The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has warned Lagos residents not to use empty buildings as garbage dumps. The warning was issued in a statement on Saturday in Lagos by Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, the managing director and CEO of LAWMA. The conduct, which involves using rubbish to restore land for future uses, is unlawful, according Read More…
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Amazon launches Lagos presence with spectacular drone display
Five hundred unmanned aircraft were released into the air at once. And the spectacle was breathtaking! In Eko Atlantic, Lagos, Nigeria, Amazon hosted the first-ever show activation of drones. In the afternoon of November 2nd, 500 drones that had been unpacked and programmed to fly in unison at the same moment based on mapping and Read More…
Court adjourns Maina’s action against Interior Minister, NCoS CG due to illness
On November 18, a Federal High Court in Abuja will issue its ruling in a lawsuit brought by Abdulrasheed Maina against Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola and Controller General (C-G) of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) Haliru Nababa. After Ibrahim Idris, counsel for Maina, and Abdulmumin Muhammad, counsel for the respondents, followed their procedures and presented Read More…
Lagos businesswoman wanted for N47m scam
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…
State House’s 2023 budget sees a 50% slash
The State House’s permanent secretary, Tijjani Umar, says that the N21.1 billion budget request for 2023 is N19.01 billion less than the N40.1 billion budgeted for that year. This information was made public by Umar on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared with other members of the State House’s top management team to defend the Read More…
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot and injured at protest march
In an alleged murder attempt, Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, was shot and injured while participating in a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. Four more people were injured on Thursday, according to members of his PTI party, but no one was killed. He may have been struck on the Read More…
Lagos APC remains unbeatable – BAT
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…
Ijaw chiefs in Lagos insist on swift court decision over Sylvester Oromoni’s death
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…
How mining company used private jet to move dollar bribe cash from Nigeria
Prosecutors said before a London court on Wednesday that employees and agents of a British unit of mining and trading company Glencore used private aircraft to transport money to pay bribes to oil authorities in West Africa. In June 2022, Glencore formally entered a guilty plea to seven charges of bribery related to oil activities Read More…
Air transport services union calls off strike
Tuesday marked the end of the strike by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the unjust dismissal of 34 union members. This was said in a statement made by the union’s deputy general secretary, Mr. Frances Akinjole, on Wednesday in Lagos. When ATSSSAN shut Read More…