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Oba Abdulfatai Oyeyinka, the Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom in Lagos State, has given the state’s Nigerian Red Cross Society a 14-seat Toyota Hiace bus and a number of other things. Oyeyinka said tthat he made the donation on the final day of 2022 to mark the New Year celebration that also marks his Read More…
Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State’s wife, celebrated the birth of triplets on Sunday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), in Ikeja. Three infants were delivered via caesarean section by Mrs. Olufoye: a girl weighing 2.2 kilogrammes was born at 12:07 a.m.; a boy weighing 2 kilogrammes was delivered at 12:08 Read More…
The Fourth Mainland Bridge project will be finished in four years, the Lagos State government announced on Friday. It would cost $2.5 billion. Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, made the announcement in Ikeja, at a press conference to introduce the preferred contractor to carry out the project. Adeyoye predicted Read More…
Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), the PDP Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, claims he is not a mole for the APC and is committed to terminating the party’s dominance in the state. Adediran stated this in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He responded to allegations that he was installed in Read More…
The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, stated on Thursday that it would be following the prosecution of the police officer who reportedly shot dead a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing with her family. ASP Drambi Vandi, assigned to the Ajiwe Police Read More…
Police in Lagos State are looking for a man who allegedly beat his brother to death for stealing school property. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a police spokesman, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Hundeyin stated that on Monday, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ijede Read More…
Consignments of Colorado were discovered by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada, at the Tincan seaport in Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Ikeja, Lagos. This was said in a statement made on Sunday in Abuja by Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA. Read More…
Police in Lagos State have arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to the Ajah Division on suspicion of murdering a female lawyer on Christmas Day. The victim has been identified by the media as Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem. The arrest was confirmed on Monday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, a spokesman for the police. He Read More…
The Immaculate Heart Catholic Church’s priest-in-charge, Rev. Fr. Pius Yusuf, advised worshippers on Friday to show love to everyone because this was the true meaning of Christmas. Yusuf, an army chaplain, made this statement during an early-morning mass to celebrate the church’s 37 years of consecration. He claimed that without the heavenly gift of God’s Read More…
As Yuletide draws near, Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, urged citizens on Thursday to actively protect their environment while having fun. In a statement that he personally signed, Bello stated that the government is doing everything it can to step up efforts to combat the scourge of climate Read More…
