The family of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. According to the letter, written by Falana to the office...
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The Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd has awarded scholarships to 137 tertiary institution and secondary school students from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Devakumar Edwin, Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Dangote Group, presented the scholarships to the beneficiaries on Monday. The News...
The Police in Lagos on Sunday confirmed the death of eight children who mistakenly locked themselves in an abandoned car while playing at Adelayo Str., Agunlayo, Jah Micheal, near Magbon area of Badagry. The Spokensman for the Lagos Police Command, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, in a statement, said the incident...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, says defection of Lagos4Lagos Movement, a splinter group within the party, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot change the main opposition’s misfortune in the state. The APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in an...
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki Area of the state. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said that although no formal report had been made to it, the Commissioner of Police,...
The death of a student of Dowen College in Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni, has sparked agitations from Nigerian celebrities. Oromoni, who was supposed to clock 12 today (Saturday), died under controversial circumstances surrounding bullying and battery. Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has called for the commemoration of Sylvester Oromoni’s 12th birthday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) has boosted it fleet with a newly acquired Airbus A320. The airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Uchegbu Achilleus-Chud, made this known in a statement he issued on Friday in Lagos. Achilleus-Chud said the additional aircraft would serve UNA customers...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday re-arraigned the former Governor of Ekiti State Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Limited before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Fayose and his company were re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on 11 charges bordering money laundering and non-declaration...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command has said that the command had collected a record breaking total of N89,097,888,609.00 as revenue for November. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this known in a statement signed on...
Commandant of the Nigerian Army College of Logistics, Ojo, Lagos, Maj.-Gen. Martin Enendu, says success of security operations is dependent on the efficiency of logistics support. Maj. Gen. Enendu made the assertion at the second distinguished lecture series organised by the School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the arrest of security operatives involved in the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate, and police brutality cases. Young...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the final forfeiture order on the $40 million worth of jewellery seized from the premises of the former Minister for Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Justice Festus Obande, who read the judgment on Friday, held that there was no substance in Alison-Madueke’s...
Veteran comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been buried today. The actor died in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday. The news of his death drew reactions from prominent Nigerians including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo who said, “Baba Suwe’s death had...
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has completed rehabilitation of two township roads in Ikorodu as part of its Federal Constituency projects in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two road projects were awarded to LRB Global Investment Ltd, and JRB Construction Co. Ltd. at...
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said that conducting elections in Nigeria was a tough task, urging media support against fake news that could cause confusion. Yakubu spoke at a Strategic Interactive Meeting with Online Publishers organised by INEC in collaboration with the Institute...
This piece stemmed from an unusual occurrence/event which glaringly did more than anything else to support the claim by well-meaning Nigerians that healthcare professionals do not feel bound to seriously observe basic standards of care or are generally unwilling to accept responsibility for their failure to deliver expected quality...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently interrogating a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Officials of the anti-graft agency confirmed this to Channels Television on Monday in Lagos. The former minister was invited to answer questions relating to the forgery of a medical report which he...
Veteran Actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as “Oga Bello”, on Monday said the death of Nigerian Comedian, Babatunde Omidina, fondly called “Baba Suwe”, has left a huge vacuum in the Nigerian Comedy industry. Salami, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), paid tribute to late Omidina, describing...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Joke Silva has opened up concerning the health condition of her husband and fellow actor, Olu Jacobs. The actor has been off the movie screens but recently he was seen publicly at Africa International Film Festival Awards (AFRIFF) in Lagos, looking frail. The actress in an...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill before Christmas. Lawan made the disclosure on Friday night, while receiving the New Telegraph’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Politics, alongside other Nigerians who had distinguished themselves in public service and the private sector....