Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man suspected to be a cultist during an intelligence-led operation in Ikorodu, recovering a rubber-made pistol, an axe, suspected criminal charms and a quantity of the illicit drug known as “Ice.” The suspect, identified as Muyideen Olatunbosun, was apprehended by police...
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Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has arrested two women for allegedly producing adulterated fruit juice in Badagry, Lagos State. The suspects, aged 48 and 50, were arrested during a five-day surveillance operation carried out by the command in collaboration with an Army formation operating...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced four panellists for its 10th annual conference, scheduled to hold on Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Lagos. The panellists are Dr Abayomi Shogunle, Commissioner of Police, Election Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Force Headquarters, Abuja; Prof Tayo Popoola, Head of the...
The contest for the presidency of Nigeria in the election on 11 August 1979 was between five candidates. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the Nigerian Peoples Party was born on 16 November 1904. On election day in 1979, he was over 74 years. Obafemi Awolowo of the Unity Party of Nigeria...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded one of its biggest nationwide anti-drug operations, intercepting illicit drugs worth over N3.4 billion and arresting several suspects, including a man who allegedly posed as a senior police officer to transport drugs across the country. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi,...
Chidi Amuta In Nigeria today, the market of memoirs is now a field jammed with a buffet of titles by political mammals. And politicians in these parts have a penchant for poisoning most things they come into contact with. Anything hugged by Nigerian politics never remains the same. It...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, has handed over the sum of N140,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Forty Million Naira) to an investment and money-lending company, B4 Sail Limited. The recovery of the funds, handed over in bank drafts by the Acting...
A 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann has been convicted and sentenced to 40 years in jail for importing 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria. The convict was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja...
The Lagos International Trade Fair Complex Management Board (LITFCMB), has reiterated its commitment to sustaining a fair and lawful business environment for both Nigerian and foreign investors operating within the complex. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Board, Veronica Safiya Ndanusa stated this in a statement on...
The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has concluded a two-day Digital Citizenship Training for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Lagos State. Representing the General Manager, LASODA, Mrs. Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal, at the opening ceremony, the Head of Department, Monitoring, Evaluation...
The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has been ranked Nigeria’s leading health institution in the 2026 SCImago Institutions Rankings, placing 7,051st worldwide and in the first quartile of the global health-sector table. The Spanish-based ranking scored institutions on 20 indicators across three weighted dimensions: research performance (50%), innovation output...
Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) have expressed commitment to ensure a full compliance with the Anti Money Laundering/Counter Finance on Terrorism/Counter Proliferation Financing, (AML/CFT/CPF) laws within the Nigeria’s real estate sector. They made the resolve during a stakeholders’...
Abuja, Nigeria, September 14, 2026: Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, is to deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled to hold in Lagos. Chairman of the 2026 conference planning committee and Deputy...
In the stormy wellspring of a torrential national discourse, something useful has emerged. Suddenly, the written word as the expression of national memory has emerged in a flurry of memoirs. We are in the season of memoirs and recollections. Selective remembering in writing has since emerged as a distinctive...
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), has announced plans to institute the Dotun Oladipo Prize for Online Journalism in memory of its former president. GOCOP Deputy President Olumide Iyanda announced the initiative on behalf of the Guild on Thursday at the service of songs for Oladipo at Regal...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has publicly endorsed his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, as the right person to sustain the state’s development, describing him as a dependable partner with the experience and leadership qualities needed to take Lagos forward. The governor made the declaration after he and Hamzat paid...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully secured the arrest and repatriation of Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a fugitive drug kingpin who had evaded arrest for over two years following the interception of the single largest heroin consignment ever recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on traditional rulers across the country to deploy their moral authority to mobilise eligible voters for the 2027 General Election and promote peaceful, issue-based political campaigns. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, made the appeal on Tuesday in Lagos when he...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have, in a coordinated sweep across the country arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who disguised himself as a herbal tea merchant in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos....
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded another major breakthrough in its nationwide war against illicit drugs, intercepting a fuel tanker used to conceal over two tonnes of cannabis and seizing hundreds of kilograms of drug-infused cookies at the Tincan Port in Lagos. According to a statement issued...