PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The United States Consulates General, Lagos in partnership with the National Commission for Museum and Muniment have spent over $22,000 dollars in an efforts to rebrand the old residency museum library in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Speaking while commissioning the old residency refurbished...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Air Peace has relaunched direct flights from Lagos and Abuja to Dubai at a promo fare of N325,000 for a return economy flight. The airline’s spokesperson, Stanley Olisa announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. He said the airline had introduced...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General. Abiodun was docked before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos. The suspect is facing a 13-count charge including obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of...
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State on Friday stormed the party secretariat to protest against the planned substitution of the executive committee list produced at the last LGA Congress. The aggrieved members, who earlier took their...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the Lagos and Enugu Zonal Commands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 33 internet fraud suspects popularly known as “Yahoo boys” in separate sting operations. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the 2.5 billion dollar Dangote Fertiliser Plant in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, will boost Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings and accelerate economic growth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari spoke on Tuesday while inaugurating the three million metric tonnes per annum urea production plant....
Former Super Eagles’ players have paid the 2023 presidential hopeful, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a visit in his residence. According to a post made by Tinubu Support Group (TSG) on Facebook, the presidential hopeful was presented an award by a foundation founded by one of the former Super Eagles’...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano. Obiano, who stepped down as governor today having completed the maximum two terms of eight years, which the Constitution allows for governors, was picked up at about 8.30 pm...
A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday narrated before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her neighbourhood. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shogunle testified at the trial of a 20-year-old fashion designer, Rasheed...
The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, will be 50 on Thursday, March 24, 2022 – and to commemorate it, he will be unveiling two new books, A TASTE OF SUCCESS and CONVERSATIONS WITH SHOWBIZ STARS, on that day. The memorable and milestone event is slated for the...
The N15 billion NNPC Tax Credit funding is speeding up construction works on the Badagry expressway project, Director of Federal Highways in South West, Mr Adedamola Kuti, has said. Kuti said this during inspection of the section three of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway project which spans from Agbara to Seme...
The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of a former Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone), Funmi Adenmosun at the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) in Ikoyi, following his inability to perfect his bail conditions. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on January 21...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The management of Air Peace has debunked reports that the airline disrespected the Emir of Kano as well as the people of the state. The Chief Operating Officer, Air Peace Ltd, Mrs Toyin Olajide, explained in a statement that the incident which led to...
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while two others were rescued from a three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, Southwest, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said...
The Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation have expressed concerned over incessant flight delays and cancellations experienced by passengers in the country’s aviation industry. The Senate and House Committee Chairmen on Aviation, Smart Adeyemi and Nnolim Nnaji, made this known in a joint briefing during an oversight visit to...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says normalcy will be restored to petrol stations in Abuja and other areas in about three days following the resumption of loading in Lagos depots. Mr Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive, NMDPRA, made this known when he visited some petroleum products...
The Lagos Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again warned of an impending strike should government fails to meet its demands. Coordinator of the zone, Dr Adelaja Odukoya, gave the warning at a news conference on Tuesday at the University of Lagos, after a congress...
Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) on Tuesday said insurers had paid over N11billion as claims for losses suffered during the 2020 #Endsars protest. Mr Ganiyu Musa, Chairman, NIA, disclosed this at a news briefing in Lagos . “As at January, insurers have paid over N11 billion as claims that arose...
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old member. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs F.M. Kayode, who did not take Olatunji’s plea, ordered that Olatunji he should be remand at Ikoyi Correctional...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would introduce self-registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) examinations. Head of Media and Information of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this...