The Labour Party (LP) popular social crusader, Mr Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) and other activists on Saturday, led a five million solidarity march for the LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all supporters...
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The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday in Lagos, set ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered from a warehouse in Ikorodu area of Lagos on Sept 19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anti-narcotic agency had, on Sept. 19, stormed a warehouse in a...
The Lagos State Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit has impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last one week. The unit’s spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, stated on Sunday that 10 persons, including motorcyclists and passengers were also arrested and prosecuted for plying the BRT corridor. He...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said four persons died while one was rescued in the building collapse at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The NEMA South West Zonal Cordinator, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Lagos State Government says it has directed prompt investigations to unravel the cause of the building collapse at 2/4 Oye Sonuga Str., Palmgroove, Mushin Local Government on Friday. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said this at the site. He said the incident,...
Many people are feared trapped after a building collapsed in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed this via its Facebook page on Friday. According to the agency, LASEMA officials are already at the scene of the incident and have begun an...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a Lagos-based prophet, Cletus Ilongwo, to seven years imprisonment for defrauding his church member of N59.7 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ilongwo, the Presiding Pastor of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry, was...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa says it has partnered UKAid to train no fewer than 40 young women in Lagos State as agents of change in their respective communities. The Director of Programme, Yiaga Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, made this known during the 2022 Community Organising...
Lagos is a state in Nigeria that is highly populated, modern, full of prospects, and everything good. Just like they say that you can achieve anything in New York, Lagos is a city where you can achieve a lot because the city provides lots of opportunities and accessibility to...
The PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said he was marvelled by the level of mobilisation of party members in Lagos State ahead of the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who arrived the state early in the day to attend series of activities, spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting...
Nine persons have been rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos on Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday. He said, “NEMA received a distressed alert...
The police command in Lagos State on Sunday said 35 suspected armed robbers were arrested between June and August in the state. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said 13 other suspected armed robbers were killed in different parts...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Lagos – A former Nigeria men’s senior national basketball team captain, Olumide Oyedeji has concluded plans to stage a basketball championship, Generation Next Basketball Showcase as part of efforts to discover talents in the country. The Generation Next Basketball Showcase championship will commence Saturday, 17 September...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the President assured Nigerians that the...
A sixth corpse has been recovered from the rubbles of a seven-storey uncompleted building, which collapsed on Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki in Lagos on Sunday. Emergency response agencies recovered two bodies from the site on Sunday and recovered three others earlier on Monday. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, South West...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 28- year-old teacher, Mohammed Algoni, to Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly sexually molesting his 11-year-old pupil through anus. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi, refused to listen to the defendant ‘s plea. She then ordered him to be remanded...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered more than 1.2 million tramadol tablets in Gombe and Lagos states. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday that 811,000 of the tablets were recovered...
Emergency responders have recovered two dead bodies from the rubbles of a building that collapsed in the early hours of Sunday in Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. Farinloye sad the seven-storey...
Six persons are reportedly trapped as a seven-storey building collapses at Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Farinloye said that the building located at Oba Idowu...