Some parts of Lagos metropolis on Sunday recorded the first rainfall in the year 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain fell around Lawanson in Surulere, Apapa Road, Costain and Oyingbo areas of Lagos. The morning rain, which did not last more than 30 minutes,...
METRO
Public transport system in Lagos State is set to wear a new face as the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Rail Line project will be officially launched on Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Marina. With the first phase now completed, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to officially inaugurate the...
Former two-term House of Representatives’ member in Agege Federal Constituency, Chief Kunle Amunikoro, on Saturday officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. Amunikoro, who represented Agege Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2011 under the platform of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), pledged his support for the...
The Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) says visiting people to know their challenges, residence and businesses, makes him different from other candidates. Adediran in company of other party leaders and candidates, made this remark when his campaign train toured Agege Local Government Area, in his ongoing...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 81 Division, Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the video trending on social media of a soldier engaged in fighting with a policeman in Apongbon, Lagos Island on Wednesday. 81 Division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Ms Funke Akindele, the Lagos Deputy Governorship Candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday toured major markets on Lagos Island, soliciting votes for party’s candidates. Akindele, a Nollywood star and running mate of Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, the PDP Governorship Candidate (Jandor), in the forthcoming general elections, told...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to pay special attention to Lagos State in ensuring free, fair and credible elections, alleging manipulation of collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Hakeem Amode, at a news conference on...
The Lagos State Deputy Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Funke Akindele says the party will make Ikorodu area attractive to local and foreign investors, if elected in the forthcoming election. She stated this during a Thanksgiving Service organised to appreciate God for putting her on the...
The Lagos PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), on Saturday pledged to review laws and policies in real estate sector to protect stakeholders and attract huge investors if elected. Adediran, in company with party leaders, made the pledge when his campaign train toured 12 electoral wards in Somolu...
What does a free trade zone mean? A free trade zone is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured, reconfigured, and re-exported without the intervention of customs authorities. It is a region where a group of countries has agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers, the...
The Lagos PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) on Friday, said he remained committed to faithfully deploying state resources to ease burdens and hardship of residents and end their worries. Adediran in company of party leaders made the pledge when his campaign train landed in Somolu Local Government...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, took his campaign to Badagry Division of the state, promising never to take people in the zone for granted nor disappoint them. Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking reelection, made this remark at the APC Lagos West 2 Senatorial District Mega Rally...
OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the Lekki-Ikoyi inland waterways in Lagos State after an unidentified man got drowned while jet skiing. An eyewitness, who saw the jet skier from afar, said he was riding at a “very high speed” across the water body. Confirming the...
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor has vowed to end what he described as the 24-year monopoly of a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu. “We will come in and do things differently. The problem...
A 47-year old man, Bayo Ayeni, was docked on Wednesday, in a Grade I Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, for allegedly indulging in unlawful juju. The police charged the defendant of Byazhin Across, Kubwa, Abuja, with criminal conspiracy, unlawful juju and cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, John Okpa, told the court...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured marketers and traders that it has made the redesigned naira notes (1000, 500, 200) available for them via Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). The Branch Controller, CBN, Lagos State, Mr Koyor Baribokola, gave the assurance when the apex bank took its sensitisation...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five suspects for vandalising bridges in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Odumosu said items...
The Police Command in Lagos State, said one person was reportedly killed, while one policeman sustained injury during the protest by some Yoruba Nation agitators at Ojota area on Monday. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin, however, did...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on FCT residents to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the February General elections. The Electoral Officer of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mr Shamsudeen Musa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada...