High fares at Lagos motor parks on Friday saw some residents abandoning their plans to travel out of the state for the festive season. Some of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on expressed disappointment over the high cost on transportation. Mrs...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State have arrested a 26-year-old man, Emmanuel Okorafor, for defrauding Point of Sale (POS) operators in Lagos State. The police disclosed this in a statement posted on Friday on its official Twitter handle It stated that...
Lagos State government declared on Friday that the planned Fourth Mainland Bridge would be completed within four years. It would cost 2.5 billion dollars. Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye made the declaration in Ikeja at a media briefing to announce the preferred contractor...
The PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a Jandor), says he will establish an airline for Lagos if elected governor in 2023. Adediran told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the state had enough resources to establish an airline. He said that establishment...
The PDP governorship candidate for Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), says he is not a mole for APC but strongly determined to end its reign in the state. Adediran made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He reacted to...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has drilled and donated the first borehole to Doka community in Birshi Ward in Bauchi LGA, which is part of its effort to address the acute water scarcity facing the community for many years. The community, which...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Task Force on City Sanitation has removed about 3,197 shanties and illegal structures as well as crushed 1,292 commercial motorcycles in the last 14 days. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mr Shehu Ahmad, said this at a news conference on...
Hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Tuesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general election. The defectors, led by Mr Tunde Olori drummed support for the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez...
The Lagos State Government has shut down activities at the children’s section of Wonderland Lagos, on Monday, after a guest was electrocuted at the event venue. The Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola, in a joint inspection with the Lagos State Task Force team, said...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has condemned the shooting and killing of a legal practitioner, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem by a police officer. IGP Baba condemned the act in a statement issued by The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday in Abuja. He said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Command has condoled with the family, friends and colleagues of Barrister Bolanle Raheem, who was shot dead by its officer in Ajah on Sunday, December 25, 2022. The command’s condolence message is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, SP...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an Assistance Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to Ajah Division for allegedly killing a female lawyer on Christmas Day. Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest on Monday. He stated two other police officers who were with the ASP were also...
The Police command in Lagos State said two robbery suspects lost their lives on Saturday while exchanging gunfire with the police at Okokomaiko area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the...
A new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Sadiq Abubakar has assumed duty as the 29th CP of the territory. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh on Friday in Abuja, said the CP had...
Al least one person has died, while four were injured in a multiple accident in Lagos metropolis, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said on Thursday The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement issued in Lagos, said that the accident happened at Cele bus stop...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has clarified that the ongoing demolition of illegal structures at Guzape and other parts of the territory are not targeted at the Abuja natives. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT Minister, made the clarification,...
The Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says only the enthronement of a good leadership in 2023 will end terrorism in the country. The Chairman of the association, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the state’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Women in Borno State have been urged to imbibe effective leadership traits in order to promote peaceful coexistence, peace building and harmony in the state. Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi, a lecturer from The Department of Political Science, University of Maiduguri, made the call during a...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday demolished the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp and other shanties as part of strategy to address security challenges in the nation’s capital. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Alhaji Shehu Ahmad, while inspecting the exercise said that the...