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Sokoto in Donating Wheel Chairs to UDUTHNBCC, Moniepoint Collaborate to Chart New Paths for SMEsTinubu Names Rotimi Pedro NTA DG, Appoints New Members into Management Team,BREAKING: Junketing Tinubu Lands In Los Angeles En Route To Brazil For Two-Day State Visit After Japan ConferenceAt Graduation of Defence College Course 33, Tinubu Pledges to Strengthen Local Manufacturing of Military HardwareEFCC Declares Atiku’s Son-in-law Wanted over Money Laundering AllegationsGroup Decries Attacks on NNPCL CFOAt Least 65 Killed Across Nigeria This Week, Amnesty International Says, Condemns Govt InactionIn Defence of Yewa/Awori People’s Bid for 2027 Ogun GovernorshipBREAKING: Senior Police Officers Resolve Nigerian Police Must Quit Contributory Pension Scheme, Seek National Assembly BackingNiger State Govt Fails To Release Funds To Displaced Persons Agency Despite Worsening Floods, Bandit AttacksJapan Designates Kisarazu City As Hometown For Diaspora NigeriansTinubu Unveils Personal Income Tax 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Alleged Lobbying By Retired Immigration ChiefBreaking: Foreign Reserves Hits $41.05bn Amid Improved Macroeconomic Stability, Investor ConfidenceBREAKING: Nigerian Aviation Authorities Question Ibom Air Crew, Passenger Comfort Emmanson Over Lagos Airport DramaAssociation Advocates Ban on Importation of Ready-made Garments, Urges FG to Protect Local IndustryMowe Golf Town to Open Experience Centre, Holds N500m African Art ExhibitionUNILAG VC Calls for Responsible Tech Governance to Curb Fraud, Disinformation Lagos Embarks on Landmark Transition to Circular Waste ManagementEzekwesili Advocates Building Africa’s New Class of Values-driven Political LeadersEmzor Pharmaceutical Successfully Repays Debut Series 1 Commercial PaperRMAFC Begins Remuneration Packages for Office HoldersBREAKING: Angry Mob Beats Suspected Female Kidnapper Nearly To Death At Ilorin MarketNELFUND Issues New Guidelines on Upkeep Loan DisbursementGateway Airport: A Legacy Project To Unlock Ogun Economic 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InfrastructureIn Japan, Tinubu Salutes Nigerian Military’s Momentum Against InsecurityMakinde Approves Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan, Installation Holds September 26REA, Delta Partner on Off-grid Power, Plan to Raise State’s GDP By $2.9bnNCC, Governors Forge Partnership to Boost Nigeria’s Digital EconomyTinubu Approves N45bn for FCT Water ProjectsEthiopian Airlines to Add Three Extra Flights to Abuja from October 28Access Holdings Expands Global Footprint with Trade Diplomacy, Social Impact in ZambiaBello: How I Got Donations, Sold My House to Build 540-Seater Auditorium for StudentsTwo Years of Renewed Hope in Tunji-Ojo’s Interior MinistryPen to Power: How Oketola’s Journalism now Shapes Academic Research, Public Policy  AI AND DIGITALISATION: NAL’S VERDICTIMBIBING THE SAFEGUARDING PRINCIPLE IN NIGERIANEW DIRECTION IN POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE IN KADUNAINSURANCE INDUSTRY AND RECAPITALISATIONFAREWELL, OLU-IBUKUN: BROADCASTING TRAIL-BLAZER AND MORESophos, Halcyon Introduce Anti-tamper Protection InitiativeBREAKING: Whistleblowers Network Sues Nigerian Govt, AGF, Others; Seeks To Block Fresh $396.6Million Payout To Senator Ned Nwoko, Linas In Paris Club DisputeTinubu Sacks NTA Management, Appoints Pedro DGMakinde Approves Ladoja As 44th Olubadan Nigerian Govt Closes 13.5Million Social Media Accounts For ‘Offensive Content’, Removes Nearly 60Million PostsTinubu Targets Economic Growth, Development in Osun, Says MinisterUNICEF, Katsina Unveil Committee to Promote Education How Uba Sani Reversed 54 Cumulative Years of Stagnation in Kaduna State
Sat. Aug 23rd, 2025

Police to probe assault on actor, Lawori by NURTW boss, Koko Zaria

The Nigeria Police said it would investigate the assault on a veteran Yoruba actor, Lawori, by Koko Zaria, a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this in post on his official X handle on Monday.

DAILY POST reports that Koko Zaria was said to have ordered an attack on Lawori.

Sharing a viral video by Lawori, an X user, @Oyindamola, tagged the Police PPRO to step in.

In response, Adejobi assured the general public that justice will be served.

He wrote, “This will be investigated, and justice will be served. Many people have called me on this case.”

Police to probe assault on actor, Lawori by NURTW boss, Koko Zaria

 

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