Managing Director and CEO of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Mr. Tony Attah, has identified extensive and deliberate collaboration with government and other stakeholders in the Nigeria oil and gas industry, to create an investment- attracting environment. According to Attah, this strategy would enable Nigeria to better utilise its vast...
Lagos
The family of the late Comrade J I Orkar, of Vandeikya LGA, Benue State has announced the official funeral program to honor the life and legacy of Mr Samuel Terver Orkar, who passed unto glory July 21, 2025 at the age of 49 in Lagos after a brief illness....
A devastating crash on the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos left five people dead and five others injured in two separate road accidents, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The crashes, attributed to reckless speeding, have reignited calls for stricter adherence to traffic regulations. The first incident...
Actor and voice artiste, EyiyemiOlivia Rogbinyin, has been announced as host of the inaugural QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit holding on August 12, 2025, at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The announcement was made on Thursday by Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG. With a...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, July 30, 2025, refused a fresh bail application filed by Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding a Palestinian businessman, Zad Abu Zalaf, of $1,043,000. At the resumed...
FibreOne, a leading broadband provider in Nigeria, has revealed that the country’s significant broadband access deficit results in an estimated annual economic loss of $15 billion. This statement was made by FibreOne’s Chief Experience Officer, Yinka Isioye, during his keynote speech at the 21st Titans of Tech Conference, Expo,...
Former Group Managing Director of FirstBank Nigeria, Dr Olabisi Onasanya, has said he is now vindicated after the Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the controversial loan-related case involving his name. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 struck out the...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Federal High Court in Lagos has struck out a 13-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and three others. The charges were withdrawn following a comprehensive review of the representations submitted by all...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has said it remains confident of a strong performance in the 2027 general elections, undeterred by opposition efforts to undermine its progressive initiatives. In a statement released on Tuesday, Mr. Seye Oladejo, the Lagos State APC Publicity...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – After an arduous seven-year legal battle, Mr. Yusuf Yahaya-Kwande has been fully discharged and acquitted by the High Court of Lagos in Suit No: ID/7980c/2018: FRN v. Trafigura & 6 Ors. The judgment of the Court brings a definitive end to a criminal charge...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 60-year-old drug kingpin, Okpara Paul Chigozie, ending seven years of evading the long arm of the law, even as he was caught attempting to ship large quantities...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided Sarah Sam Hotels located at 115 Ogudu road in Kosofe, Lagos where different party drugs are being distributed and sold. A statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said...
Two men, Emeka Daniel and Ugochukwu Eze, were arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, for allegedly importing fake condoms into Nigeria. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, and perversion of justice. The Prosecutor, SP Josephine Ikhayere, alleged that the defendants...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has warned Nigerians against abusing the Naira, describing it as a symbol of sovereignty and a criminal offence. He made this statement during a stakeholders’ sensitisation programme in Lagos. Olukoyede expressed concern over the persistent abuse...
Lagos PDP stalwart, Prince Laja Adeoye, has declared that the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will not spell doom for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but will instead pave the way for a more robust party ahead of the 2027 elections. In an exclusive interview with the...
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT transferred 45 bags of suspected Indian Hemp, weighing 1,575 kilograms, to the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday at Apapa, Lagos. Commodore Paul Nimmyel, represented by the base’s Executive Officer, Capt. Idongesit Udoessien, said the seizure occurred near Ilesha Beach as part...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentencing of 15 Chinese, for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before two Federal High Court Judges sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos; Justice Ayokunle Faji and Justice Dehinde Dipeolu. The suspects...
National Assembly has announced plans to hold a comprehensive national security summit to address the escalating insecurity that is jeopardizing lives, property, and agricultural productivity across Nigeria. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting on the 2026 Agriculture Budget in Lagos on Wednesday, Senator Garba Maidoki, a key member of...
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). “Now I can see...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks going to Guinea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos....