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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday called its first witness in the money laundering trial of former Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Ikuforiji is charged with N338.8 million money laundering. He is facing trial alongside his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, on 54-count bordering on the offences. Read More…
An investment banker (name withheld) on Wednesday narrated to an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a man he accommodated in his apartment allegedly defiled his eight-year-old daughter. The banker testified as the first prosecution witness in the trial of one Evanus Onyebuchi for defilement. The witness was led in evidence by prosecution Read More…
Oba Gbolahan Lawal, the Oniru of Iruland on Lagos Island, has urged Lagos State Government to recognize “Isese Day,” set aside for the celebration of traditional religion, for global tourists attraction. Lawal made the call on Sunday during the commemoration of the World Tourism Day, held virtually and physically at Lagos Theatre, Oregun. The News Read More…
…averts Secondary Incident In line with it’s mandate to save lives and properties of Lagos residents, LASEMA yesterday night, recovered a burnt vehicle off the Ojuelegba bridge, inward Barracks. The fire incident which did not record any loss of lives, nor injuries at the incident scene was alluded to electrical malfunction in the vehicle by Read More…
The Lagos State Government ( LASG) has empowered 200 household heads of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) with household tools to mitigate the effects of poverty in the state. The state Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Segun Dawodu, coordinated the programme organised by the ministry at the Correctional Centre for Junior Boys, Birrel, Read More…
The Lagos State Health Commission on Friday advised healthcare providers to ensure qualitative innovations targeted at excellent medical interventions across the public health facilities in the state. The Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Dr Benjamin Eniayewun, gave the advice when he led an 11-man delegate to Ikorodu and Gbagada General Hospitals. The delegates were on Read More…
A 27-year-old mechanic, Ahmed Ibrahim, on Friday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly belonging to a cult. Ibrahim, who resides in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and belonging to an unlawful society. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, ASP Rita Read More…
The Girls Voices Initiative (GVI), an Action Health Incorporated (AHI) programme, has appealed to parents and community leaders in Makoko Community, Lagos, to be committed toward ending child marriage. The GVI Girls Leader, Miss Victoria Benedict, made the plea on Friday at a forum on “Advocacy on Ending Child Marriage in Makoko” in Lagos. The Read More…
The Lagos State Government on Friday flagged off the execution of different projects in the 377 wards across the state, toward taking development to the grassroots. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said at the event at Ikeja that the projects were in fulfilment of promises made during the electioneering campaign. Sanwo-Olu said that the Read More…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said that its impact assessment of Thursday’s explosion of a gas tanker in Iju area of Lagos had revealed that 44 persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, (NEMA), gave the update in an interview Read More…