The Accord Party in Lagos State has announced free nomination forms for female aspirants and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in the July 12 local elections. The Chairman of Lagos State Accord Caretaker Executive Committee, Mr Dele Oladeji, disclosed this in the party’s Election Guidelines and Timetable, released on Sunday...
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The family of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the late leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Thursday announced the funeral arrangements for the deceased elder statesman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the revered nationalist died on Feb 14 at the age of 96 at his Lekki...
The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), Lagos State Chapter, is planning a 24-hour protest on May Day over alleged anti-labour practices by app-based companies including Uber, Bolt. In a statement signed by AUATON Public Relations Officer Steven Iwindoye on Tuesday, the union said members would be...
Emergency responders have recovered five dead bodies and rescued 15 others alive at the rubble of a three-storey building that collapsed at Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Police Command in Lagos State has said Peter Obi’s poster boy was remanded for committing various offences in the Amukoko area of the state. The boy, 18, became popular during the 2023 presidential election, for standing in front of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi’s convoy. The command’s spokesman,...
Police Command in Lagos State has debunked claims circulating on social media regarding an alleged explosion incident in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Olohundare Jimoh, dismissed the report in a statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin. Jimoh clarified that no explosion occurred...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Warri-Itakpe train service remains on hold. NRC Managing Director, Dr Kayode Opeifa, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Opeifa reminded the public that the NRC temporarily suspended full services on the...
‘A Lagos Love Story’, a romantic comedy about a lady who is hired to plan a huge festival but finds herself falling for the brash Afrobeat star, has topped the Netflix film chart in Nigeria. ‘Meet the Khumalos’, a movie about two former friends who start a neighbourhood war...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in partnership with the Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), has rescued 200 trafficking survivors in just four months. Chairman and CEO of NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, revealed this on Thursday while receiving three trafficked girls from Ghana, in Lagos. Two girls, cousins aged...
Only political will can achieve 24-hour port operations, says a former President of the Nigeria Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr Eugene Nweke. Nweke stated this on Thursday in Lagos during the Fifth Town Hall Meeting, organised by JournalNG. According to him, 24-hour port operations are achievable...
Nigerian talk show host, Chude Jideonwo, has said he is set to unearth juicy tidbits about popular personalities in his first live talk concert which will be held in Lagos. Jideonwo disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Lagos. He said some of the personalities expected to...
The Federal Government has clarified on the ongoing six-lane Lagos-Badagry Road project in relation to the proposed Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. According to Kesha, Nigeria’s...
A Surgical Oncologist, Prof. Emmanuel Ezeome, has raised concerns over the alarming increase in breast cancer cases in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, over the past 30 years. Ezeome raised the concern when he featured as the keynote speaker at the Roche Breast Cancer Summit 2025 held in Lagos...
Group Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr Oliver Alawuba, has said Nigeria requires a double-digit Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to achieve the projected one-trillion dollar economy target by 2030. Alawuba made this remark on Monday in Abuja, at the ongoing 36th Edition of the Finance Correspondents...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has said the opposition coalition formed to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 will achieve nothing . Pearse, a former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 presidential campaign council, said this an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Renowned human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Femi Falana, has urged youths to reclaim the country. Falana gave the advice on Saturday in Lagos, during sixth Annual Youth Leadership Conference, tagged Resilience, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (RISE 2025), held at the University of Lagos. Falana said things were...
The Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) has said the gas sector has attracted more than five billion dollars in new investments as at 2024. President of the NGA, Mr Akachukwu Nwokedi, disclosed this during a news conference on Saturday in Lagos, ahead of the 29th World Gas Conference (WGC 2025)...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo state, in what is till date the largest volume of seizures to be set ablaze at...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested no fewer than 27 suspected drug peddlers during a coordinated raid in Gidan Drama, Malu Road, Apapa, Lagos State. The Nigerian Navy Ship’s spokesman, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement on Monday defied police warning and staged protests in Abuja, Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge, marching through major roads in the...