By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two pregnant women and a barber at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to import and export illicit drugs. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo alongside other presidential aspirants, notable among them, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met in Lagos on Friday. News filtered in Friday evening that Lagos the leading aspirants were hosted in Lagos...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday dismissed a no-case submission by Victor Aduba, charged along with kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aduba, an ex-soldier and Evans are charged with kidnapping a businessman, Mr Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting a $420,000...
A crossdresser has been reportedly brutalized by hoodlums in Lagos state. Eyewitnesses said he was fixing his lashes in a shop before a mob dragged him out and went beat him up. In the video making round on social media, the crossdresser is seen with makeup and swollen face,...
Chief Francis Chima, an aspirant for the House of Representatives for Ajeromi/Ifeolodun Federal Constituency has promised to take miscreants “Ajegunle boys’ from the streets using various vocational programmes if elected. Chima is eying the Reps seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. The...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, says if APC and Nigerians give Sen. Bola Tinubu opportunity to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, he will change Nigeria’s story for good. David, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security made this remarks in...
The issue of fertiliser has been a knotty matter for farmers in Nigeria over the years. Very often, it is either in short supply or just too expensive and well beyond reach. The supply of the commodity, so cardinal to bountiful farming output, has, over the years, defied all...
The death toll at the collapsed Ebute-Meta three-storey building had risen to eight. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that the eight dead persons include five males and three females. An...
The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of two dead bodies and rescue of 23 persons from Ebute Metta three-storey building collapse. The Zonal Coordinator Southwest, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Farinloye said the recovered...
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a member of the Diageo family, on Thursday opened its new £6.2 million ultra-modern headquarters located at Cocoa Industries Road, Ogba, Lagos. In her speech, Guinness Nigeria’s Board Chair, Dr Omobola Johnson, said the ceremony also doubled as a celebration of the 72nd Anniversary of Guinness...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which was founded by Late TB Joshua has confirmed a fire outbreak that occurred at its old site in Agodo area of Egbe, in Ikotun-Egbe axis of Lagos State, on Wednesday. The SCOAN also urged members and friends...
The Federal Government says the Badagry Seaport is estimated to generate about 2.6 billion dollars and create 5,000 direct and indirect jobs when operational. Mr Micheal Ohiani, the Acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concesion Regulatory Commission (ICRC), said this when he led a team to visit the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi...
The Federal Government has earmarked over N4.6 billion for the N-Skill training, buying of tools and or payment of monthly stipends to the Batch C beneficiaries of the programme. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq made this known at the closing ceremony...
All parties involved in the alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old primary six pupil of Chrisland Schools met on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education in the Alausa area of Lagos State. An impeccable source at the meeting which started at 2:30pm and is still ongoing as of the...
Nigerian Afro beat singer, Burna Boy, has taken to social media to respond to his colleague, Davido’s disclosure of the amount of money he used in buying his new land in Banana Island, Lagos State. Recall that Nigerian-American singer, Davido, had earlier on, taken to his official Twitter account...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has directed the immediate commencement of appropriate disciplinary measures against one ASP Babatunde Adebayo, who was caught in a video while smoking Indian hemp. The officer was seen in a photograph that circulated on the internet on Sunday. The...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his...
The Central Bank of Nigeria of Nigeria (CBN) said it would begin payment of N65 rebate to exporters who sold their goods through the importers and exporters (I&E) window, at the end of the first quarter. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said this shortly after signing the Term Sheet between...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Administrative Council (NAC) of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has fInally sacked Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo as the Lagos State Chairman of NURTW. NAC also dissolved the Lagos State council of the union with immediate...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Nigerian Police intercepted a busload of illicit drugs at the Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He...