The contractors in charge of reconstructing the Lagos-Badagry Expressway segment between Agbara and Badagry are back on the job. Due to a lack of funds, the construction company, CGC Nigeria Limited, took all of its trucks and earth-moving equipment off the site all at once at the end of August to the surprise of local Read More…
The Elephant Club of Agege has received praise from the Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Olusegun Dawudu, for its more than 20 years of social effect in football competition in the Agege community. Dawudu gave thanks at the opening games of the 2022 Elephant Cup Competition, which took place at the Read More…
Dr. Marcel Mbamalu, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Prime Business, on Tuesday in Lagos, said that bringing law enforcement closer to the people by creating state police forces did not in any way limit the federal government’s authority. Speaking as a panellist at the “Eighth Global Right’s Conflict Specific Dialogue Series” held at Freedom Park, Lagos, Read More…
Due to the increased risk of terrorist attacks in Nigeria, the U.S. State Department approved on Tuesday that non-emergency U.S. government workers and their families should leave the country. The most recent travel information comes after the United States and the United Kingdom issued a Sunday warning about a potential terrorist assault in the capital Read More…
The Court of Appeal says that the decision to drop the terrorism charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who was illegally extradited, has nothing to do with the move of 21 justices to different divisions. Contrary to several media accounts, the appellate court said that the postings of Read More…
The Lagos State Government has mandated a coroner’s inquest to determine the exact cause of death of the late Bimbo, the famous auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna’s (also known as IVD) wife, who was recently reported to have passed away from serious burns. The instruction was given in a statement on Tuesday by Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, Read More…
Taofeek Alabi, an unemployed guy, appeared before a Lagos High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday for allegedly robbing a pedestrian of a phone. Alabi, whose home location was omitted, is awaiting trial on two counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. The Lagos State Government’s charge against the defendant, however, was one Read More…
Due to the absence of a prosecution witness, the trial of undergraduate Chidinma Ojukwu for the murder of Super TV CEO Mr. Usifo Ataga was postponed on Tuesday. Ojukwu is on trial in front of the Tafawa Balewa Square-based Lagos High Court. Along with her sister Chioma Egbuchu and another person named Adedapo Quadri, she Read More…
A 17-year-old has been charged with two counts of alleged drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before the Federal High Court in Lagos. In a charge sheet signed by NDLEA prosecutor Mr. L.N. Nor, the NDLEA claimed that the youngster had committed the crime on October 3 in the Lagos neighbourhood Read More…
Oil and gas downstream enterprises have expressed worry about the role of lawmakers in policing private corporations. They bemoaned the time wasted attending to the MPs’ summonses and criticised the oversight role played by politicians over private enterprises that were being monitored and regulated by government authorities. The operators voiced their objections on Tuesday in Read More…
