Tag
115 stories tagged lagos.
Page 5 of 6
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has debunked the statement on a Kwara radio by the Senate President Bukola Saraki that he donated N10m to victims of Offa robbery. Mohammed said Saraki did…
The end of the year is usually a time to reflect on what has happened in the immediate past year and the beer parlour gives you the opportunity to reminisce about these old good or bad memories. With a bottle of Trophy,…
Nigerian billionaire oil mogul, Femi Otedola is set to sell his 75 per cent direct and indirect shareholdings in Forte Oil. This was revealed by the Nigerian Stock Exchange in a statement on its website on Monday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday intercepted $2.8 million (1.02BN) from two people suspected to be money launderers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This was disclosed in a…
A man, Okon Happiness, has been mandated to engage in 14 hours labour after he pleaded guilty to stealing tubers of yam at Ikotun market, Lagos. The man was arraigned before a magistrate court in Ejigbo, Lagos. The…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo once again lambasted the Jonathan administration and claimed that it made even the central bank of Nigeria broke for two weeks. Osinbajo said he was taken aback, on assumption of office, at…
The ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project can be converted to electric train in future, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has assured Nigerians. Mr Jerry Oche, the Railway District Manager of the…
Actor, Femi Adebayo has revealed how his vehicle was attacked by gunmen in Lagos on Thursday. The actor revealed that his vehicle was accosted by gunmen at 7UP bus stop close along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Femi Adebayo…
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has directed that all beer retailing outlets located within the Police community in the state be shut down indefinitely. The directive was sequel to the dismissal of a…
A Police provost, Inspector Kadima Useni, attached to Police Mobile Force, Squadron 22 Base, Ikeja, Lagos State, was on Wednesday dismissed by the Police for getting drunk on duty. Lagos State Police Command’s…
The Lagos state resident electoral commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sam Olumekun disclosed that 1.5million permanent voters cards (PVC) are yet to be collected in Lagos. He spoke in…
The Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, announced on Monday that the union would join the planned NLC strike if government and labour failed…
The Peoples Democratic Party has described as “false and laughable” the alleged endorsement by 45 opposition parties of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 Lagos State governorship elections, Mr.…
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mohammed Abba Gana, has opined that a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will work for the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
The naira on Tuesday closed at N363.32 to the dollar at the investors’ window while market turnover at the window stood at 51.14 million dollars, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. At the official CBN window, the…
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has been released from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody. This was disclosed in a tweet by his media aide, Lere Olayinka on Monday.…
The police have arrested a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Joko Pelumi, and 49 others over alleged attack and killing of a police officer attached to the anti-cultism unit. Commissioner of Police…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal office, has arrested seven National Diploma (ND) students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State for alleged offences bordering…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday charged local government executives in the state to call on the Private Sector Partnership operators in their areas to resume collection of refuse. The House also denied any…
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage. The Chairman of the Forum, Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, said this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the…
