A former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has claimed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate is unqualified and unfit to be President because of his age and poor health. There have been questions about Tinubu’s health and age, with the former Read More…
Month: July 2022
Diesel scarcity: Lagos resumes daily waste evacuation
The Lagos State Government has commenced the evacuation of backlog of waste which accumulated due to the exorbitant price of diesel. The Managing Director of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, in a statement on Tuesday, said the clearing operation would take place between 10 pm and 4am across the state. Odumboni Read More…
Nigerian-owned firm to study babies’ cries with $2.5m
A firm, Ubenwa Secures, has received $2.5 million in funding to help parents and clinicians understand an infant’s cry. Ubenwa Secures, which is based in Montreal, Canada, was co-founded by its Nigerian Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Charles Onu. The firm is a pioneering developer of diagnostic software for the rapid detection of medical anomalies in Read More…
Lagos Deputy Gov not beaten up by APC members, says state
The Lagos State Government has debunked reports that the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and some APC chieftains were beaten up by aggrieved political miscreants at a reconciliation meeting on Monday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos state deputy governor, Mr Tunde Alao, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. He Read More…
EU court declines to lift Russia broadcasting ban
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a request by Russian news network RT France to lift a broadcasting ban imposed by the European Union (EU) on Russia over Russia-Ukraine conflict. “The EU General Court dismisses Russia Today France’s application for annulment of the EU Council’s acts,’’ the ECJ said on Twitter on Wednesday. Read More…
Lagos-based bank loses N206m to fraudsters
A middle-aged Richy Omonefe Orida, has been arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrate court, for alleged conspiracy and fraud of N206 million. According to the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Lagos which arraigned Orida before Chief Magistrate A. O. Erinle (Mrs.), the money belonged to Baobab Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited. Prosecution counsel Henry Obiaze alleged Read More…
The BBC in Nigeria – Between Reporting and Propagating Terror
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying the faces, voices and stories of killers and marauders who are still operating with impunity across Nigeria. The public interest argument seems Read More…
Lagos seeks hike in wharf landing fees rate
The Lagos State Government Wharf Landing Fee Collecting Authority (LASGWLFCA) has approached the State Assembly for an upward review of the wharf landing fee collected on all imported goods into Nigeria through Lagos ports. The Chairman of the agency, Adegboyega Adebayo stated this on Tuesday when he received executives of the Importers Association of Nigeria Read More…
Broadcaster’s trial for ‘sharing’ pupils’ sex tape begins Sept 28
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has fixed September 28, 2022, to commence the trial of Uche Igwe, a broadcaster, accused of sharing the viral sex tape involving pupils of Chrisland School The Lagos State Government re-arraigned the on-air-personality (OAP) on Tuesday before the court. In May, the 40-year-old was arraigned on a two-count Read More…
Call to Bar moved from Law School over insecurity
The Call to Bar Ceremony for new lawyers will now hold at the Body of Benchers Secretariat, Abuja. Candidates were earlier notified that the graduation ceremony would hold at the Nigeria Law School Bwari But, following security threats and attacks around Bwari, legal practitioners raised concerns about holding the event there. The new venue was Read More…