The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described as unwarranted distractions the viral pictures and videos of some Christian clergy at Wednesday’s unveiling of Sen. Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation in a statement on Thursday, said the clergymen were not fake as Read More…
Month: July 2022
Lagos to register 10m more on state database
The Lagos State Government is seeking to add 10 million more residents to the state’s database. Already, 6,500,000 residents have been registered since the initiative to provide a unique identification number for citizens commenced. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this on Wednesday during the re-inauguration of the Lagos State resident identity card at Ikeja GRA. Sanwo-Olu Read More…
Pedestrian’s death: Fix Fadeyi bridge, residents tell Sanwo-Olu
The death of a lady, Bosede Ogendegbe, killed by an unknown driver while crossing the expressway at Fadeyi in Somolu Local Government has sparked calls for a functional pedestrian bridge across the expressway.Residents of the area urged the Lagos State Government to repair the existing pedestrian bridge at the bustop to prevent further loss of Read More…
N31m fraud: ‘Fake’ estate agent not Speaker Gbajabiamila’s brother
Media reports linking Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila with a defendant in a N31million fraud case at a court in Lagos State, has been debunked as false. One Sulaimon Gbajabiamila was arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Lateef Adeyemo, of the sum of N31million. Read More…
Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency deploys 233 body cameras
The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency has deployed 233 body cameras, safety shields, surveillance drones, dashboard cameras, stun batons, binoculars, vehicles, telephones and internet facilities to its divisional offices. The agency’s General Manager, Dr Ifalade Oyekan, stated this at a media breakfast meeting in Lagos on Wednesday. The theme of the meeting was: “Five Years Read More…
Angry telco workers picket MTN’s Lagos headquarters
The Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) on Wednesday picketed MTN Nigeria PLC plaza in Falomo, Lagos to drive home some demands. They held placards with inscriptions such as “Workers Rights are Human Rights”; “Unionism is a Right and not a Privilege” and chanted solidarity songs. Some of the union’s grievances Read More…
Three Vietnamese, Nigerians, Cameroonian, Guinean charged with Pangolin, ivory smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) Wednesday brought seven men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged illegal possession dealing, assembling, storing, smuggling and trading in pangolin skin and elephant’s ivory. The defendants, comprising three Vietnamese citizens, two Nigerians and a citizen of Cameroon and Guinea, were arraigned before Justice Yellim Bogoro. The Vietnamese Read More…
Two men sentenced for dealing in fake dollars, CFA Franc
The Federal High Court in Lagos Wednesday, sentenced two men, Ajibade Ismail Adio and Adewumi John Olorode, to two years imprisonment for foreign currency counterfeiting. Justice Tijjani Ringim convicted the duo following their plea of guilty to a two-count amended charge of being in possession of 165 pieces of fake $100 and 139 pieces of Read More…
States in darkness as national grid collapses again
The national electricity grid suffered a system collapse on Wednesday, causing power blackout in states across the country. Reports say that the system failure, which is the sixth in the last 7 months, dipped the entire power supply nationwide to 40 mega watts. The distribution load profile obtained by the media showed that the national Read More…
Atiku not ill, says aide
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is in robust good health, his Media Aide, Paul Ibe has said. Ibe in a statement on Monday, described a video in circulation regarding the ex Vice President’s health as the handiwork of mischief makers with no understanding of security protocols “Our attention has Read More…