Oct 28, 2021 – Top News Magazines.

NLC, residents block Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway in protest against bad roads

Oct 28, 2021 topnews

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Ogun State yesterday blocked the Sango-Ota section of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, after the expiration of 21 days ultimatum given to the government. This is coming after the NLC had given the Ogun State government and the Federal government a 21-day ultimatum for them to fix the deplorable road. The NLC had on October 6 stormed the Sango portion of the Lagos-Abeokuta highway with a threat to shut down the state if nothing was done within 21 days. The NLC, after the expiration of…

Eight residents preparing for burial, kidnapped in Ekiti, N50m demanded

Oct 28, 2021 topnews

No fewer than eight residents were on Tuesday night kidnapped in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The abductors were said to have contacted the family of the victims on Wednesday morning, according to sources, and demanded N50 million ransom. A source said on Wednesday that the gunmen, at about 9.30pm, invaded a house where the houseowner was preparing for the burial of his mother, shot sporadically into the air and made away with eight persons. “The men numbering seven came around 9.30pm with guns and surrounded the…

Air Force officials on BRT lane allegedly kills Lagos artist

Oct 28, 2021 topnews

Personnel of the Nigerian Air Force has been accused of murdering an artist, Ifeanyi Kalu, while driving on the Bus Rapid Transit lane in Lagos State. It was gathered that Ifeanyi was on his way to work in the Ilupeju area of the state when the incident happened. His remains were said to have been deposited in a mortuary at the Nigerian Air Force base in Lagos. Describing Ifeanyi’s death as a big loss to his family, an actor, Segun Adefila, said he was killed two months after his mother’s…