Jos360plustvNg

Increase in the costs of transport fare in parts of Lagos have been observed on Monday as some driver withdrew their services. Along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, a trip from First Gate bus stop to Orile, that used to go for ₦150, the mini buses drivers now charge ₦250. From Mile 2 to Ketu/Mile 12 is now ₦500 from ₦400. Our correspondent also observed that the few commercial buses plying between Lagos and Ogun States via the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway now charge ₦800 for any bus stop from Berger Bus stop. The scarcity of buses and price hike have resulted in stranded commuters. The drivers under the aegis of Joint Drivers Welfare Association Of Nigeria are boycotting Lagos roads for seven days to protest extortion by members of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee.  Credit: Oluwakemi Abimbola, Oluwafemi Dawodu

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood has revealed that 2.7 million double registrants were weeded out of the last Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by the commission. Speaking on Tuesday October 11, at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States, Yakubu also said the new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November. He also revealed that about 50% of the new PVCs are ready but yet to be distributed to collection centres. The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why over seven million eligible voters could not complete the Continuous Voter Registration.   INEC’s National Electoral Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye who spoke to Punch on Tuesday August 16, said most of those who could not complete the registration were Nigerians in diaspora.   Absolving the Commission of any wrong doing following claims of disenfranchising s

I remember a divorce case I handled some years ago.  The Respondent, the wife, blatantly refused to show up in court or engage a lawyer; and the judge wasn’t ready to proceed without her. One day in court, the judge, again, refused to proceed with the matter without the woman. That we must meet with her and hold the statutory conference before she will hear the matter. I told the judge we have served her the petition and the hearing notice for today’s sitting and clearly she is not interested in defending the petition, so, we should proceed in the interest of justice.  The judge come vex for me o. That I should do more than that. I should get her number, call her and try to see her and hold a meeting with both of them and try to settle them. E come be like say na me wan scatter their marriage.  The judge asked the petitioner, my client, if he doesn’t want settlement, he said no. He was visibly angry, talking about how he just wants a divorce immediately and nothing else. Th

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, attended the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Daewoo Group of South Korea for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. The signing took place in Seoul, South Korea, where Buhari attended the first World Bio Summit. Present at the signing were the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva and the NNPC Limited boss, Mele Kyari. Credit: Facebook | Buhari Sallau -- Follow us for more breaking news and videos

A supporter of Nigeria's Labour Party,  OGersh, climbed Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro for 10 and a half hours to place the party's flag at the Uhuru Peak. The Uhuru Peak is the highest point of the mountain and highest point in Africa. OGersh shared a picture of himself at Uhuru Peak, next to the Labour Party flag on Tuesday saying, “On Fri, 20/10/2022 after 10½ hrs of climbing, hiking and trekking, I  made it to the Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895m above sea level. There is no better place to announce the coming of a New Nigeria than the rooftop of Africa.”

  An Iranian man, Amou Haji, nicknamed the "dirtiest man in the world" for not taking his bath for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday.   Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, IRNA news agency reported.   Haji had avoided showering over fears of "getting sick", the agency quoted a local official as saying.   Credit: AFP

The United Kingdom monarch, King Charles III, on Tuesday, received Rishi Sunak at Buckingham Palace and appointed him as the next prime minister. In a post on the Royal Family's Twitter handle, a photo from the meeting was shared and captioned, “The King received The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP at Buckingham Palace today. "His Majesty asked him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.” Credit: Twitter | RoyalFamily

Actor, Alex Ekubo, has called for the renaming of the Lekki Tollgate in memory of the lives lost on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 and that it should be toll free as well. Ekubo, made the call in a post on his Instagram page on Thursday, the second anniversary of the Lekki shooting. He shared a photo from the protest against police brutality, the #EndSARS protest and said, "Dear Nigerian Government, we will NEVER forget this day. 20 - 10 - 20 💔 We will return the favour. 🤞🏾 The Labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain. ✊🏾 "I still maintain, Lekki Toll plaza should be renamed Lekki Memorial Way & remain toll free forever. We paid in full with our blood.🩸” -- Follow us for more breaking news and videos

