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A fatal lone-vehicle accident has claimed the life of a driver along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Charity Bus Stop, inward Iyana Isolo. Reports indicate that the driver lost control of a Honda Pilot SUV, which somersaulted multiple times before coming to a halt.The impact of the crash was severe, resulting in the driver's death at the scene. His body was trapped inside the wrecked vehicle until officials arrived.LASTMA personnel, who were on traffic management duty in the area, swiftly responded alongside officers from the Mosafejo Police Division. The team recovered the victim’s body, managed traffic flow, and secured the accident scene to prevent...

.A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Tanimu Turaki has relocated the venue of its special convention and formally endorsed former President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election.The move followed the sealing off of the originally planned venue, A-Class Event Centre in Abuja, by security operatives. After relocating to a new venue, the faction quickly held the convention and ratified Jonathan's candidacy in a session that lasted less than 20 minutes.Although Jonathan was absent from the event, his ally, Fred Agbedi, received the certificate of endorsement on his behalf.The motion to ratify Jonathan was moved by Tony Aziegbemi, chairman of the faction's Forum of State Chairmen, and seconded by former Aviation Minister...

All access roads leading to the “A-Class” Event Centre in Abuja have been barricaded by police ahead of a proposed special convention reportedly organised by members of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to Tanimu Turaki.According to Channels TV, the event said to be linked to the ratification of former President Goodluck Jonathan as a presidential candidate, was scheduled to take place in Wuse 2, Abuja. Police reportedly used multiple vans to block both access routes from the Wuse and Maitama axes, effectively preventing entry into the venue for party members and other road users.The move comes amid tensions within the PDP following reports that Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike warned hotels and event centres against hosting what he described as unauthorised politica...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a suspect following the brutal murd€r of a 30-year-old interior/ event decorator, Esohe Aigbe, in the state capital. Relatives stated that Aigbe had traveled to the funeral venue on Ujo Street, located in the Ogida area of Benin City, to volunteer free design services as a personal contribution to a friend's ceremony. Unidentified individuals attacked her shortly after she completed the decoration work. She was rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital with severe injuries but later succumbed to her wounds. Command spokesperson Eno Ikoedem confirmed the incident to journalists, stating that preliminary investigations have linked an individual identified as Faith to the crime. The suspect has been transf...

The United Nations has warned that conflict-related s3xual violence surged globally in 2025, with nearly 10,000 verified cases recorded across 21 conflict-affected countries.Presenting the UN’s annual report at UN Headquarters, Pramila Patten said the world had witnessed a significant increase in the use of r@pe and other forms of s3xual abuse as tools of war, terrorism, torture and political repression.“In 2025 documented cases of s3xual violence as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression marked by extreme brutality and overwhelmingly targeting women and girls increased dramatically,” Patten said.According to the report, titled “Conflict-related s3xual violence cases more than doubled in 2025, UN warns,” a total of 9,788 cases were verified. However, t...

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider increasing Nigeria’s national minimum wage to N100,000.AbdulRazaq made the appeal on Friday in Lagos when members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, paid a Sallah homage to President Tinubu at his Lagos residence.Speaking during the visit, the NGF chairman noted that many states are already paying close to N100,000 as wages and urged the Federal Government to begin discussions on a new minimum wage benchmark.“On the issue of minimum wage, most of the states are paying almost 100,000 naira today and I urge your excellency, let’s all have a discussion in moving the minimum ...

Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu has denied dropping out of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senatorial race under the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for the next year’s general elections.In a long post on her verified X handle, Yesufu said she stayed to the end, stating that she did not intend to litigate a process that was never truly allowed to happen.She said that she came into politics from a deep conviction to drive the transformation they hope to see, adding that it is not enough to complain from the outside but one must step into the ring with convictions.“As the dust settles on the NDC Primaries, I want to set the record straight: I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race.“I understood what I was getting into. I knew that the quality of our politics h...