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Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, and the Deputy Governor FEMI HAMZAT, led a team of top government functionaries to welcome President TINUBU at the airport.
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The Police Public Relations Officer, ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, disclosed in a statement that DOGARA JOHN was caught with twenty vandalized reflective road studs, allegedly removed from the Third Mainland Bridge.
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In a statement on its social media handle, the NGO observed that the total project cost of the coastal road project remains unclear, in addition to limited public disclosure on procurement processes.
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The World Happiness Report 2026 is based on an annual survey conducted in collaboration with the United Nations, under the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which ranks countries based on citizens’ self-assessed life satisfaction.
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Justice AYOKUNLE FAJI delivered the judgment after the defendants pleaded guilty to a four-count charge brought against them, following a plea bargain deal reached with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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The Commissioner of Police said the operation is in addition to the existing patrol vehicles stationed along the highway since December 2025.
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NDLEA spokesman identified the Angolan drug traffickers as fifty-year-old MBANDU MARTINS MAKIADI, and equally fifty-year-old NGOMA WILSON FERNANDO, who were arrested at the Kano International Airport while traveling to Turkey.
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The suspect disclosed during a preliminary interview that he intended to sell cocaine in Nigeria to raise capital to boost his business and also finance the naming ceremony of his newborn child.
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LASTMA’s General Manager, OLALEKAN BAKARE-OKI, who made this known, could not readily explain the cause of the accident, but said the police were investigating the matter.
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This comes eleven days after NDLEA impounded the ‘MV San Anthonio’ at the Apapa seaport in Lagos for smuggling of twenty-five-point-five kilograms of cocaine from Brazil. NDLEA had earlier on November 16 also impounded ‘MV Nord Bosporus’ – at the same Apapa seaport in Lagos for cocaine smuggling.
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NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the illicit drug consignment was discovered on board the vessel on Sunday, November 16, following which the Ship Master, Captain QUINO EUGENE CORPUS and nineteen other crew members were taken into custody for investigation.
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The massive road reconstruction work was intended to last for eight months, beginning from last Saturday, November 15, 2025.
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Information Minister said government is pained that despite sustained public sensitisation and repeated warnings about the danger of scooping fuel from fallen tankers, some citizens still take such life-threatening risks.
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The Abuja-Kaduna passenger train involved in the accident on August 26, 2025, had six hundred and eighteen people onboard, with twenty-one injured, but no fatalities.
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The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, commends the operatives for their swift and professional action.
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NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said operatives involved in stop-and-search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT recorded the breakthrough on Wednesday July 30, 2025.
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To achieve the success of the collaboration, Othman proposed “sensitization and training of NARTO drivers and transport operators on identifying and reporting suspicious cargo or behavior; establishment of joint intelligence-sharing mechanisms to monitor drug trafficking routes and tactics; etc.
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The Governor said that through the programme, food will be grown, jobs created, wastage reduced, and people will receive help to earn a living from agriculture.
He said that the Customs needed to be properly funded, especially that Nigeria is now in the eye of global customs administration, with the Comptroller General of Customs, BASHIR ADEWALE ADENIYI as Chairman of World Customs Organisation.
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“I am proud that NNPC Ltd is playing a pivotal role in driving the Federal Government’s gas agenda towards energy transition,” the GCEO stated.
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The Minister mandated the Director in the office of the Permanent Secretary, MUSA IBRAHIM, to work towards inaugurating a committee next week to ensure timely completion of the rail project in Kaduna State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP UDEME EDET, told reporters that one of the abducted passengers, identified as PAUL TERNS, was rescued during a joint security operation.
All Nigerians who are stranded in Israel and Iran are advised to abide by certain security protocols and contact the nearest Nigerian Embassy of Mission for registration and further instruction.
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He made the announcement at the commissioning of the access road to the Lekki Deep Seaport in Lagos.
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This means shorter wait times and more comfortable trips for everyone using the Blue Line. It’s a step forward in our efforts to make daily commute in Lagos less stressful and more reliable.
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The suspected smugglers were found in possession of 213 parrot heads, 29 packs of parrot feathers,128 African hornbill heads, 5 eagle heads, 1 pack of eagle feathers, 2 chimpanzee heads, 4 hands, and 4 legs.
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This repair has been in the works for over three years, carefully planned to avert a potential disaster. The structural integrity of the bridge had deteriorated, and delaying this intervention any further would have put lives at risk.
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The PPRO said the driver initially told the passenger that his vehicle’s navigation system had malfunctioned, after he deviated from the intended route and thereafter overpowered the lady and restrained her hands with two plastic tyre clips.
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NEMA says it could not determine the number of people who were injured in the incident and evacuated to the National Hospital, State House Clinic, Karu General Hospital, and Customs Clinic Karu for medical attention.
Business
The company said its sales of petroleum products in Naira had so far exceeded the value of Naira-denominated crude oil received by the refinery.
