Assault Crime Featured Metro

Lagos govt to prosecute man accused of attacking LASTMA official

The Lagos State Government is set to arraign one Fred Onwuche, a commercial driver, next week, for allegedly assaulting Razak Kosoko, a LASTMA official who was on assigned duty in Lekki. A statement issued over the weekend by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), warned the general public of Read More…

Business Real Estate Top Story

Lagos Govt partners REDAN on housing

The Lagos State Government on Sunday said that it was ready to collaborate with the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), being a critical stakeholder in the development of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, made the assertion at the 2020 Maiden Edition of REDAN Read More…

Aviation Business Featured

Latest Biofuel powered and emissions reduction A380s from Emirates

…biofuel produced from used cooking oil Emirates has welcomed its latest advanced A380 to its 2020 fleet. The MSN A6-EVL, its 116th A380 landed in Dubai at the weekend. The newest member of the Emirates fleet was powered by a blend of jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). This is the first time the airline Read More…

Boxing Sports Top Story

President Buhari celebrates Anthony Joshua’s victory

Sports Ministry too President Muhammadu Buhari says by retaining his IBF, WBA, and WBO titles, Anthony Joshua has given boxing lovers around the world, and particularly in Nigeria, something to cheer. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said Buhari made his feelings known while celebrating the decisive victory Read More…

Featured Football Sports

Xhaka and Arsenal hit the self-destruct button as Arteta’s Gunners project goes into meltdown

The Gunners are now just five points off the Premier League relegation zone after losing 1-0 to Burnley at Emirates Stadium The Mikel Arteta project at Arsenal is in meltdown. All the good work that had been done during the second half of last season has been crumbling away in recent weeks as the Gunners Read More…

COVID19 Health Metro Top Story

Gov Jide Sanwoolu confirmed COVID-19 positive

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has now been confirmed positive to the coronavirus COVID-19. In a statement released on 12th December by the Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the governor has begun to receive treament. The statement reads: Following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a confirmed case of Read More…

Featured Health Metro

Oncologist decries growing incidence of cancer disease in Nigeria

A Consultant Ocular Oncologist, Dr Abia Nzelu, has decried the growing incidence of cancer disease and the poor attention being given to it in Nigeria. Nzelu, also Executive Secretary, Mass Medical Mission (MMM) in charge of cancer care, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The expert also said that Read More…

Culture & Arts Entertainment Featured

Charley Pride, country music legend, dies from coronavirus at 86

Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. Pride died Saturday in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Read More…