The police command in Lagos State has detained two suspects ages 27 and 32 for alleged armed robbery. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. He said that the suspects were apprehended on Friday at 4:00 a.m. at Sangotedo, Lekki-Epe Expressway....
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Police command in Lagos has detained a 25-year-old woman for allegedly conspiring with her brother and another accomplice to rob her boyfriend of three iPhones and bitcoins worth about N15 million. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to journalists in Lagos on Saturday. He stated that...
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has reiterated that the ongoing 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is not waste of resources weaved with corrupt tendencies as claimed by critics. Umahi said this at the Second Stakeholder’s Engagement and the unveiling of the 71-kilometre alignment of the Ondo State Section of...
Airtel Africa says it has launched a pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Spam Alert Service in Nigeria to combat the menace of spam messages and fraud. Airtel Nigeria’s Managing Director, Dinesh Balsingh said this at the launch of the Spam Alert Service in Lagos on Thursday. Balsingh said that Airtel...
The Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), Africa’s celebration of film and television talent, is set to return for its 11th edition, with 28 categories up for grabs. Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and Channels, West Africa, at MultiChoice, said this at a news conference on Thursday in...
A gas tanker explosion at Otedola Bridge, Lagos, has claimed the life of one person with four others sustaining injury, while 14 vehicles were destroyed. Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Lagos Territorial Office, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday night. Farinloye added that...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has extricated two adult males, with six injured persons from a building under construction that collapsed in Odoriwu Estate in Lekki area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement...
On-air personality, popularly known as Nedu Wazobia, has addressed recent controversies surrounding his role on the Honest Bunch podcast. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, Nedu clarified that he was not fired but chose to step down due to mounting pressure and controversies. Nedu emphasised that...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun and the Chief of Staff to the President , Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Saturday visited the residence of the late Afenifere Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo,to commiserate with his family over the death of their patriarch. Abiodun arrived at the Lagos home of the Yoruba...
Shell has unveiled a series of strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. This is in a bid to promote partnerships, capacity building, and regulatory adherence to maximise value for local businesses. Shell’s Media Relations Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, made this known in a...
The Aare-Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has said Nigeria and Yoruba nation have lost an archive and deposit of history with the death Chief Ayo Adebanjo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo died on Friday in his Lagos residence at Lekki Phase I aged 96....
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday ordered forfeiture to the Federal Government, of Sigma Golf Nig. Ltd. rights, title and interest in 6,250,000,000 units of the Keystone Bank Ltd. ordinary shares of N1.00 each. The court also ordered winding up of the company. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). One of the kingpins who uses...
Lagos, the bustling heart of Nigeria, is a city of dreams, opportunities, and, unfortunately, property disputes. If you’ve ever found yourself caught in the web of a property dispute in Lagos, you know how emotionally draining and financially crippling it can be. The city’s real estate market is booming,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Justice A. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, February 3, 2025, ordered the interim forfeiture of digital wallet assets valued at $222,729.86 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The digital wallet assets were recovered from an alleged syndicate of...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Former Director General of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, has congratulated Governors Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), and Uba Sani (Kaduna) on receiving distinguished honors at the ThisDay Awards held in Lagos. Onaiwu described the recognition as...
Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State. In the...
Counsel to the Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, charged with N12.3 billion fraud, on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos in protest of the charge. Mr Bode Olanipekun (SAN) told the court that he was protesting because the charge had not been served on...
A former Presidential spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to do more to get broader support for its proposed Tax Reform Bills. Akande, a former Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), gave the advice in an interview with...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Lagos State contingent male and female teams has emerged Champions in the 2024 Secondary school football tournament with a cash prize of N1 million. While the defending champion, Akwa Ibom got N700,000 and FCT Abuja came third in the female category. Cross River State...