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In Lagos, a fire devastated shanties in the popular Alaba International Market in the state’s Ojo district, destroying properties worth millions of naira. Meanwhile, reports have surfaced that crowds have obstructed firefighting personnel from entering the location to extinguish the flames for unknown reasons. Magret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (Lagos Rescue), verified the news. “Reports reaching Lagos Rescue at about 12 noon on Friday indicate shops at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos are on flame,” Adeseye said. “However, inferno crews from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu, and Ajegunle are being prevented from performing their statutory…

Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison by a UK court for conspiring to harvest a man’s kidney for his ailing daughter. Meanwhile, Ike’s wife, Beatrice, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, while Obinna Obeta, a medical practitioner, was sentenced to ten years in prison for the same conduct. Remember how Ike, Beatrice, and Obeta were found guilty of conspiring to organise the passage of a young Nigerian man named David Nwamini to Britain in order to exploit him for his kidney? Sonia, Ekweremadu’s ailing daughter, need…

Authorities stated on Friday that eight people were killed and 14 were injured in Serbia’s second mass shooting in two days, and that a suspect had been apprehended, prompting shock in a country that had just begun three days of mourning for the victims of the first massacre. Authorities said the latest incident happened late Thursday in the hamlet of Dubona, 42 kilometres (26 miles) south of Belgrade. According to RTS, the suspect, a young male, was engaged in an incident in a school yard. He drove away, then returned with an assault weapon and a pistol, began fire, and…

A man died from gunshot wounds and seven others were wounded overnight in Naples when the southern Italian city erupted in celebration of its football team’s win, a local government official said on Friday. The celebrations started late Thursday after Napoli won its first Serie A championship in 33 years with a 1-1 draw against Udinese. A man died from gunshot wounds hours later, although the event had “nothing to do with the celebrations,” according to Naples Prefect Claudio Palomba on RAI public radio. According to ANSA and other Italian news agencies, the victim’s friends and relatives vandalised the emergency…

Seyi Law, a comedian, has launched a search for an online troll who threatened him because of his political association with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Remember that on March 2nd, the comedian apologized to fans and followers of opposition parties he upset during his Tinubu campaign. His apology came after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, proclaimed the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the recently concluded 2023 general election. The comedian, on the other hand, screamed out in a fresh Instagram post on Thursday evening over a slanderous email received by his wife, Ebere,…

Rear Adm. Olusola Oluwagbire, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Eastern Naval Command, has advised pirates to keep away from Nigerian waters. Oluwagbire issued the warning on Thursday during his first visit to NNS Jubilee in Akwa Ibom’s Ikot Abasi Local Government Area and other units. “We are coming to smoke sea pirates out of our waterways, we will get them and roast them,” the FOC warned the navy commanders. He said that he was at Akwa Ibom as part of his first assessment of naval command bases and troops. Oluwagbire directed the commanders to restructure their activities and dispatch boats to…

Adamu Sanusi, 25, was charged before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for allegedly stabbing his brother in the chest with a shattered bottle. The defendant, who lives on Ali Akilu Road in Kaduna, is accused of two counts of assault and causing bodily harm. He, on the other hand, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Inspector Chidi Leo, the prosecution, told the court that the defendant committed the crime on April 28 at around 7.45 p.m. at their apartment. After a disagreement, Leo claimed that the defendant stabbed his elder brother, Nurudeen, in the chest with a broken…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) believes appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure the safety of all school candidates who have enrolled for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Patrick Areghan, the council’s Head of National Office (HNO), provided the assurance during an interactive session with newsmen on the level of preparations for the countrywide test on Thursday in Lagos. Areghan claimed that the test will take place from Monday, May 8 to Friday, June 23, a duration of seven weeks. The WAEC chief said that the council could not pretend to be unaware of…

The Military High Command assured the nation on Thursday that there was no cause for concern about the May 29th official inauguration of President-elect Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s new administration, saying that the Armed Forces and other security forces were fully prepared to make the exercise a success. Maj-General Musa Danmadami, Director, of Defence Media Operations, gave the assurance during the bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents on the operational successes recorded by the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies in the past two weeks across the country’s six geopolitical zones. He stated unequivocally that Nigerians need not be…

The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has warned Nigerian youths to avoid the “Japa syndrome,” claiming that it does not offer a quick path to wealth. The suggestion was given by Mr Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General of NCAC, during a tourism and cultural stakeholders meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. “Culture, Peace, and National Rebirth: An Agenda Setting” was the topic of the conference intended to establish the agenda for the future administration. Runsewe cited examples of young people travelling overseas to work menial occupations that were impossible to find in Nigeria. He said it was past time to confront…