Ndigbo in APC, Lagos State chapter has affirmed Mr Joe Igbokwe, former special adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on drainage and water resources, as its authentic apex leader. The State Co-ordinator of the group, Chief Chris Ekwilo, made this affirmation at a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday. The...
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The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ikeja Branch, on Friday urged African parents and guardians to desist from child labour. FIDA also called for abolition of street hawking by schoolchildren. The Chairperson of FIDA, Ikeja Branch, Mrs Marian Jones, made the appeal while speaking with pupils of Police...
The Acting Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, on Friday announced a state of emergency on Passport issues in the country. Adepoju said during her working visit to Lagos that there was urgent need to address the challenges faced by Nigerians in obtaining international passports. A statement...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the signing the Electricity Act 2023, if well implemented, can be a major game-changer for the manufacturing sector with favourable implications. Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director General, MAN, said this in a report signed by Ms Chisom Oguezuonu, Executive Officer, Corporate Service Division,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a baby girl abandoned under a parked bus in Mile 12 area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday via his verified Twitter...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – TEXEM UK, a leading executive development consulting firm, has congratulated one of its alumni, Mrs Chinwe Iloghalu on her recent appointment as the Executive Director of Lagos and Corporate Banking at Polaris Bank. TEXEM UK Director, Special Projects, Caroline Lucas, gave the commendation in...
A Pro-democracy Group, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has urged President Bola Tinubu to return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance upon which the nation secured her independence. The Secretary-General of NADECO, Pa Ayo Opadokun said this in a message to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day anniversary on Monday in...
Mrs Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, former presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, has charged government on protecting the voices and dignity of all citizens to enjoy dividends of democracy. Okunnu-Lamidi made the call in a statement titled: “Nigeria In Transition” on Monday in Lagos to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja Lagos state where already packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A fake customs officer, identified as Rakiya Musa, has been arrested by the Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. SP...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says the Micro Pension Plan (MPP) contributions as at May stood at N435.61 million from 97,591 participants registered. Mr Dauda Ahmed, Head, Micro Pension Department, PenCom, revealed this on the sidelines of the maiden Micro Pension Open Day, organised by the Pension Operators Association...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday evacuated another batch of 112 stranded Nigerians from Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission to Libya made this known in a statement made available to the News...
The Police Command in Lagos State has announced the dismissal of Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere attached to Sogunle Division for extorting a young man of N98,000. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told newsmen on Wednesday that the Provost Department of the command had already disrobed the dismissed sergeant. According...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has directed the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. The president gave the order in a statement signed by Mr Tunde Rahman, Office of the...
The Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was on Tuesday placed under lock and key, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A Correspondent of NAN, who visited the commission’s office at about 11.40 a.m. on Tuesday, observed that officials of the commission, including its...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two members of the Yoruba Nation Agitators, who attempted to take over the Alausa Police Division in Ikeja. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos state Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday described the death of one of its chieftains, Jude Obiekwe, as untimely, sad and shocking. Obiekwe, who reportedly died on Friday, was the candidate of the party to the House of Representatives...
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), the Lagos PDP governorship candidate in the March 18, 2023 governorship election, has expressed sadness over the death of a prominent party chieftain from Mushin Local Government, Mr Jude Obiekwe. Adediran expressed his condolences in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, signed by Mr Gbenga Ogunleye,...
MTN on Friday said it would host an exciting online treasure hunt on the mPulse website, with 500 lucky children standing a chance to win shopping vouchers worth 5 million Naira. This is contained in a statement issued by Peace Ikechukwu, Associate Consultant, Black Head Media, MTN Consultant in...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, refused an application by the police to formally arraign afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti, who was released from custody on Tuesday night, had been on remand for six days on the orders of the court. The police had on...