Due to their unwillingness to purchase weapons and ammunition from the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), the House of Representatives Committee on Defense has summoned the leaders of the nation’s security services. Rep. Taofeek Ajilesoro (PDP-Osun) made the motion When Maj.-Gen. Hassan Tafida, Director-General of DICON, stood before the committee to defend the 2022 Read More…
Peter Williams, a 49-year-old sales representative, was taken before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday for allegedly using his employer’s N200,000 for personal use. Williams is facing trial on one count of theft; his home location was not disclosed. To the charge, he entered a not-guilty plea. The defendant committed the offence on Read More…
Mr. Desmond Elliot, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has provided extra free health insurance to 400 senior citizens of the Surulere Local Government Area. Elliot (APC-Surulere 1) stated this during the Mega Empowerment Programme he organised for Surulere locals on Thursday in Lagos. Recall that 250 Surulere people benefited from Elliott’s Read More…
Olasupo Shasore, SAN, a former Lagos State attorney general and commissioner for justice, will be charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Shasore will be charged with 14 counts of alleged money laundering along with a business, Middlesex Investments Ltd., before Justice Inyang Ekwo. Read More…
In the midst of hazardous issues, the Federal Government has called for coordinated measures to establish a secure environment for teachers and leavers. At the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) meeting, which was held in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made the announcement. Strengthening of Security and Safety in Read More…
Plateau United has been extremely determined to succeed in the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup, according to Dung Dalyop, Plateau State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development. Plateau United dominated Al Akhdar Sports Club of Libya 4-1 in Abuja during the opening leg of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup playoff encounter. After the game, Dalyop informed Read More…
The federal and state governments have been urged by the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to guarantee the security and protection of media organisations and journalists during the upcoming general elections in 2023 and beyond. At a press conference held in honour of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in Lagos, Mr. Read More…
APC presidential candidate Sen. Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday that the party could not be stopped in Lagos. Tinubu said this at the party’s caucus meeting on Acme Road in Ogba, at the Lagos APC secretariat. Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the chairman of the Lagos APC, welcomed everyone to the meeting, which was headed by Lagos Read More…
A comprehensive, intelligent, and more integrated approach to transport planning in Africa has been promoted by the Lagos State Government in order to create an effective, egalitarian, and ecologically responsible system. Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, the state’s commissioner for transportation, announced this on Wednesday during the 6th Africa Sustainable Mobility Course in Lagos. According to Oladeinde, Read More…
Warn of consequences Leaders of the Ijaw community in Lagos have requested a swift judicial decision in the matter of Sylvester Oromoni, a former student of Dowen College in Lagos. The tragic occurrence was more of a moral matter than a legal one, according to Mr. Regent Youmor, Coordinator and Ex-President, Ijaw Community in Lagos, Read More…