urges Fashola to Construct Pedestrian Bridges THE lawmaker representing Oluyole Federal Constituency, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, (APC) has urged the Federal Government to urgently construct pedestrian bridges along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within the metropolis of Ibadan, Oyo State. Akande-Sadipe, said this today, after she laid a copy of petition from Concerned Youth for …
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No fewer than seven women died on Wednesday when a passenger bus went up in flames along Sagamu-Benin expressway. NEWSEXTRA24 reports that the victims were burnt beyond recognition, as seven others sustained injuries in the lone crash. It was learnt that the accident occurred at the Odogbolu junction …
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…Says implementation of appropriation law commences 1st January next year *It’s a realistic budget – Speaker Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, assented to the 2023 appropriation bill of One hundred and sixty six billion, six hundred and two million, four hundred and sixteen thousand, seven …
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is currently in a closed-door session with the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, in his office at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes a day after the Senate rejected the President’s request to restructure the N22.7tn Ways and Means advances collected …
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Police in Delta say they have neutralised a member of a suspected kidnap gang and rescued a victim from the gang’s captivity. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen in Warri, Delta on Friday that the suspect was neutralised on Wednesday, same day as the victim was rescued. “Police operatives …
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The Lagos Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old suspect alleged to be a child rapist. The suspect, Ridwan Akinbode, who hails from Oyo State and resides in the Bariga area of Lagos State was said to be arrested a …
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A kidnapped victim has been rescued alive by men of the Delta State Police Command, while the suspected kidnapper was killed just as a pump action gun with six rounds of cartridges were recovered from the hoodlum. NEWSEXTRA24 gathered that the victim (name withheld) was kidnapped with his car at …
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An attack in eastern Syria killed 10 oil field workers, state news agency SANA reported on Friday, a day after Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced an offensive against jihadists. In addition to the nearly dozen dead, “two others have been wounded in a terrorist attack that targeted three buses transporting workers …
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The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg last week has climbed to 34, the health ministry said on Friday. A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) became stuck under a bridge in Boksburg last Saturday, triggering a leak and blast that …
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Erling Haaland is using the frustration of being forced to watch the World Cup on TV as motivation to score more goals in the Premier League this season. Haaland took his tally to 20 in 14 games with a double against Leeds at Elland Road for Manchester City. It is …
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