Traffic would be diverted from the Maryland/Mende Underpass from Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, for the continuation of the Opebi/Ojota Link bridge construction. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oladeinde assures that alternative routes had been mapped out to ease movement during the course of Read More…
As part of engagements while attending the royal funeral, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday, at the Lancaster House, London, signed the condolence register for Queen Elizabeth II. A statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, says that the vice president described Read More…
An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilogrammes of cocaine. According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs were concealed in cans Read More…
If you are not aware that one ‘mudu’ of yellow Garri which used to sell for N140 in Abuja is now N500, you would at least know that one litre of diesel has jumped from N240 per litre to N820. That was why my barber disagreed with the headline of the newspaper I was reading: Read More…
Nigeria’s representation at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral would be a marked-down one as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja for London, UK, to represent Nigeria. At a gathering expected to host an elite gathering of world leaders including Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, the vice-president, and not President Buhari, would join members of the Royal Family Read More…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would not be attending Sunday’s reception at Buckingham Palace for world leaders arriving ahead of Queen Elizabeth’s State Funeral. Various reports had it that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had earlier been invited to the reception set to be hosted by King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort. However, Read More…
Dumebi Kachikwu, African Democratic Congress (ADC)’s candidate for the 2023 presidential elections has been expelled by the party. In a statement issued on Saturday morning by ADC’s National Chairman, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, Kachikwu and seven others were expelled from the party following findings by a seven-man disciplinary committee set up to investigate allegations of Read More…
In line with tradition, King Charles III and his siblings stood vigil by the coffin of their late mother, Queen Elizabeth, on Friday. As they did so, tens of thousands of mourners queued up to pay their final respects during the lying in state of the late queen and were told they faced a wait Read More…
Two employees of a transport company, have been arrested by the Lagos Police force for allegedly attacking an officer on duty. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officers (PRO), in a statement confirmed the arrest on Friday. Hundeyin said that the offence was committed at 7:00 a.m. against one Insp. Rowland Uankhehi, on Read More…
Shola Yusuf, a 21-year-old driver, on Friday, appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for reportedly driving in a reckless manner and killing a pedestrian. Mr. Yusuf, whose address was not provided, was charged by the police with four counts bordering on reckless driving and manslaughter. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Read More…
