A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted Gabriel Nathaniel, a staff in the Accounts Department of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), to a N100 million bail with a surety in the like sum. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in a ruling, ordered that the surety must have a landed...
METRO
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Labour Party and its supporters not to converge at the Lekki toll gate for its #Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally billed to hold on the 1st of October, 2020. The court also directed the Inspector General of Police and the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday in Lagos, set ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered from a warehouse in Ikorodu area of Lagos on Sept 19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anti-narcotic agency had, on Sept. 19, stormed a warehouse in a...
By Dr. KELECHI ONYEMAOBI Internally displaced persons camps in various parts of Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria, bubbled with livelihood activities just before they shut down in August 2022 – as the men and women perfected new skills that would help them to feed their families when they returned...
Some emergency officials have shared more information on some of the victims of the building which collapsed in Lagos on Friday September 23. It was reported earlier that the house located at 2/4 Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, Mushin, caved in on Friday, killing four persons. Speaking to Daily Trust,...
Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Malachy Ugwummadu, has hailed a court judgment stopping towing of vehicles and imposition of fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. Ugwummadu, a former National President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, told the News...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, attributed the cause of the accident to...
The Lagos State Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit has impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last one week. The unit’s spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, stated on Sunday that 10 persons, including motorcyclists and passengers were also arrested and prosecuted for plying the BRT corridor. He...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr Ibrahim Idris Garba on Saturday inspected the ongoing construction of 2.9 kilometers road and drainage around College of Education, Waka Biu in Biu LGA of the state. The project...
Prof Owojecho Omoha, Director General, of the Obi-dient Movement, Nigeria ,says the movement is overwhelmed by the mammoth crowd witnessed at its rally in Abuja. Omoha made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the Obi-dient Mega Rally held on Saturday in Abuja...
The Lagos State Government says it is collaborating with the Lagos Urban Development Initiative (LUDI) to observe the first ever ‘Car Free Day’ in Lagos on Sunday. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said this in a statement through the Deputy Director, Public Affairs Unit of...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said four persons died while one was rescued in the building collapse at Oye Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in Mushin, Lagos. The NEMA South West Zonal Cordinator, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Lagos State Government says it has directed prompt investigations to unravel the cause of the building collapse at 2/4 Oye Sonuga Str., Palmgroove, Mushin Local Government on Friday. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, said this at the site. He said the incident,...
The PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said he was marvelled by the level of mobilisation of party members in Lagos State ahead of the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who arrived the state early in the day to attend series of activities, spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Tuesday commissioned Government Day Secondary School Buratai in Buratai Community of Biu LGA, as part of government efforts to enhance quality and standard of education in the state. The governor was received on arrival in Buratai by the...
Chieftains and members of the PDP on Tuesday, trooped out en mass to receive the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport 2 in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that cheerful party leaders and members, who gathered as early as 7.00a.m.,...
Nine persons have been rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos on Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday. He said, “NEMA received a distressed alert...
FCT Minister, Alhaji Muhammad Bello, and the Federal Housing Authority, have asked a High Court to dismiss a suit challenging an illegal demolition of the residence of Abuja socialite, Joseph Kpokpogri. Other Defendants in the suit are the Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja...
The police command in Lagos State on Sunday said 35 suspected armed robbers were arrested between June and August in the state. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hundeyin said 13 other suspected armed robbers were killed in different parts...
The Lagos State Police Command says it has reduced crime to the barest minimum in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the assurance during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Saturday. He said that criminal activities in the state had dropped much...