The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed one dead in a building collapse in the Ojodu-Berger area, Lagos State. It also confirmed that 12 persons had been rescued so far from the rubble of the three-storey building. NEMA Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed said this...
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Union Bank of Nigeria has demonstrated its commitment to homegrown businesses by sponsoring the 2025 RISE Business Challenge in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. In a statement released by the bank on Friday, the sponsorship took place under Union Bank’s Made In Naija initiative, during the 6th Annual...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has debunked a publication in some newspapers dated April 17, 2025 asserting that hundreds of Boko Haram suspects have been apprehended in Lagos. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, debunked the report in a statement on...
Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV CEO, Michael Ataga, on Thursday, narrated how she discovered his lifeless body in a Lekki short-let apartment on June 15, 2021. Ojukwu, a former 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, narrated this before a Lagos...
Court frees boy who stood in front of Peter Obi’s convoy months after being framed for armed robbery
Court frees boy who stood in front of Peter Obi’s convoy months after being framed for armed robbery
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- A Magistrate Court in Apapa, Lagos State, has freed 17-year-old Quadri Alabi, who gained fame in 2023 for standing in front of Peter Obi’s convoy, after he was wrongfully accused of armed robbery. Quadri’s ordeal began when he was allegedly abducted by “Area Boys”...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, on Thursday asked the Nigerian Police Force to pay ₦100 million as compensation to Alabi Quadri. Quadri is a 17-year-old minor who went viral ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing in front of the convoy of former Labour Party presidential...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has hailed a court ruling overturning his removal as “illegal, unconstitutional and null and void.” Obasa expressed this in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, shortly after the judgement was delivered. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday declared that the removal of the reinstated Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa was illegal and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment, Justice Justice Yetunde Pinheiro, held that the members of the house of assembly erred in the removal of Obasa as speaker. The...
The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice being smuggled into the country. The NNS BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Paul Nimmyel, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Apapa, Lagos State. Nimmyel, who is the Maritime Component Commander, South-West Operation AWATSE, said that the...
Chude Jideonwo, media entrepreneur and host of the viral talk show WithChude, will bring his interview series to a live stage for the first time at #WithChudeLive on Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Lagos. “This is not just a show. It is a real and honest conversation about what...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos Staete olice Command has commenced investigation into the explosion that occurred inside a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera dealer shop in Ikeja. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. CSP Hundeyin said that the incident...
An economist, Dr Ayo Teriba has urged the new management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to divest its investment to renewable energy to achieve the projected target. Teriba, the Chief Executive Officer of Economic Associates, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Sterling Bank has scrapped transfer fees on its OneBank digital platform, in a bold move that promising to reset the rules in the Nigerian banking sector. Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Abubakar Suleiman, revealed this during a news conference in Lagos. He said the initiative reflects the bank’s...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man who was seen in a viral video assaulting a woman in the Lekki area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. “The Lagos State Police Command...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has reported that a Toyota Camry with registration number KJA 126 BH, veered off the upper deck of the Otedola Bridge and plunged onto the lower level. LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in...
A gas explosion on Sunday injured at least 15 people at Ijora Badia, a suburb of Lagos. The blast, which occurred around 5:00 p.m., was reportedly caused by a leaking 25-kilogramme gas cylinder inside a mini shop. The shop was part of a bungalow complex that also housed 15...
The 81 Division, Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, investigated the Mushin area of Lagos State following an explosion on Friday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Federal Government has announced immediate re-opening of the Independence Bridge (Ahmadu Bello Way-Marina bound) to vehicular traffic. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, announced this in a statement by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, on Wednesday. The government had announced closure of the...
The Yovoyan community in Badagry, Lagos, was thrown into mourning on Tuesday morning when an ex-police officer, allegedly shot and killed two family members and one other person over a land dispute. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Mr Richard Atideka, Mrs Latevi Atideka,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has raided an internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School”, operating in the Iju area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement, in Lagos on Tuesday. CSP Hundeyin said...