By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- A major political earthquake has rocked Lagos State as the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, and several other party leaders have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was announced at a news conference on Monday in...
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President Bola Tinubu has commissioned the completed 27km dual reinforced concrete Deep Sea Port Access Route at Lekki, Lagos State. In addition to the Lekki project, the President also virtually commissioned other completed road projects across the country. Furthermore, Tinubu flagged off the construction of sections of the Sokoto-Badagry...
Rising from an emergency general meeting held Wednesday at its hall in Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, leading motor parts trading group in Africa, the Auto Spare Parts & Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) has passed a resolution that going forward, any member found dealing on adulterated engine oil or...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos High Court has ordered the Chairman of Surulere Local Government, Hon. Sulaiman Bamidele Yusuf, to appear before it on June 30, 2025, to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt of court. This follows the local government’s unlawful demolition of the...
Lagos State Police Command has apprehended six suspected gang members, wanted for terrorising communities in the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Monday. He said the suspects, between the ages of 28 and 48 were apprehended during a routine patrol on Thursday....
Federal High Court (FHC) workers in Lagos joined their counterparts on Monday and embarked on a strike called by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). The workers were directed to return home by officials of JUSUN, who were seen around the premises. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence of 11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justices Yellim Bogoro and A....
Some retired cooperative members of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), Lagos State Branch, have decried alleged misappropriation of their funds by the management committee of the multipurpose society. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, the members said that they were yet to access...
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has recovered three dead bodies in the building that collapsed at Ikorodu area of the state on Tuesday. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Oke-Osanyintolu said...
By JOY ADARA , Abuja- A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered service of court documents on the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (also known as Prof. Pat Utomi) in relation to a suit pending against over his announced plan to...
Lagos State Government has shut down five orphanages in the last one year for offences ranging from baby trafficking to violations of the State Child Rights Law of 2015. The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende, disclosed this in Ikeja on Tuesday during the 2025 Ministerial...
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday received the English Premier League trophy, reaffirming his commitment to promoting sports for engagement and social inclusion. The trophy was officially presented by Guinness Nigeria PLC Managing Director, Mr Girish Sharma, during a ceremony at the Lagos House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu said...
Emergency responders have recovered one dead body from the site of a two-storey building that collapsed on Sunday afternoon in the Mushin area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Territorial Office, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)....
Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has said it is confident of victory in the July 12 local government elections, if conducted fairly. Deputy Chairman of the party in Lagos State, Mr Olusupo Ajayi, stated this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
26 chairmanship candidates of the Julius Abure-led faction of Labour Party have emerged for the July 12 Local Government election in Lagos State. The chairperson of the faction in the state, Pastor Dayo Ekong, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN recalls...
The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital, Lagos State, Dr Bamidele Mustapha, has saif there was no casualty in the fire outbreak that occured on Thursday in the hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire broke out in the hospital around 3:30p.m....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Police Command in Lagos State has detained five suspects for allegedly stealing and selling a two-week-old baby for N3 million. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. He said that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of...
Dr Dorcas Oladunjoye, Medical Officer of Health, Badagry West Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, has said suspected cholera outbreak in Zongo community, an Hausa/Fulani settlement in Badagry is behind deaths in the area. Oladunjoye made the clarification in an interview with newsmen in Badagry on Thursday....
The Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has fixed Friday for its chairmanship primaries for the July 12 Local Government election in the state. The LP State Chairman, Pastor Dayo Ekong, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos....
Lagos State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it will adopt consensus mode of primaries to choose its candidates for the July 12 Local Government election in the state. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Mr Richard Benson, disclosed this in an interview with...