The death has been announced of Paschal Onyinyechukwu Utomi. He was the son of Mr Jerome Utomi, a Public Affairs Analyst and Programme Cordinator, (Media and Public policy), Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA). Pascal was aged 13years and 10 months. According to a statement released by the group,...
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has assured Nigerians of availability of petroleum products, allaying fears of possible scarcity in some parts of the country. IPMAN’s President, Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo, gave the assurance when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos....
Operatives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested no fewer than 108 suspects for allegedly impersonating men and officers of the Nigerian Navy in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said the suspects were arrested during a raid on their training camp in the Ogudu-Sanfield...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos + Rescue workers have recovered two more bodies from the site of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos, Gbenga Omotoso, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday disclosed that the death toll from the...
A former Managing Director of an aviation fueling company, Star Orient Nig. Ltd., Dare Osamo, and a lawyer, Bisola Olore, were on Wednesday arraigned in Ikeja for alleged N1.6 billion fraud. The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) filed an 11-count fraud charge against the duo before an...
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, has said his ministry is fine tuning modalities for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to mobilize funding for the Badagry Expressway project. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the highway would henceforth...
Two persons, including a soldier, identified as Sgt. G Abdullahi, have been burnt to death while pursuing a petroleum smuggler on motorcycle on Badagry-Seme border expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:15p.m. last Saturday at Sitto area during a head on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on the 15th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. He said since he ascended the throne in November 2006, the royal...
Some subscribers to the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State, signed contracts ranging from over $500,000 (N206.5m) to over $3m (N1.24bn) for the purchase of luxury apartments in the high-rise from Fourscore Heights Limited, findings by our correspondent have revealed. Documents obtained by our correspondent showed that after...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on industries, Sen. Adetokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos East), on Monday organised a capacity development training for 1,000 Micro-, Medium- and Small-Enterprises (MSMEs) in Lagos East Senatorial District. Aburi, in a statement by Mr Seye Oladejo, the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Lagos State Government said on Friday that bodies recovered from the building that collapsed at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, are ready for identification by families. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, while giving update to newsmen at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building, said the bodies were...
The Apapa Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said it collected a total of ₦86.02bn as revenue for the month of October, despite initial glitches that slowed its operations The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, gave the figure in a statement signed by Abubakar Usman,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The dead body of the developer of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Mr Femi Osibona, was retrieved from the rubbles on Wednesday. A reliable source told newsmen Osibona’s body was among dead bodies exhumed from the collapsed building on Wednesday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new measures to check security threats in the Nigerian maritime domain and prevent ships from entering the country illegally. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement signed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The death toll from a building collapse in Ikoyi Area of Lagos State rose to 36 on Thursday after more bodies have been retrieved by rescuers from the debris. The coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Ibrahim Farinloye, said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The NNPC Ltd on Wednesday said the gas pipeline that was reported leaking in the early hours of today around Anifowoshe area of Ikeja in Lagos State has been isolated and the general area cordoned off. The Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Garba...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Lagos state, on Wednesday confirmed an attack on its personnel at the Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), during the hearing for inmates. The Lagos state NCoS spokesperson, Mr Olarotimi Oladokun, confirmed the attack in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
More people have been confirmed killed and more survivors rescued hours after a high-rise building collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Recalled that the incident which occurred on Monday afternoon along Wesley Road in the commercial hub of the nation. While four persons were killed and five...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – As part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment Plan in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host a stakeholder engagement forum this week. The forum will afford industry stakeholders the opportunity to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and Joseph Din’s family over the passing of the retired army captain. Asiwaju Tinubu described the late Captain Din “as an elder statesman, prominent...