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To show their support for Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Progressive Coalition of Entertainers met with Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The group, led by Mr. Saheed Balogun, visited the speaker on Friday at the compound where the assembly meets in Lagos. Obasa urged like-minded Nollywood actors, producers, and artists to Read More…
No life was lost, according to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), when a fire broke out at its Abuja headquarters on Friday. This was said in a statement released on Friday by Mr. Eddy Megwa, Director of Press Relations. He said that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Fire Service Departments put out Read More…
Ayodele Fayose’s alleged money laundering trial has been postponed by the Federal High Court in Lagos till January 31 and February 1. Due to a scheduling error, the case’s trial was originally supposed to continue on October 26. A new trial date was to be decided by the parties and set by the court. The Read More…
On Thursday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court revoked Blessing Adanu’s bail and proclaimed her wanted for allegedly scamming her client of N47 million. Adanu has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with two charges of acquiring money by false pretence and theft. When she was arraigned on December 19, 2019, the Read More…
The Lagos State Government’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), inducted 200 students from Education District 1 as ambassadors against sexual and gender-based violence on Thursday. At the ceremony of induction at Iyana Ipaja, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), spoke to the 200 ambassadors 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…
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…
