Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Precious Mayor, for allegedly torturing his apprentices at Igbogbo in the Ikorodu area of the state. According to the PUNCH, the victims were said to have traveled from Imo State to receive instruction in cyber fraud...
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The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the case of a 12-year-old boy, Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small intestine allegedly got missing during his treatment. The Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, inaugurated the committee at a plenary on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has expressed dissatisfaction with the N85 billion contract for the provision of infrastructure for the Wasa Affordable Housing project in Wasa District, Abuja. Wike expressed the displeasure when he led the Minister of State for FCT, Dr...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Leading Pay TV in Sub-Saharan Africa, MultiChoice, owner of DStv and GoTV has announced a partnership with Cycling Lagos (www.cyclinglagos.com), one of the biggest cycling events in Africa scheduled to hold in Lagos in October 21 and 28, 2023. This is the second time...
Mrs Deborah Abiodun, mother of a 13-year-old boy whose small intestine got missing during treatment at Lagos hospitals says she is not attempting to blackmail the Lagos State Government. Abiodun made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. She said...
An unusual event almost marred the final of 6th Lagos International Badminton Classics at the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Saturday. A tanker ladden with gas was involved in an accident at the foot of the Stadium Bridge. The tanker driver...
Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, says the Park and Pay policy in the City Center and some other parts of the FCT began on Friday. Maikalangu said this while addressing a news conference at the council secretariat on Friday in Abuja. ...
A fatal accident involving a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) towing van and Dangote truck has claimed the life of its officer, leaving three persons critically injured. The accident occurred in the earlier hours of Friday, around 3 a.m, on the Kugbo Nyanya Expressway, near Karu bridge. ...
The Joint Task Force Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday impounded and crushed no fewer than 400 commercial motorcycles for operating illegally in Abuja capital city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the motorcycles were impounded at strategic spots the motorcyclists use as...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Thursday, that it will conduct integrity tests on old buildings within the city to forestall building collapse. Director, Development Control, FCTA, Mr. Mukhtar Galadima, stated this in Abuja while addressing newsmen on buildings in Jabi that failed integrity tests and...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday met with building professionals, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to address the problems of building collapse, undeveloped plots and abandoned structures. Addressing journalists after the meeting in Abuja, the Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, expressed FCTA’s...
The Lagos State Government says it will begin passenger operations on the Blue Line Rail on Monday, Sept. 4. The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, made this known on Wednesday at Marina, during a press briefing and test running of the train...
The officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday demolished an illegal market called “Kasuwan Dare”, a suspected hideout for hoodlums and drug dealers in Asokoro, Abuja. The market was located at Hassan Musa Katsina Street, near Kpaduma II in Asokoro Extension, Abuja. Speaking after the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Bwari and Dutse axes of Abuja. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike said on Monday that the ministry will deliver the Millennium Tower project in the next two years. Wike stated this in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT. The News Agency...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCTA is considering transportation and food supplies support with the N5 billion palliative received from the Federal Government . Wike stated this in Abuja on Monday after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says he will get all contractors back to site under his direct supervision and office of the Minister of State. Wike, who stated this at the opening of a meeting with contractors handling different projects in the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday, demolished a multimillion naira duplex built on plot 226, in Wuse Zone 6, an unapproved land. Director, Department of Development Control, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, said the building was illegally developed against all warnings. Gidado said that his team...
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