Residents of Liasu Road, Ikotun, Lagos, were thrown into panic on Monday night as Petroleum Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, spilled from an NNPC station into the road’s drainage, disrupting the flow of traffic. A resident of the area, Mrs Folasade Adeyemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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The Lagos State Police Command has said it did not seal the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at Yaba, on Monday as being rumoured. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has told newsmen that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, only...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi said he is saddened that Nigerians are losing their lives in their desperate quest to buy cheaper food in the face of the growing hunger and starvation in the country. NATIONAL...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Sunday distributed 447 resettlement housing, food items and other basic necessities to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Dalori community in Konduga Local Government Council. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the Borno State Government constructed the houses to resettle...
No fewer than 4,000 persons in Lagos benefitted on Friday from the sale of rice seized by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Comptroller-General of the NCS, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, had on Thursday directed that the seized rice be sold to members of the public at a subsidised rate...
The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has won the Nelson Mandela Leadership Prize for Integrity and Transparency. The President of Stay Africa Youth Development Initiative (SAYDI-AFRICA), Mr Dominic Mensah, presented the award to Olatunji-Bello in her office on Friday in Lagos. Mensah said the award...
Lagos State Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate, Princess Islamiyat Oyefusi, has resigned her membership of the party. Oyefusi confirmed her resignation to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Thursday in Lagos . She said she left the LP because the party’s values no longer align with...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos -. The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has confirmed that one person died on Wednesday when a passenger ferry collided with a submerged shoreline concrete. The Public Affairs Unit of LASWA, Mrs Wuraola Alake, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Alake...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government has announced that rehabilitation works on the Third Mainland Bridge will continue on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Kesha, who acknowledged the inconvenience that traffic...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command has arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as yahoo boys. EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale said the suspected yahoo boys were...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) from intruding into the Centenary Economic City Free Zone along Airport Road, Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, also made an injunction order restraining the Federal Capital...
The Biennial Sports Fiesta of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has opened in Abuja on Sunday with athletes from the company’s three zones participating. The athletes will compete for laurels in football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming and Athletics....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis, concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State government on Saturday said it would commenced the full enforcement of the ban on usage and distribution of styrofoam food containers on Monday. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said this in a statement signed by the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government has announced a 24 hours closure on the Third Mainland Bridge for Iyana Oworonshoki-Lagos Island-bound traffic from midnight on Sunday, Feb. 18 to midnight on Monday, Feb 19. This is according to a statement issued on Saturday by the Federal...
The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) has urged property owners and construction professionals to get the required permits for their projects. The Director, Public Affairs, LASPPPA, Abimbola Emdin-Umeh, gave the advice in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. According to him, this aligns with the state...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday pledged to clear all accrued pension rights owed by the state in April. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the promise at the 103rd Bond Retirement Bond Certificates Presentation, organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in Lagos. He said, having paid...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, said that the State Government had in the last four to five years provided over 3,000 housing units in the state, with efforts underway to reach 7,000. Akinderu-Fatai disclosed this at a media parley on the scorecard of his ministry...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that the Lagos rail mass transit red line will be inaugurated on Feb. 29, in order to further ease transportation in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu said this in Ikeja on Wednesday, at the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) Stakeholders Forum 2024,...