Some communities on Saturday, employed services of town criers to mobilise voters for Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents monitoring the election, observed town criers in different areas jingling bells or iron plates to sensitise the voters...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, has said only 121, 111 registered voters possesses Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote at Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of the state. The INEC’s spokesman in Lagos State, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin disclosed this in an interview...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – In view of the recent downtime experienced on the e-tax portal, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the filing of employers’ annual tax returns by 1 (one) week starting from February 1 to February 7, 2024. The Executive Chairman of...
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State says that the three police officers, who demanded a tinted glass permit from motorists are facing trial for professional misconduct. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP. Tunni Ayuba, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. She...
Police in Lagos State have arrested two men who allegedly drugged a school’s security guard and robbed the school of property estimated at millions of Naira. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, police spokesman in Lagos State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ikeja that on Dec....
The Chairman of Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olabisi Makanjuola, has called on lawyers to report any demands for money for bail at police stations. Makanjuola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that bail remained free by the provisions...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – An ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). She was declared wanted after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when NDLEA operatives raided her...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a suspected kingpin of child trafficking and labour syndicate, after three months of intelligence gathering. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said the syndicate usually brought under-aged...
Police Command in Lagos State has identified the officer captured on video demanding bribe from a motorist as ASP Luka Bashayi. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Saturday. He said that the erring officer had been identified and...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi also sentenced Daniels, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, to three years in prison for sexual assaulting a 19-year-old...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is not planning to relocate the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from Abuja to Lagos State. Recalled that the federal government had announced the...
The Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Dr Boniface Aniebonam, says the party do not have capacity to win election in Lagos State at the moment. Aniebonam disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reacting on party’s chances in the forthcoming...
Sen. Karimi Sunday (APC-Kogi), has justified the relocation of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos by the Federal Government. Sunday, who represents Kogi-West at the National Assembly, stated this in a statement on Wednesday...
Palpable tension enveloped an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday when a suspect, Ayoko Oluwatobi, attempted to commit suicide. Oluwatobi, 25, is standing trial before Justice Hakeem Oshodi, whose courtroom is situated on the second floor of a two-storey building and directly opposite the second gate of the...
The police in Lagos State has arrested a man, who attempted to sell his company’s car so as to raise money to relocate his family to Ghana. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Hundeyin...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a man, Ademola Oladimeji to four life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven and nine. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the evidences of the respective prosecution witnesses were...
APC House of Representatives Candidate in the upcoming Surulere I Bye-election in Lagos State, Mr Faud Laguda, has said he is certain of victory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 12 candidates are jostling for the Surulere 1 house of representatives seat. NAN recalls that The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than five million six hundred and fifty three thousand (5, 653,000) pills of tramadol 250mg and exol-5 from three suspects in Kano State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this...
The Police Command in Lagos State says its operatives have arrested three suspected cultists in Ishashi area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. NAN reports that the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, had...
Findings from the coroner’s inquest into the death of Master Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, will be made known on or before April 12. The Coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri, gave the assurance on Monday during adoption of final written addresses by...