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The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as KAI on Wednesday, October 3, secured the conviction of 12 Commercial S$x Workers (CSW) to eight months imprisonment for offences bordering on prostitution, breach of peace during a dislodgement operation led by the Corps Marshal of the Agency.   The Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) made this disclosure at …

President Bola Tinubu has submitted four tax reform bills to the National Assembly for consideration.   In a letter read during their respective plenary sessions by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Thursday, October 3, the President explained that the bills were crafted to align with his administration’s goals.   The proposed …

Unknown assailants have beheaded a couple, Mr. Jacob Udo, and Mrs. Comfort Udo, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State.    The couple, both traders, were brutally m8rdered in their home in Etiti Ulo, Bende, on Tuesday night, October 1, 2024.    The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement titled …

Unknown assailants have beheaded a couple, Mr. Jacob Udo, and Mrs. Comfort Udo, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State.    The couple, both traders, were brutally m8rdered in their home in Etiti Ulo, Bende, on Tuesday night, October 1, 2024.    The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement titled …

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a member of Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), Christian Okagbare (31) over attempted m8rder of one Osaigbovo Charles and Iyare Stanley in Edo State.   The suspect was alleged to have committed the offence at the Iyanomo community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state..   The state Commissioner of …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summons against immediate past Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge pending against him.  Bello is to attend court on October 24 in response to the summons and for his arraignment along with two other defendants.  Justice Maryanne Anenih issued …

The movie is set to premiere next month at Poland’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Cinematography Film Festival in the city of Toruń.  This comes three years after the tragic accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. A bullet fired from a loaded prop gun killed her on set.    Halyna Hutchins  The premiere event will also feature a special panel to honor Hutchins’ life.  …

A video showing passengers in an ill-fated boat just before it capsized in Niger State has been shared.  The boat took off from Mundi Village conveying passengers to Gbajibo village in Mokwa local council of Niger State after local market day on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.  A video shared by Channels Television shows passengers sitting in the crowded boat without …

The Directorate of Road Traffic Services also known as VIO has been barred by a Federal High Court in Abuja from further stopping vehicles on the road, impounding or confiscating vehicles, and imposing fines on motorists.   Justice Evelyn Maha issued the order in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit: FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023 filed by a human rights activist and …

These are exciting times for Glo customers as the digital solutions provider on Tuesday unveiled a new season of its Festival of Joy promotion with a range of mouth-watering prizes including Toyota Prado.   Globacom said in a statement released in Lagos that the end of the year promo which started on October 1 will run until January 31, 2025. It disclosed that the …