, yesterday, nullified the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which produced Hon. Jones Onyerere as its Senatorial candidate for Imo West in the February National Assembly election. The Apex Court nullified the primary election on the ground that it was conducted in Owerri, the Imo State capital instead
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CSOs seek citizens’ participation in purposeful governance
Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in the country, have called for citizens’ participation in ensuring purposeful governance and leadership in Nigeria ahead of 2023 election. The groups, which unveiled Nigeria’s Citizen’Scenario, a projection into the possible developmental trajectory of the country leading to its centenary in 2060, tagged, ‘CS60,’ stressed that the quality and integrity of the
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