The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Thursday, 11 December 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty Oba Rilwan Akiolu I, at his palace in Lagos. During the visit, the COAS expressed profound appreciation to the revered monarch and...
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Justice D. E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, December 5, 2025, adjourned till March 3, 2026 for judgment in the alleged N3.6bn fraud involving a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli. Omatsuli is standing trial alongside Don...
The trial of alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, before Justice M. A. Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, the November 28, 2025, was stalled due to his absence in court. At Friday’s proceedings, Ajudua’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), informed the court that the...
Barely six months after 10 Thai sailors and their ship were convicted and fined $4.3million for bringing 32.9kg cocaine into Nigeria, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again intercepted another commodity laden vessel- MV Nord Bosporus marked 9760110 from the port of Santos in Brazil...
A Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has slammed two men, Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Mohammed Ibrahim, with jail terms after they admitted to playing key roles in a staggering ₦8.56 billion cyber-fraud that compromised the computer systems of a new-generation bank. Justice Rahman Oshodi delivered the verdict on...
81 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of one of its soldiers who was fatally attacked by a mentally unstable man in the Imota axis of Ikorodu, Lagos. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Division’s spokesperson, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, explained that the tragic incident took...
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, has restated that political activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is still a wanted person. He ordered that Sowore be arrested wherever he is found within or outside the state. Speaking with journalists during the Show of Force exercise on...
A heated session unfolded in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on which committee should investigate alleged illegal allocations of Federal Government lands within the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex. The motion, put forward by Rep. Ademorin Kuye (APC–Lagos), sought an investigation...
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos has dismissed suggestions that ethnic politics could pose a threat to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, declaring that the era of identity-driven campaigns is over. APC’s Lagos spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, made the remarks in a statement on Saturday. He was responding...
Tempers flared at the Oja Retail Market in Oke-Afa, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos, as residents and traders staged a protest against the planned demolition of the market by Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chairman, Mr. Taoreed Taiwo. Worried about their livelihoods, the demonstrators made passionate appeals to the...
Lagos State Government has again brought convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike—widely known as Evans—before the court, this time over the alleged murder of two police officers. Evans was re-arraigned on Monday before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Ikeja High Court, following the transfer of the case from Justice Adenike...
A 43-year-old man has been ordered to remain in custody by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court following allegations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl with a physical disability in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Presiding Magistrate L.A. Owolabi directed that the accused, identified as Ifeanyi Paul, be held...
Lagos State Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected a purported state congress allegedly held on Saturday by a faction within the party, describing it as unconstitutional and a threat to party unity. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, the State PDP Chairman, Mr. Philip...
By: SIMBIAT BAKARE – When Temitope Afolabi realised her husband could get imprisoned due to a N48 million debt he incurred from a bad business deal, she resolved to become a surrogate to earn money to save him. She had initially considered selling one of her kidneys, but unable...
In a bid to contribute to the stability, unwavering and sterling political Governance in Lagos State since the Era of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) as the then Governor of the State, renowned political journalist and Publisher of August24news.com, Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim has today presented a GAC Frame to...
A tragic accident in Lagos on Tuesday claimed the lives of a police officer and a female commuter when a fully loaded 40-foot container truck overturned and landed on a tricycle in the Ijora area of the city. According to a statement by the General Manager of the Lagos...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has exposed an illicit cosmetics production hub nestled within a military barracks’ Mammy Market in Lagos, unearthing a sophisticated scheme to peddle counterfeit beauty products. NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, revealed the operation to journalists...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an impartial investigation into the devastating fire at United Bank for Africa’s (UBA) Afriland Building and a series of blazes ravaging Lagos Island. This demand comes in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the NLC’s Acting President, Prince Adewale Adeyanju....
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is reeling from the devastating loss of four staff members in a fire that broke out on Tuesday at Afriland Towers, Broad Street, Lagos. The incident, which has plunged the entire FIRS community into mourning, occurred at the building where FIRS occupies the sixth...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) has debunked social media misinformation regarding a fire at its branch in Afriland Tower, Broad Street, Lagos Island, on Tuesday, assuring the public that no lives were lost. In an official statement issued Tuesday night, UBA clarified the location of the incident, stating, “The...