After months of fleeing abroad to evade arrest, the founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. The...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Lagos has a new Commissioner of Police, as Mrs. Rose Dung assumes duty as the 32nd CP. A statement issued by the unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, said Dung’s appointment follows the promotion of her predecessor, AIG Okunade Ronke. With...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Lagos State Government has appealed to residents to remain calm following 12 hours of heavy rainfall that has caused widespread flooding across the city. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, assured residents that the state has put in place resilient infrastructure...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to Libreville, Gabon through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos. The operatives arrested no...
In a bold move to safeguard public health, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) confiscated counterfeit, expired, and unregistered products valued at over N1.5 billion in Lagos on Saturday. The operation, executed by NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team, targeted the cosmetics section of the...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos State Council has criticized the 25% commission charged by app-based transport companies like Uber, Bolt, and LagRide. NLC Lagos Chairperson, Funmi Sessi, at a press conference on Thursday, said the commission is exploitative and unfair to drivers. “The structure of the commission from all...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July, 24, 2025, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change Operator, for...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos have commenced investigation of one Phil-Olumba Ifunaya Sheila arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $14,567 ( Fourteen Thousand Five...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to promptly update its records of political parties and their legitimate leadership to avoid future disputes ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos...
by OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on the National Assembly to grant the state special status and recognize its 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the constitution. Sanwo-Olu made the plea at the South-West Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives...
Big Brother (BBNaija) Season 10 is poised to captivate audiences with a record-breaking N150 million grand prize. Executive Head of General Entertainment at MultiChoice Group, Busola Tejumola, announced this during a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The highly anticipated season will launch with a two-night...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State celebrated a landslide victory in Saturday’s Local Government elections, securing all 57 chairmanship seats and 375 of 376 councillorship positions. Speaking during the presentation of Certificates of Return by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), APC Lagos Chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi,...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke ruled that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against Fayose, warranting his...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Forum of Lagos State PDP Local Government Chairmen has rejected the results of Saturday’s council elections, pledging to challenge the outcome in court over alleged widespread irregularities. Forum Chairman and PDP leader in Oshodi-Isolo LGA, Chief Adegboyega Adegbesan, announced this at a press conference held...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- There have been testimonies of restored sights as more than 2,000 people accessed healthcare services in an outreach organised in Lagos as part of the Vision First initiative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo)....
All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in the Lagos State local government elections, winning all 20 chairmanship seats and 375 out of 376 councillorship positions. According to the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) managed to secure only one councillorship seat in Ward...
Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was noticeably absent at his polling unit on Saturday, failing to cast his vote in the local government election. This marks the second time Fashola has been absent from his polling unit during a local government election, having also missed voting in...
Lagos State Local Government elections on Saturday were marred by delays in the arrival of electoral materials and officers at many polling units. Despite the scheduled start time of 8:00 a.m., voting did not commence on time in most areas. At some polling units, electoral officers and materials arrived...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is confident of winning all chairmanship and councillorship seats in the ongoing Local Government election. According to the party’s spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, the APC’s track record at various levels of government makes it the people’s choice. No...
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has asserted that the party’s weak grassroots structure is the reason it continues to lose elections in the state. Jandor, who recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made this...