The entire bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) have commended the performance of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration in Lagos State for good governance and service to humanity. They said the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has distinguished himself amongst his peers in government. The bishops gave the commendation when delegates from Read More…
Day: 21 September 2021
Chef jailed 28 years for lawyer’s murder after guilty plea
A 23-year-old chef on Tuesday entered a plea bargain, pleaded guilty to murder and escaped the hangman’s noose. Instead, an Ikeja Special Offences Court sentenced a 23-year-old chef, Joshua Usulor, to 28 years imprisonment for killing a 34-year-old lawyer, Mrs Feyisayo Obot. According to the prosecution, the chef killed the lawyer on 26th January 2019, Read More…
Sanwo-Olu mourns the passing of Sunny Ade’s wife, Risikat Adegeye
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Risikat Adegeye. Adegeye was one of the wives of renowned musician, King Sunny Ade. Adegeye, who was also a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission, died early Read More…
Twenty per cent of Nigerian workers lost their jobs as a result of COVID
Around 20% of workers in Nigeria have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19, the government’s statistics office said on Tuesday, outlining the impact of the pandemic on businesses in Africa’s most populous nation. The National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Development Programme surveyed nearly 3,000 businesses in the formal and informal Read More…
UK police still searching for answers concerning Nigerian boy’s torso found in the Thames
In picture above: Detective Inspector Will O’Reilly (L) and John Azah of the Independent Advisory Group place a wreath in the River Thames at the place where the torso of a boy, who police have called ‘Adam’, was found a year ago, September 21, 2002. A minutes silence was observed at a memorial service held Read More…
Dr. Obadiah Mailafia: A True Prince of Nigeria
My dear Friend, Big Brother, Angbian & Compatriot, When I got the message yesterday that you had left us, my first thought was: “My friend Mailafia will outlive Nigeria. We all will.” Perhaps because I was in the thick of studying through one of my favourite books in the Bible, Revelation of John of Patmos, Read More…
We’d do our best to secure Lagos, says Army Chief
Responding to the charge of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to give Lagos State priority, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya has said that the Nigerian Army would do its best to secure Lagos and other parts of the country. The service chief who was on a courtesy visit to the Read More…
Lagos declares zero-tolerance for dirty markets
Market leaders have been warned by the Lagos State Government not to jeopardise efforts at averting flooding, just as it stated that any market found involved in indiscriminate dumping of waste or blocking drainages will be shut down. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed, gave the warning at a one-day Read More…
Open grazing by cattle rearers in Lagos is now criminal
Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team now an agency In picture above: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu signing the Anti-Open grazing bill into law at the EXCO Chamber, Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, September 20, 2021. With him is the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN). It Read More…
Sokoto now experiences phone blackout as the crackdown on banditry spreads
In picture above: Police officers walk at the JSS Jangebe school, a day after over 300 schoolgirls were abducted by bandits, in Zamfara, Nigeria February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo Parts of Sokoto State now experience a telecommunications blackout as a result of a shutdown order imposed on Monday by the Ministry of Communications as Read More…