Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday, expressed support for the second term bid of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanwo-Olu is seeking a second tenure on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Wike made the announcement...
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Youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South-East and South-South regions who left Yenagoa enroute Lagos to drum support for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday arrived Ogun. The youths, under the auspices of “South-East/South-South Jogging for Tinubu Campaign Initiative”, constituted a team of fitness...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in South-East and South-South regions jogging team that left Yenagoa enroute Lagos to drum support for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has arrived Ondo State. The youths, under the auspices of South-East/South-South Jogging for Tinubu Campaign Initiative, constituted a team of fitness...
HUAWEI NIGERIA on Tuesday held its 2nd job fair in Lagos, which is aimed at generating employment for about 2500 youths in the next three years. The Deputy Director, Human Resource, Huawei, Mr Adebayo Akinsulie said on the sideline of the fair, that the programme was aimed at bridging...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The Nigerian Exchange Group Plc. (“NGX Group) held its 61st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos on Friday, 30 September 2022, where shareholders approved resolutions by the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Apollos Ikpobe and Dr. Okechukwu Itanyi retired by rotation and were re-elected...
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) says it is concerned with the cost implications that will arise from adopting new technologies for greener shipping. Its Executive Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Jime, made this known on the sideline of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2022 World Maritime Day held in Lagos. According...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the level of awareness of the potentials of telecommunications products and services is a credit to the media industry which has partnered with the Commission in the regulatory...
Chieftains and members of the PDP on Tuesday, trooped out en mass to receive the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport 2 in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that cheerful party leaders and members, who gathered as early as 7.00a.m.,...
Emirates Airlines has restored its flight operations to Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The airline announced this in emails sent to its customers on Wednesday. The email reads: “We are pleased to inform you that effective from 11th September 2022, we will reinstate operations of our flights,” Emirates said...
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Command, on Wednesday, arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe before a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State. The suspect, popularly known as Cubana Prime Minister was arraigned for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder...
The family of Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh, has released her funeral arrangements. According to the obituary released, a novelty match and a candlelight service will be held in her honor on August 19 in Lagos. On August 25, another candlelight service will be held in Benue state while her remains will...
The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has said that its six-day Global Crusade beginning on Thursday in Ikorodu, Lagos, will refocus youths for greater accomplishments. Kumuyi, a renowned Bible scholar, said this on Wednesday during a reception organised for him at the Lagos State University...
A dismissed soldier, Victor Aduba, on Monday denied being accomplices to the crimes of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Aduba, a co-defendant, made the denials during the resumption of trial at an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos while being led in evidence by his defence counsel,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Fast rising Nigerian real estate firm, Eystone Development, has launched the second and third phases of its fast-selling Gemstone Estate at Eleko, Ibeju-Lekki, even as the company targets the rapid expansion of development in the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos, an area fondly tagged, ‘The...
The Deeper Life Bible Church says its six-day planned mega crusade for souls harvest, to be anchored by its General Overseer, Pastor William Kumuyi, in Ikorodu, Lagos, will address both personal and national problems. Pastor Edison Daminabo, Chairman, ‘the Global Crusade with Kumuyi’ (GCK), organisers of the event said...
The Federal Government says in spite of Nigeria’s security challenges, the country is not a war zone and is safe for investment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Friday in Lagos at the Platform Capital Forum, organised by UNICORN Group. The News Agency...
A two-storey building has collapsed in the Palm Grove area of Lagos State, authorities said on Wednesday. The affected building said to have been abandoned is located at No 15, Oke Arin Street, Ilupeju Palm Grove. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA)...
Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos, has been ranked as the world’s second least liveable urban area due to social unrest, terrorism and conflict. According to the latest 2022 Global Liveability Index, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of most liveable cities in the world for...
Thousands of APC supporters and leaders on Sunday, stormed the Presidential Wing of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to welcome Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, is returning to his home...
Two men, Yetunde Awaye, 37, and Mohammed Afisu, 41, who allegedly stole a Rolex chronometer wristwatch worth nine million Naira, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The defendants, whose addresses were not given, are standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen goods....