The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the Department of State Services (DSS) for its undue interference at the complex on Monday. Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, made this known in a statement statement in...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has appointed Mr Moshood Jimoh as the new Commissioner of Police for the Lagos State Command. The Commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, announced this in a statement issued on Monday. Prior to this appointment,...
If you’re thinking about buying land or a home in Lagos, Ajah should be on your radar. It’s one of the few places in Lagos where you can still get good value for money without sacrificing accessibility and modern comforts. Whether you’re an investor, a first-time buyer, or just...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday promised a bigger and better Access Bank Lagos City Marathon in the year 2026. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge in an interview on the sidelines of the 10th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon finishing point ceremony held at the Eko Atlantic city. The...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has registered over 700,000 candidates ahead of its upcoming examinations. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, revealed this on Friday while speaking with journalists after inspecting some registered Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos. Oloyede stated that over 700,000 candidates had been registered,...
A Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has reserved judgment until Feb. 27 in the case of a 50-year-old man, Benjamin Ogudoro, who allegedly burnt his wife and brother-in-law to death. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment, which was slated for...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Chief Olabode George, has faulted calls for the creation of 31 additional states in the country . Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Sunday, the PDP chieftain said creation of additional states would not solve...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has said he can never leave the party for any other one, no matter the challenges in the party. Bode George spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday on Lagos. NAN was reacting...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has said his political ambition in the 2027 electoral cycle is in God’s hands. Adediran, also known as Jandor, made this known in an interview with journalists on Sunday after attending a Thanksgiving Service at...
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, has said the proposed creation of new states in the ongoing constitution review at the National Assembly is long overdue. Ogundipe (APC-Oshodi/Isolo 1) made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Two parcels of 2.82 kilograms of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis imported from the United States with Lagos as destination have been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, at a courier...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) on Thursday said the party never conducted any national convention or inaugurate a new National Working Committee (NWC) members of the party in Lagos State. The party National Chairman, Dr Ajuji Ahmed, stated this during the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting with...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 6, 2025, arraigned nine Chinese and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., before Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants are Su...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – In a near death experience, a 59-year old businessman Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe has undergone a surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach after seven days of ingesting the illicit substance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos made a significant seizure on Wednesday, January 29, intercepting a consignment of 2,000 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, at Lekki beach. Two suspects, Sunday Awoyede and Christopher Cletus, were...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, January 31, 2025, arraigned 11 Chinese, one Filipino and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants are:...
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has said that one soldier died while several others sustained injuries from an accident during its Bi-Annual Route March near Myhoung Barracks, Yaba, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) earlier reported that the Division confirmed an accident involving a driver in...
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State on Friday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the APC chairman for Ikorodu, Alhaji Waheed Animashaun, received the over 5,000 new entrants, into the...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis enroute to the United Kingdom at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi...