By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi said the counterfeit cash...
Lagos
NIPCO Plc has completed four Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Lagos, set for inauguration by May. The Managing Director of NIPCO Gas Ltd., Mr Nagendra Verma, disclosed this during an interaction with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. Verma, who highlighted the significance of CNG as a viable...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, were joined by their wives, Nana Kashim Shettima and Dr Falmata Babagana Zulum, on Friday in Lagos to pay sallah homage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Eid el Fitr (Sallah) is celebrated by...
President Bola Tinubu has called for unity of purpose and more collaboration between the federal, state governments and members of the National Assembly to achieve national development goals. The President made the appeal while receiving state governors and the leadership of the National Assembly in Lagos on Friday....
The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a woman who specialises in abducting and selling children and rescued no fewer than six of the children. The woman, Ngozi Blessing Abia, also known as Mercy Francis, has carried out her nefarious activities in Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra and Edo. Investigation...
A Smartphone Company, Infinix Mobile on Friday unveiled its Note 40 series, and announced its partnership with an online subscription video-on-demand service, Showmax. The announcement was made at the Infinix Note 40 series media parley in Lagos on Friday. Speaking about the partnership, a Showmax Representative, Mr Uche...
A cleric, Pastor Godwin Kalu, has cautioned traders to desist from selling fake products, warning that it could land them in hell. Kalu, Presiding Pastor, Divine Encounter Church, Satellite Town, Lagos, said this during a market evangelism programme in Lagos. It was organised by the church at the...
….Wins 2023 award of Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has said Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, remains the pacesetter and forerunner for development in Africa. Adesina made the remark when he received...
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, has urged PDP gladiators in Edo not to bring down the roof of the party over the outcome of the governorship primary in the state. Aivoji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that those aggrieved...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 54-year old man for alleged attempt to take 12 children to Lagos State for labour. The Head of Operations of NAPTIP, Mr Moses Unongo, on Thursday, handed over the children to the Nasarawa State Ministry...
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, says the 617 million dollar investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) fund will spur cultural and economic expansion. Musawa said this during the launch of iDICE and the maiden edition of Omniverse summit, in Lagos on...
The Lagos Chapter of the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has urged the Federal Government to address the depreciating naira, saying it is acting like an “accelerant’’ in building collapse. The National President, BCPG, Mr Sulaimon Yusuf, gave the advice at a news briefing on Thursday in Lagos,...
An Abeokuta High Court has sentenced a 24- year old man, Monday Abbah to death by hanging for killing his colleague Mr Rapheal Osugbe. Abbah, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was convicted on a one count charge of murder. Justice O.O Stanley, in her judgment on...
A 21-year old man, Justice Ikeocha, on Thursday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly accumulating N304,500 while lodging in a hotel and refused to pay. Ikeocha is facing a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretences and incurring debt by false pretences. He, however, pleaded not...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, quashed a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over N21. 5 billion money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had re-arraigned the defendants , on...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Abiodun Faleke, on Saturday urged members of his constituency to continue to support him in order to impact as many lives as possible. Faleke(APC- Ikeja) made the appeal while speaking during an empowerment programme he organised for his constituents...
The By-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, kicked off with early arrival of election materials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC officials were seen at polling units as early as 7 30 a.m., with voting starting almost simultaneously at the polling units...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 45-year-old man, Paul Ndedigwe, to double life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s two children, aged six and seven. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, held that prosecution proved two of the three counts brought against Ndedigwe....