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has stated that any party that is contesting against the All Progressives Party in Lagos State is wasting its time.   Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, disclosed Wike's statement on his Twitter handle on Tuesday.   He wrote, “Any party contesting against APC in Lagos is wasting time. Sanwo-Olu is a super performing Governor. - Gov. Nyesom Wike.”   Wike has earlier endorsed the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office.   Credit: Twitter | gboyegaakosile

It is believed that Late General Sani Abacha once said, "government has an interest in every crises situation that exceeds 24 hours". I have heard that a number of times but have never been able to pin that statement to a source. However, I just want to borrow that logic to infer that 'government has SERIOUS interest in any kind of mega oil bunkering that exceeds, 10 days, a month, a year, and even 9 years'. Thanks to Mr. Peter Goandverifyit Obi, an extended investigation has been launched into the bunkering activities in Nigeria's oil rich region. Summarily, there has been a high-scale illegal bunkering at an average of at least 250bpd for about 9 years now and the government claims to know nothing about it. What interests me the most is that the combined forces could not adequately secure the pipelines that former/present militants had to be given to charge to secure Nigeria's pipelines. Currently, the former Niger Delta warlord and commander of

Nigeria's Super Eagles star Ahmed Musa MON complete and unveiled an international School in his home town of Bukuru community, Jos South LGA in Plateau State. He named the school after his parents Mr Musa and Mrs. Sarah using the initials of his parents name for the nomenclature, M&S International School. According to Musa, he said that was the only school he attended and when he heard they wanted to sell it, he bought the building and rebuilt the school. Saying his late parents would be very proud of him.  "I’m proud to name it after my parents . Mr Musa & Mrs Sarah! M&S international school. Now officially open Alhamdulillah." The blockbuster project shows the philanthropic nature of the Super Eagles Captain who has continued to impact his community through cash and cash assistance. This projects is expected to encourage literacy in the country and to promote the educational sector.  The school M&am

Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood appeared in court today charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The England international, 21, from Bowdon, Trafford, made first court appearance at Manchester and Salford magistrates in the morning. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorised Greater Manchester Police to charge him with the three offences. The CPS said the charges, in full, are: attempting to rape a woman 16 or over, with a date specified as October 22, 2021; engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour, with a period between December 1, 2018 and October 15, 2022 specified; and assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm, with a period between December 12, 2021 and December 31, 2021 detailed. Manchester Evening News, MEN.

The latest edition of the El clasico ended in a deserving victory for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeau and it was a landmark game; the 250th edition in all competitions. Los Blancos ran out 3-1 winners with goals from Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde and a penalty from the young Brazilian, Rodrygo. The Blaugrana got their only goal after a beautiful build up play orchestrated by  Ansu Fati and finished with aplomb by Ferran Torres. The hosts got their 101st victory against Barcelona's 97 in this game tagged the 'biggest in club football'. It is not a derby, but the pure emotion, passion, following, grace and history behind the fixture trump all others bar none. It has been the dream of almost every footballer and heroes have been born in this games as well as villains. The Catalan giants tried hard to fashion out chances and get the ball to their latest Number 9, Roberto Lewandowsky, but Eder seemed to be keen on his every move while

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared as unlawful the abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria and quashed the entire terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Appellate Court in a judgement by Justice Oludotun Adebola held that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful. Credit: Friday Olokor

Plateau United on Sunday 9th October, 2022 defeats the Esperance Of Tunis by 2 goals to 1. This milestone victory by the Peace Boys over the Tunisian side is the first in 9 years that a Nigerian knocked them out of the competition having been defeated last time when Heartland of Owerri beat them 2:1 at home soil before playing a 1:1 stalemate in Tunis to send them packing. In reaction, the technical crew of Esperance expressed shocked with the quality of Plateau United players stating that the two goals they concede wasn't even enough to justify the superiority of Peace Boys over them. The second half saw Plateau United missed many golden chances to add more goals, but on a general rating the team was superb from start to finish.

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Wednesday inaugurated the campaign office of the NNPP along Ikorodu Road, Lagos State. He shared pictures from the inauguration via his Twitter handle on Wednesday saying, “In Lagos State, where in the company of our good party people, I have just commissioned the #OfficialNNPPng campaign office on Ikorodu Road." Credit: Twitter | KwankwasoRM --

Celebrities on Friday turned out for the burial of Don Jazzy's mum in Lagos.  The record label owner announced the death of his mother in July. Spotted at the burial were BBNaija's Erica, Wofai Fada, Do2dtun among others. Credit: Instagram| #donjazzy

Nigerian serial robber, Charles Chukwuma Onwuemelie, threw an elaborate wedding three months before he was arrested in connection with over 68 armed robberies in Los Angeles, California. read here Dubbed as the "Blue Cloth Bandit", the suspect used a blue cloth to cover his handgun during the robberies. The 29-year-old resident of Quartz Hill was arrested at his residence on Saturday, September 24, 2022.  Charles and his wife, Chinonyelum Stephanie Onwuasor, met at church in 2012 while Stephanie was volunteering as a teacher’s aide in confirmation class. Their traditional wedding held on April 23, 2022, was graced by many members of the Nigerian community in Los Angeles.  Their elaborate ceremony was followed by an even more lavish white wedding on July 16th, 2022.

It has been sixty-two years since Nigeria became independent. I would still insist that Nigeria's sticking together, or forcefully staying together, as one nation in spite of her diversity is a product of a miracle. Many within and outside Nigeria have secretly wished that Nigeria would collapse, maybe some still do, but to what end? That we have come this far as a nation , regardless of our "jaga-jaga", it means we can go farther as a nation.    Nigeria is still a very rich nation, perhaps the richest in the world, but is has suffered from poor leadership over the years. I know history books and documentaries credit our "founding fathers" with fighting for Nigeria's independence but the same materials conveniently chose to conceal embers of religious and ethnic tensions caused by some of these same people, which have been amplified over the years to what we are currently managing now. In any case, this is not the time for blame game; if we insis

Veteran Nollywood actress, Patience Ozokwo popularly known as Mama Gee, has shown her support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Ozokwo at a political event sang a song in Igbo which means “Let's go, let's go, where are we going? We are going to Labour Party, where they paint father, mother and child. Everyone should come let’s cast our vote, where things would be better for us. Let’s go." She captioned the video on her Instagram page, "Grassroot politics at its best. May it never be said that we failed for lack of trying. Be the change you need." Credit: Instagram | patienceozokwo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered 13 million tramadoll pill at an unoccupied mansion in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. In a statement released by the agency on Monday, the discovery was made on Friday by operatives acting on credible intelligence. The street value of the Illicit drugs is worth over ₦8.8bn. Credit: Facebook| NDLEA Dreamz TV

Honour, they say, is given to those whom honour is due. Today, at jos360plustvNg decided to publish some of the most impactful people who have made positive strides in the Plateau. 1. Mr. David Daser  A native of Kagu area, Pankshin LGA, Founder of nHub , one of the most renounced ICT Outlet in Northern Nigeria, based in Plateau State capital, Jos. It was at nHub that Daser begins to make impact with a clear view to train and equip youths with requisite tech knowledge in Jos. In December, 2018, Plateau State Govt through H.E Simon Bako Lalong Confirmed the appointment of Daser as Director General, Plateau State Information & Communication Technology Development Agency, PICTDA . His appointment as DG PICTDA is the opportunity that exposed his inner beauty, making bare both his technical and administrative prowess to the people of the State. The people's DG as he's fondly called, through PICTDA can boast of training over 2000 interns in the state, in the aspect

The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has apologized to Nigerians over the insecurity since the last seven years as well as harsh economy realities that have made life difficult for Nigerians. She gave the apology on Friday in Abuja at the 62nd Independence Day Special Juma’at Prayer and Public Lecture with the theme “Shura: The Islamic Foundation of True Democracy” which was held at the National Mosque Conference Hall, Abuja. According to her, the noticeable depreciation of the naira and the continuous drop in the foreign exchange rate have taken their toll on the economy, which she blames for the hardships and difficulties Nigerians face in education, health, and other day-to-day activities. She did, however, commend the military’s efforts in addressing the country’s security challenges thus far and wished them continued success. “Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, as you may be aware that this government is making its exit an