A three-man syndicate that specialises in duping innocent passengers in commercial vehicles has been arrested. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, PRO for Lagos State Police Command on Saturday listed the suspects arrested to be: Abiodun Bamidele, aged 48, Olumide Faleye, aged 45 and a female suspect, Toyin Adekoya, aged 49. He said the suspects were arrested around Read More…
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IPMAN advises FG to speed up full deregulation of petroleum sector
As the country marked its independence, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Saturday in Abuja, pushed for the Federal Government to accelerate full deregulation of the petroleum sector to further open up the market. Speaking through its National Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman, IPMAN said having full deregulation would help in Read More…
Ogudu: Lagos Assembly summons Lands Bureau, others over community land dispute
The Lands Bureau and the Land Grabbers Office have been summoned to appear before the Lagos State House of Assembly over a land dispute at Ogudu Community Muslim Praying Ground in Lagos. Mr. Victor Akande, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary and Public Petition, ordered the summon at an on-the-spot Assessment of the land on Saturday in Read More…
Independence: We must not give up as a nation — NBA President
Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has admonished fellow compatriots to keep hope alive for a better future. Maikyau made the call in a statement tagged: “Independence day message”, made available to newsmen in Lagos by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal. Maikyau noted that although the nation was Read More…
Charly Boy, others lead LP 5m persons’ march for Obi in Lagos
Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) Labour Party’s (LP) popular social crusader, and other activists on Saturday, led a five million solidarity march for the LP Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi and his running mate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. The march tagged: “Lagos Obi-Datti Five Million + Freedom March”, had supporters and fans of Obi converge at the National Read More…
NGX gains N32bn ahead Independence celebration
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. closed the week on a bullish note Friday, with market capitalisation gaining N32 billion or 0.12 per cent to close at N26. 451 trillion against N26.419 trillion on Thursday. Also, the All-Share Index went up by 59.33 basis points or 0.12 per cent to close at 49, 024.16 compared with Read More…
Lagos BRT boards 350m passengers in 7 years
Fola Tinubu, Managing Director, Primero Transport Service Limited, in an interview in Lagos on Friday has claimed that the company has transported over 350 million passengers in the last seven years of its operation. He applauded commuters for their dedication, saying they had stood by the company over the past seven years of its operations. Read More…
Police warn against rally at Lekki Toll Gate on Oct 1
On Friday, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, released a statement reminding Lagosians that no rally or gathering of any sort will be allowed at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday, Oct. 1. The PRO took to Twitter, using the State Command official Twitter page @LagosPoliceNG to make the Read More…
UK engineering forum teams with Nigerian engineers on manufacturing and export
Mr. Oladapo Sulu, President, Engineering Forum of Nigerians (EFN), United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday has promised to team up with local manufacturers and engineers to increase access to markets abroad and boost export. The EFN-UK President pledged this at a hybrid monthly seminar organized by the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE), with the theme: Read More…
Police investigates boy’s death after injections
The Police Command in Lagos has begun an investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections had been supposedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, confirmed the situation on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the Read More…