A warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos State was raided by men of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and over N194 billion worth of crack cocaine was seized. Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can Read More…
Day: 19 September 2022
Royal family says goodbye as Queen Elizabeth II is laid beside Philip
Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest alongside her beloved husband, Philip, on Monday after a day that saw Britain and the world pay a final farewell to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch, in a dazzling show of pomp and ceremony. Amid formality and careful choreography, there were moments of raw emotion. Late in the day, Read More…
Peter Obi pledges to overhaul security architecture to set new order for economy
Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer has said that if elected in 2023, his government would overhaul the country’s security architecture. Obi said that he would also revive trust between the government and the people in order to set the path for a new economic order. The LP presidential candidate was speaking at Read More…
World Tourism Day: FTAN to market aquatic endowments of Lagos State
In celebration of the 2022 edition of the World Tourism Day (WTD) scheduled for Sept. 27, the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) says it plans to market the aquatic endowments of Lagos State. Mr. Nkereuwem Onung, National President of FTAN, said in a news conference in Lagos on Monday, that this was to Read More…
Brother-in-law bags 2 years for using forged document to stand as surety
Emmanuel Koroma, who used a fake document to stand as surety for his brother-in-law, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced the convict to two years in prison, following his guilty plea to nine counts bordering on forgery, use of false document and Read More…
Teacher bags 7 years for sexually assaulting 16-year-old student
Idowu Daniel, a 31-year-old teacher, was sentenced by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Monday, to seven years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student within school premises. The convict had been charged with defilement. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution had failed to bring the charge of defilement against the defendant, as the survivor Read More…
Our chairman is fully ‘Obidient’ and won’t defect, Lagos LP assures
Bunmi Adesanya, spokesperson for the Labour Party has said that the rumoured defection of Mr. Olukayode Salako, the Lagos State Labour Party Chairman, is a ruse. Some online media had reported on Sunday that the Lagos state LP chairman had defected to another party. Reacting, Adesanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that Read More…
Lagos govt impounds 40 trailers under bridges, to prosecute owners
Forty illegally parked trucks, tankers, and trailers under flyovers in the Costain/Iganmu axis have on Monday been impounded by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). This is coming after the seven days of grace notice which was previously served to the owners of such illegally parked and abandoned vehicles. Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, the General Read More…
As NANS protests ground Lagos Airport, court rules on FG’s prayer to end ASUU strike Wednesday
As students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in protest against the continued nationwide lecturers’ strike on Monday morning, the ruling has been set for Wednesday on whether lecturers should return to the classrooms. The National Industrial Court will deliver its ruling in an Read More…
Evans, accomplice bag another 21 years for 2nd kidnapping case
Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans was on Monday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, in a second case of the kidnapping of a businessman Sylvanus Ahamonou and collecting 420,000 dollars as ransom from his family. His accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier was also sentenced to 21 years imprisonment on a four-count Read More…