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At least five people were injured on Thursday in a crash involving a petrol tanker and a commercial bus at Toyota Bus Stop, inward Oshodi, Lagos. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed the incident in a statement issued Friday, noting that the tanker, loaded with PMS and marked T28128LA, suffered a brake failure and collided with a Volkswagen T4 bus (GGE 526 YG) near The Guardian newspaper office.

The United States has doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million, citing his alleged involvement in large-scale drug trafficking. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a video statement on Thursday, accused Maduro of being “one of the world’s biggest narco-traffickers” and a threat to U.S. national security. She said the move reflects Washington’s commitment to ensuring justice. The Venezuelan government,

Students urged to recheck results after update delay, parents and educators criticise CBT transition Tensions flared nationwide as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) temporarily blocked access to its online portal for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results due to technical faults. The announcement, made by WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, explained that the decision followed the discovery of glitches during a post-release review

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced a six-month flying ban on renowned Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 de Ultimate, following a reported altercation at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This development was confirmed on Thursday by NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, during a press conference. According to Achimugu, the agency is taking the matter

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) faced a fresh wave of backlash on Wednesday evening after its online result-checking portal went offline, leaving thousands of anxious candidates unable to access their 2025 WASSCE scores. WAEC confirmed the disruption via its official X (formerly Twitter) account, attributing the shutdown to technical difficulties and promising to restore access within 24 hours. “The result checker portal (waecdirect.org) is temporarily unavailable due to technical

Foreign investors pulled out a total of N576.09 billion from the Nigerian stock market in the first half of 2025, marking a significant rise of nearly 85% compared to the N311.41 billion withdrawn during the same period in 2024. The latest figures, released in the Nigerian Exchange Group's (NGX) Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment Report for June 2025, show that foreign outflows outpaced inflows, which stood at N559.25 billion. This

A renowned media pioneer and influential voice in Nigerian journalism, Dr. Doyin Abiola, has passed away at the age of 82. Dr. Abiola, the first woman to lead a national newspaper in Nigeria as Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, was also the wife of late business mogul and winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola. Her passing was confirmed by one of MKO Abiola’s sons, Jamiu