A cleric, Pastor Godwin Kalu, has cautioned traders to desist from selling fake products, warning that it could land them in hell. Kalu, Presiding Pastor, Divine Encounter Church, Satellite Town, Lagos, said this during a market evangelism programme in Lagos. It was organised by the church at the...
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….Wins 2023 award of Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has said Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, remains the pacesetter and forerunner for development in Africa. Adesina made the remark when he received...
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, has urged PDP gladiators in Edo not to bring down the roof of the party over the outcome of the governorship primary in the state. Aivoji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that those aggrieved...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 54-year old man for alleged attempt to take 12 children to Lagos State for labour. The Head of Operations of NAPTIP, Mr Moses Unongo, on Thursday, handed over the children to the Nasarawa State Ministry...
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, says the 617 million dollar investment in Digital Economy and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) fund will spur cultural and economic expansion. Musawa said this during the launch of iDICE and the maiden edition of Omniverse summit, in Lagos on...
The Lagos Chapter of the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) has urged the Federal Government to address the depreciating naira, saying it is acting like an “accelerant’’ in building collapse. The National President, BCPG, Mr Sulaimon Yusuf, gave the advice at a news briefing on Thursday in Lagos,...
An Abeokuta High Court has sentenced a 24- year old man, Monday Abbah to death by hanging for killing his colleague Mr Rapheal Osugbe. Abbah, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was convicted on a one count charge of murder. Justice O.O Stanley, in her judgment on...
A 21-year old man, Justice Ikeocha, on Thursday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly accumulating N304,500 while lodging in a hotel and refused to pay. Ikeocha is facing a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretences and incurring debt by false pretences. He, however, pleaded not...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, quashed a criminal charge preferred against a former Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu, and two others over N21. 5 billion money laundering. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had re-arraigned the defendants , on...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr Abiodun Faleke, on Saturday urged members of his constituency to continue to support him in order to impact as many lives as possible. Faleke(APC- Ikeja) made the appeal while speaking during an empowerment programme he organised for his constituents...
The By-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, kicked off with early arrival of election materials. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC officials were seen at polling units as early as 7 30 a.m., with voting starting almost simultaneously at the polling units...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 45-year-old man, Paul Ndedigwe, to double life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s two children, aged six and seven. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, held that prosecution proved two of the three counts brought against Ndedigwe....
By GRACE TIZA, Abuja – A musical video posted on the social media by an upcoming musician based in Lagos, has come under heavy criticism for debasing Gboko, the traditional headquarters of the Tiv. President of Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF), a non-Governmental Organisation, Dr. Jimmy Ajim, in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it is relocating its headquarters from Abuja to Lagos, its original base, in the interest of the Authority and the nation. This is contained in a statement on Thursday by Mrs Obiageli Orah, Director Public...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in Onikan area of Lagos Island. The NDLEA...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured that the rights of all Nigerians, regardless of their religious and ethnic beliefs, will be protected under the current administration. This is even as President General of Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijjaniyya) and 14th Emir of...
I saw the BBC documentary on the late Prophet TB Joshua and his Synagogue church and wasn’t surprised. I have a personal experience too. I’m not sure if this qualifies as the proverbial “case of curiosity kills the monkey.” However, I was aware that Prophet TB Joshua...
The body of former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has arrived in Nigeria. It arrived at the private wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Friday and was received by the widow, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu and other family members. It was flown from...
The Federal Government has extended the free train ride initiative till Sunday, to further reduce financial pressure on travellers heading to various destinations after the festive period. The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday....