Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the two new high-speed trains recently purchased by the sate government will be on track latest by the fourth quarter of the year. Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Sunrise Daily where he outlined efforts being made by...
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On the one hand, there is a sense in which it can be said that political leadership in Lagos has come of age. Supporting this claim is the ongoing Greater Lagos Vision, by the Governor Babajide Sanwoolu led state government, which has formulated some far reaching sustainable development programmes...
The Coroner of the Epe District of Lagos, Magistrate Mikail Olukayode Kadiri has fixed Saturday, the 15th of January for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki. In a letter dated, 4th January 2022 and addressed to...
Family of the late Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr), on Wednesday, decried the legal advice reportedly issued by the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos, over the death of their son. Mr Sylvester Oromoni, father of Oromoni Junior, in a statement made available to newsmen in Asaba, called on President Muhammadu...
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu has said he would consult widely before making a decision on whether to run for the Presidency in 2023. Tinubu made the remark after a closed-door meeting with leaders of the Northern Alliance Committee in Abuja. “I...
The Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Lagos State, Mr Lucas Koyejo, has advised residents in the state to speak out whenever their rights are violated. Koyejo gave the advice on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, on the sidelines of a...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos State on Thursday. Buhari touched down at the Presidential Lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos in the early hours of the day. The President was received at the airport by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other officials. During the...
Traditional leaders from Badagry Division of Lagos State has pledged support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The royal fathers pledged the commitment in Lagos in a communique issued at the end of a parley organised by the Lagos APC Chairman-elect, Mr Cornelius Ojelabi, for traditional...
The Agbara-Seme border section of Lagos-Badagry expressway project will receive N15 billion of NNPC tax credit fund, Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has said. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that the intervention funding would fast track the ongoing reconstruction...
A 32-year-old woman, Foluke Olubu, who allegedly stole an iron savings box containing N2.5 million, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. Olubu, whose address is unknown, is facing a count charge of stealing but she pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp Christopher John, alleged that the box...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has again interrogated a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. He was arrested on Tuesday after he attended a court proceeding at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos following investigations into alleged document falsification. Sources close to him, however, stated that he...
More than 15 hours after fire outbreak at one of the biggest auto spare part warehouses in Ladipo, Mushin, Lagos State, firefighters have continued to struggle to rescue goods worth more than N500 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire spread to the three-storey building...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has assured the business community of Federal Government’s unrelenting efforts to restore the country to a path of economic growth. VP Osinbajo said the target was to make the growth rate higher than population growth rate. He gave the assurance on Friday at the 2021 Presidential...
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described late Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe, as a bundle of talents. Commiserating with the Omidina family over the actor’s demise, the governor expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of the comic actor. “The late...
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered that a 38-year-old man, Gbenga Asaju, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The police arraigned Asaju, whose address was not given on a two-count charge of defilement and breach of peace. Police...
As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) the Tinubu Support Group(TSG)and Asiwaju Women Cooperative Society(AWCS) on Sunday launched Operation Feed the Less previleged, a programme designed to cater for no fewer than 5000 families in Abuja and environs. The two sister groups said the gesture is to cushion the...