Pensioners of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) have announced their decision to participate in the nationwide naked protest slated for December 8, adding more weight to the growing unrest among retired federal workers. The National Financial Secretary of the FRCN Pensioners, Bola Popoola, confirmed the development in...
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South-South Development Commission (SSDC) has solicited partnership with Dangote Refinery to boost skill acquisition scheme for youths in the region. The Managing Director of the commission, Usoro Akpabio made the plea during a meeting with the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote. The visit, which featured an extensive...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a social media network used to distribute illicit substances packaged as imported Christmas cookies and snacks with two masterminds arrested and taken into custody after a raid on their hideout in Lekki area of Lagos. The...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) continued their offensive action against drug syndicates in a nationwide crackdown with the dismantling of an opioids cartel in an intelligence-led operation. During the operation, a drug baron, Onyekachi Pius Nwanagu and five members of his gang were arrested with...
Organisers of the 2025 DJ Marathon Festival has said preparations are advancing for a 96-hour nonstop beach party scheduled for Lagos from 29 Dec. 29 to Jan. 2, 2026. Founder of Afroxella, Buchi Henry, said on Tuesday interest grew rapidly after foreign party lovers began asking about Lagos’ famed...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has said it is leading efforts to prepare Nigeria’s tertiary institutions for a digital and knowledge-driven future. Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, made the remarks on Monday at the Lagos edition of the 2025 National Town Hall Meeting held...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has called for “more urgent official measures to curb the alarming rate of insecurity across Nigeria.” ”The festering terrorists’ attacks in parts of the country and the mass killing of innocent Nigerians in recent times, have underlined the need for the...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Osaibovo Charles to a total of 50 years’ imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents and money laundering. Charles...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has announced that the state is ready for investment, citing its strategic location, improved security, and a favourable investment climate. The governor made the declaration at the 2025 Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Annual Aviation Conference in Lagos, themed “Elevating the Nigerian Aviation...
Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), were rewarded for their robust participation at the 43rd International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) with corporate and individual awards at a dinner Thursday night which rounded off the four-day event in Lagos. SCiN was recognised for its Titanium...
Demolition of the community centre in Lagos belonging to Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, a socio-cultural association of the Ibibios of Akwa Ibom State has sparked outrage as the affected property was properly registered by the Lagos state government. The Ibibio community in Lagos has also raised alarm over the demolition...
In demonstration of the Oluwaseun Faleye-led Executive Management’s commitment to ensuring Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund’s (NSITF) fulfilled its mandate of providing social protection for Nigerian workers, the Fund has empowered nineteen more beneficiaries under the vocational rehabilitation programme of the Employees’ Compensation Scheme at its mainland office in...
LAGOS, [November 11, 2025] In a major push for environmental sustainability, the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) are set to collaborate with ITREALMS Media on the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue. This crucial partnership addresses Nigeria’s escalating electronic waste (e-waste) challenge, which...
Seven years after the death of 13-year old Ochanya Ogbanje, her family has renewed calls for justice, urging the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to order the arrest of the alleged perpetrator, Victor Ogbuja, who has reportedly been on the run since 2018. In a petition titled “Police Refusal to...
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Mr. Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, to reconsider his political ambitions ahead of the 2027 elections. In a statement released on Sunday in Lagos, the party’s spokesperson, Mr. Seye Oladejo, offered this advice while reacting...
A wanted drug lord 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez has been arrested by operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos while on his way to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, a holy pilgrimage, after months...
Popular Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has stirred massive reactions online after unveiling her newly acquired luxury mansion in Lagos, even as rumours of trouble in her marriage to Senator Ned Nwoko continue to make headlines. The mother of two took to her verified Instagram account, @regina.daniels, to share a...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a clandestine laboratory where Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis is being produced in a residential building located at Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos with large quantities of freshly cooked Colos and various precursor...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The 9th edition of Africa’s global music awards earlier scheduled to hold from November 25–30, 2025 will now take place from Wednesday, January 7 to Sunday, January 11, 2026, in Lagos, Nigeria. The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Executive Committee of the...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, confirmed the death of one adult male from a three-storey building that collapsed in the Apapa area of Lagos. LASEMA also confirmed that eight others were rescued from the building. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in...