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Lagos warns residents to stop dumping refuse in drains

Metro

Lagos warns residents to stop dumping refuse in drains

Addressing newsmen who accompanied him at the end of the tour at Ilubirin Housing Estate, Wahab urged residents to desist…
Sanwo-Olu threatens squatters

Metro

Sanwo-Olu warns squatters on Lagos-Badagry expressway

Sanwo-Olu, who had one-on-one engagements with residents and traders along the route, assured that the Doyin section of the highway…
Mamman

Metro, Top Stories

FG jacks up salaries of tertiary institutions’ lecturers by 25%

The increment cut across universities, polytechnics and colleges of educations. A letter from the Office of the Auditor General of…
Burna Boy releases official music video for 'City Boys'

Entertainment

Burna Boy releases official music video for ‘City Boys’

The song sparked a viral movement after the introduction of the signature dance that Dave Chapelle was later seen learning…
NNPC Ltd. raises alarm about what it described as emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged by a syndicate against the organisation

Metro

NNPCL not involved in secret recruitment

Reports on social media had claimed that about 35 people were allegedly recruited secretly into the NNPC Limited under the…
Lagos Assembly says doctor who operated on boy with missing intestine is not a surgeon

Headlines, Metro

Doctor who operated on boy with missing intestine not a surgeon – Lagos Assembly

Adebola died on Tuesday shortly after the House called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to further assist him seek treatment abroad.
Zamfara Govt says FG has given N214,285 to each of the 14 female students of the Federal University Gusau (FUG) recently rescued from bandits.

Headlines, Metro

Troops rescue six of the kidnapped Gusau Varsity students

Scores of students, mostly female were abducted by the bandits around 4.00am on Friday, as the gunmen invaded students hostels…
Massive crowd during candlelight process for Mohbad

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Massive crowd during candlelight procession for Mohbad (Photos)

Mourners converged at the Lekki Phase 1 Estate gate before moving to the Muri Okunola Park on Victoria Island Lagos.
Police use teargas to disperse members of Take It Back movement, others who gathered for protest at Boro Park, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

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Breaking: Many injured as police teargas Mohbad’s fans during candlelight procession (Video)

In a trending video, many people were seen running helter and skelter as the police shot teargas canisters to disperse…
Ademoye

Politics

Ogun LG Allocations: LOGPAN backs Dapo Abiodun

By Adejoke Adeleye, Ogun Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria (LOGPAN). Ogun State chapter has backed Governor Dapo Abiodun on…
Lagos Assembly constitutes 40 standing committees

Headlines, News

Lagos Assembly constitutes 40 standing committees

The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, during plenary, named himself as the Chairman of Selection Committee while the Majority Leader, Mr Noheem…
Court grants NGO’s plea for I-G to re-investigate Mohbad’s death

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JUST IN: We have completed Mohbad’s autopsy – Police

Earlier in the day, the Lagos State Police Command exhumed the corpse of  Mohbad, so that autopsy could be carried…
Two years of battling sexual and domestic violence

Features, Metro

DSVA: Two years of battling Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Lagos

From September 2021 to July 2023, the agency received a total of 10,484 cases of SGBV via the Virtual Referral…
EFCC

Metro

$9.6bn P&ID fraud: How Trinity Biotech’s MD escaped arrest – Babangida

“My team visited the office of Trinity Biotech Nigeria Limited, located on the 1st floor, Oyo State House, Ralph Shodende…
Lagos

Metro

Plan your movement: Lagos shuts part of Iyana-Ipaja Road for over two months

Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the closure is part of efforts to address the…
President Tinubu

Business, Top Stories

This is what Tinubu did at NASDAQ in US to set African record

The President, surrounded by Nigerian business leaders and officials of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, in trademark fashion, did not fail…
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

Politics, Top Stories

Kano tribunal ruling: Governor Yusuf heads to Appeal Court

Yusuf, who addressed journalists at Africa House, Government House, Kano, through a state broadcast, said already, he has directed his…
Bayern narrowly edge out Man. United in 7-goal thriller

Football

Bayern narrowly edge out Man. United in 7-goal thriller

Casemiro scored his brace for United to make it 4-3 five minutes into added time. He rose above the defence…
Rampaging Arsenal crush PSV at Emirates

Football

Rampaging Arsenal crush PSV at Emirates

Midway into the second half, Arsenal were 4-0 up. Martin Odegaard took a great first touch to control a killer…
Bellingham's last-gasp hands Madrid victory over German side

Football

Bellingham’s last-gasp hands Madrid victory over German side

The match was heading to a goalless draw when Bellingham scored on added time to ensure that Madrid claimed all…
Iyabo Ojo with some of the lawmakers

Metro

Mohbad: Iyabo Ojo, others storm Lagos Assembly, seek justice

Ojo, the Convener of the protest, told lawmakers at the assembly complex on Wednesday that the group was at the…
ALARHOSPS rolls out events for 10th anniversary, to unveil Assembly Hall in Epe school

News

ALARHOSPS rolls out events for 10th anniversary, to unveil Assembly Hall in Epe school

ALARHOSPS was formed 10 years ago to promote continuous interaction and common welfare interests of people who have served Lagos…
Kano government denies giving directives to the state police Command to ban durbar in the state during Eid-el-Kabir festivities.

Headlines, Metro

Tribunal ruling: Kano imposes 24-hour curfew

According to the state government's directive, the curfew takes effect from 6.00pm of Wednesday, September 20 to 6.00pm of Thursday,…
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa

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JUST IN: Ondo Assembly moves to impeach Deputy Governor Aiyedatiwa

At an emergency plenary meeting on Wednesday, the House directed the Clerk, Benjamin Jaiyeola to write Aiyedatiwa over allegations levelled…
Lagos begins consultation for 2024 budget

Business, Metro

2024 budget: Lagos begins consultations, rakes in N400bn IGR in six months

Speaking at the Badagry division, Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mosopefoluwa George, said the consultations and discussions would enable…
Sanwo-Olu breaks silence over death of boy with missing intestine

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Sanwo-Olu breaks silence over death of boy with missing intestine at LASUTH

"I am saddened by the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, a promising 12-year-old boy who died at LASUTH after months of…
NNPP, Ajadi reject Appeal's court ruling in Kano, say party membership internal affair

Headlines, Politics

Kano: Why tribunal sacked Governor Yusuf, declared Gawuna winner 

The three-member tribunal chaired by  Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Dr. Michael died after working 72 hours at LUTH

Headlines, Metro

How doctor slumped, died in church after working 72 hours shift at LUTH

Michael had on returning from LUTH on Sunday after the three days shift and went to his church, United Evangelical…
Youths protest over Mohbad's death

Headlines, Metro

Mohbad: Youths defy govt’s order, protest erupts in Lagos (Photos)

A planned protest by some Nollywood actors and fans in honour of Mohbad, was earlier cancelled following a request from…
Azeez

News

Fans to win Decoders at GOtv Boxing Night 29

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the organisers said fans at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun…