Olasukanmi Adebanjo, a 40-year-old estate agent, was charged on Friday in a Lagos courtroom for allegedly defrauding two people looking for housing out of N4 million. Adebanjo, who resides in Magodo Phase II, Lagos, was accused of fraud and theft by the police. He entered a not-guilty plea to the charge. According to the prosecutor, Read More…
The sale of Polaris Bank to a new core investor, Strategic Capital Investment Ltd. (SCIL), has been made public by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A statement signed by Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications, and posted on the CBN website on Thursday said that the sale was completed after SPA signed a Share Read More…
Lagos State is a top destination for real estate investors and investees, according to Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, special adviser to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on housing. This was said by Benson-Awoyinka during a presentation at the Second Edition Stakeholders Summit of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Lagos State Chapter, which took Read More…
Nigeria needs state police, said Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday. Sanwo-Olu renewed the call when the Commissioners of the Police Service Commission (PSC), under the leadership of the acting Chairman, Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina. He said that if governors had this opportunity, they Read More…
The diary of a single mum There was a time I met a guy at the store, months after I had my baby, and it didn’t take long before we started going on dates and talking for long hours. The frequency of our conversations and meetings was just right, it gave me something to always Read More…
A few months ago I was invited by a church to lecture their teenage girls on the subject of sexual immorality and how to abstain from it. It was very detailed teaching as I was given ample time to dissect the topic; hence, I tried as much as I could to do justice to the Read More…
Contrary to what is making the rounds on social media, the management of Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG) said on Thursday that the company’s plant was operating at a lower capacity because some of its upstream gas suppliers were sending less gas than usual. In a statement released on Thursday in Lagos by Mr. Andy Odeh, Read More…
Sabiru Akinlabi, a 40-year-old welder, was charged with theft and fraud involving N346,000 worth of iron rods on Thursday at an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State. Akinlabi, who lives in the Iyana-Church neighbourhood of Alapere, Ketu, Lagos State, is charged with two offences. But he entered a not-guilty plea. Insp. Donjor Perezi, the prosecutor, Read More…
The chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee looking into the sale of Polaris Bank, Mr. Henry Nwawuba, stated on Thursday that the sale of the bank was proceeding legally. The politician made this remark at a press conference held at the National Assembly in Abuja. He allayed investors’ concerns about the financial Read More…
The Lagos State House of Assembly is attempting to create the Lagos State Human Rights Committee in appreciation of the worth and rights of citizens and residents. This was announced by Mr. Victor Akande, the chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions, and LASIEC, during a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday at Read More…
