LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An 80-year-old man, Lucas Ateniola, has been remanded at a correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, for allegedly killing his co-tenant with machete and attacking neighbour. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Police prosecutor, Inspector Caleb Leramo, had earlier told the Chief Magistrates’ Court that Ateniola murdered one Elizabeth Nwamaka and attempted to kill 20-year-old Alice Bodunride at their residence in the Emure-Ekiti area of the state, He revealed that Ateniola and his victims were neighbours living in the same building, adding that the octogenarian claimed that the victims threatened to kill him.…
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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Federal Government has commenced online registration of medical laboratories in Nigeria to enhance service delivery. Tosan Erhabor, the registrar of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), disclosed this in Abuja at a meeting with stakeholders and the agency’s consultants on automation led by Effiong Akpan of the University of Calabar. He called on stakeholders to avail themselves of the great opportunities the new framework offers to enhance service delivery. Mr. Erhabor said the registration would scale up efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, speed of service delivery, data collation and management. He said the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – 43-Year-Old Benjamin Osobagie has admitted to breaking into and robbing a house in order to acquire money to participate in the Nigerian Idol music competition. Osobagie was arraigned before Magistrate L.A Owolabi on 29 March facing a two-count charge bordering on theft and felony at a Magistrate’s court in Ikeja. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges against him. “My passion for music has made me look for ways to get money to participate in a music competition. “I have 5 tracks in Cds already, what I need is sponsors to go for Nigerian…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the increasing abuse of bleaching creams in the country saying users face the risk of cancer. The agency spoke against the backdrop of a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, which found that nearly 77 percent of Nigerian women use skin-lightening products regularly. This was disclosed by the Director General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by the Director of Chemical Evaluation and Research, Dr. Patrick Omokpariola while delivering an opening address in a one-day workshop organized…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Economic Financial Crime Commission says it has arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu State. News Agency Of Nigeria reports that the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, made the disclosure in Abuja on 29 March stating that the suspects were arrested around Monark, Emene and Golf Course axis of Enugu. “The suspects are Ugwuanyi Kasiemobi, Emmanuel Agwu, Onyeama Arinze, Hycienth Emmanuel, Chibueze Oluebube, Ogaraku Obinna, Chibueze Onyedikachi, Austus Chiemerem, Ikechi Faithful and Okafor Chika,” stated the EFCC spokesman. “Others are Chimaobi Joshua, Onuoha Oluebubu, Udo Stanley, Igbo Ikenna, Nweke David, Obinna Obumneme, Okocha Ewah, Nweke Chidera,…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A fire outbreak has reportedly occurred in the early hours of today at the Olowu spare parts market in Lagos State. This fire incident occurred barely 24hours after the early morning inferno at the popular Balogun market, Lagos, island. Some shops engulfed by the inferno contained air-conditioners for sale, parts of vehicles, and motorcycles, among others. The traders are left to count their losses as the goods lost to the fire are worth millions of naira. Operatives of the Lagos State Fire Service and security were reportedly at the scene to put the situation…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An Ibadan-based trader, Sola Famuyibo, told the Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan that her brother-in-law’s wife, Sumbo, “charmed” her husband with cooking. Mrs. Famuyibo made the allegations in her counterargument against her husband’s claim that she maltreated him in the matrimony. She added that things were normal in her union until Mrs Sumbo used her cooking to cause trouble in her relationship by luring Williams, her husband, thereby destroying her marriage. “My Lord, Sumbo is after my life. She pushed my husband into adultery. In fact, Williams now dates one Alhaja. “Worst still,…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Boko Haram bomb maker, Awana Gaidam, has reportedly died after he stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device he made by himself. The 39-year-old chief bomb maker, apart from his high status in the command structure of the Boko Haram terrorists, was one of their capable hands involved in making of IEDs. He was said to have planted the IED that killed him for the Nigerian troops in Borno State. According to report obtained by Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region from intelligence sources, which was made available…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Several commercial bus drivers using the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway have staged a protest against alleged extortion by “Agbero” touts at the toll-gate area. The Protest which took place earlier today, left some commuters, stranded as drivers were uninterested in conveying passenger. News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, commuters lamented the inconvenience faced as the protest inflicted unnecessary pains and sufferings on the masses. The protest disrupted economic activities around the Toll-Gate area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway as passengers were seen trekking long distances to their destinations. Some of the protesters were seen carrying placards with…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have engaged terrorists in a gun duel along Danmusa/Yantumaki Road in Danmusa Local Government Area of the state during which a terrorist was killed. The Police command indicated that they recovered one AK-47 rifle with 22 rounds of 7.62MM live ammunition during the encounter on 27 March. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the development, said the terrorists blocked the road at a portion of Kesassa Village. Isah said, “On March 27, 2023, at about 2.30 pm, a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, were shooting sporadically…