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By Eben Enasco Three passengers on Saturday reportedly lost their lives when a trailer crashed into Popular Transport Company, Iyare Motors vehicle heading to Benin from Lagos, leaving many others with life-threatening injuries. The incident was said to have happened in the afternoon around the former toll gate area on the Benin-Lagos expressway. According to a viral video uploaded by …

*Initiative to discover, groom local artistes *Talent hunt named after outgoing CAN chair, Bishop Kure Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the weekend, unveiled a music talent hunt named after the outgoing Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo State, Bishop Oyenude Kure, to discover and groom musical talents in the state. Obaseki made the announcement at …

Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana said on Sunday that Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, had sought his legal services following the singer’s assault on a police officer and that singer would turn himself in on Monday. Falana, who confirmed the development to PUNCH correspondent, also noted that the singer has enough evidence to defend himself. He said, “I am his lawyer …

Pope Francis on Saturday expressed his sorrow over the legalization of euthanasia in Portugal, according to report by the Catholic News Agency. “Today when we celebrate the memory of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the little shepherds of Fatima, I am very sad, because in the country where Our Lady appeared, a law to kill has been enacted,” …

…Obaseki assures sustained investment in agric, education, tech, others Guinness Nigeria Plc has made an investment worth over N3bn in the state in what officials described as coming on the back of reforms by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to reposition the state as Africa’s preferred investment destination. The Managing Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc, John Mmsunga disclosed this …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba for ordering the arrest of Seun Kuti for attacking a police officer on duty. In a video that has gone viral, the “Afrobeat’’ musician wearing a red shirt atop a white pair of trousers was seen slapping a policeman standing by a police van. While …

Barely  24 hours  a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, meet is untimely death, another popular actor of Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, has died. No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death, however, a colleague of the deceased in the Yoruba subsector of the Nollywood, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, has confirmed the sad news. Details soon… SUN NEWS

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from what it termed ‘a baseless and unfounded opinion’ currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders. The Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed …

The Nigerian government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each inmate at the correctional facilities in the country. Every month, the federal government spends N83.333 per inmate for sundry needs, including feeding. Sola Fasure, the media adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, whose office oversees the correctional facilities, made this known in a statement on …

Praises NNPC over additional 35,000 barrels of crude recorded at Bonga The Managing Director (MD) of Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company (SNEPCo), Mrs. Elohor Aiboni, has expressed her appreciation to the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd and the NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS) for the level of collaboration geared towards maximising the potential of …