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Lagos arrests 24 people over illegal reclamation in Badagry

News

Yuletide: Lagos charges residents on environmental consciousness

As the yuletide festivities commence, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday reminded residents to be conscious and take charge of…

Headlines, News

NIMC opens up on breach of National Identity Database: It’s hoax

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has opened up on reports of breach of the National Identity Database, saying it…

News

Insecurity: Garba Shehu, Reno Omokri lock horns over Buhari

By Kazeem Ugbodaga Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,…

Football

COVID-19 main opponent of Football in 2020

2020 has become an important year in football history, as it will be seen as a year where football stopped…

News

Nigeria posts second highest COVID-19 cases; more woes for Abuja, Lagos

Nigeria posted second highest COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and Lagos recording more than…
Lagos Govt advises those living along Ogun River banks to relocate to higher grounds as OORBDA starts release of water from Oyan dam.

Metro

Ogun begins installation of sluice gates in dam

Ogun State Water Corporation has commenced the installation of sluice gates, to enable the dam site at Arakanga, retain enough…

Metro

Sanwo-Olu: CDAs must monitor 377 projects in their domains

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday charged Community Development Associations (CDAs) to monitor the 377 ward projects being executed…
Road accident

Headlines, Metro

Black Tuesday: 17 people perish in Kogi motor accident

Seventeen people have perished in a ghastly motor accident at at Irepeni on Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State.
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

Headlines, Metro

JUST IN: Gunmen abduct Abuja-bound passengers in Edo

An unspecified number of passengers in an Abuja-bound commercial bus have been reportedly kidnapped along the Benin-Auchi road in Edo…

Headlines, News

Update: Why I was in Aso Rock to see Buhari – Jonathan

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has given reason why he was in Aso Rock on Tuesday to see President Muhammadu…

Metro

Taskforce, Okada riders clash in Lagos: 10 arrested, 96 bikes seized

Ten people have been arrested for attacking the men of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Taskforce) during an enforcement…

News

Lawal was never instrumental to my getting into police force – Ajasa

Prince Hakeem Ajasa, one of the contenders to for the now occupied throne of Oniru of Iruland, has rubbished claims…

News

‘Edo ready for second wave of COVID-19’

A former Commissioner for Health in Edo state, Dr. Patrick Okundia, has said that the state and its medical professionals…

Headlines, News

Breaking: Buhari extends mandate of COVID-19 PTF till March 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 till the end of…

News

Obasa: Accountants must deploy professionalism to bring Nigeria out of recession

Accountants in Nigeria have been charged to deploy talents and professionalism to rescue Nigeria out recession.
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

Politics

Yahaya Bello shoots down proponents of his 2023 presidency

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello says those calling on him to view for 2023 presidency are distracting his administration.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar

Headlines, News

Nigeria must ban UK flights now – Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Nigerian government to immediately halt flights to and from the UK…

Headlines, News

COVID-19 cases fall sharply in Nigeria, Lagos maintains huge lead

New cases of COVID-19 dropped drastically on Sunday in Nigeria, but Lagos and Abuja are still topping the chat.

Headlines, News

Ex-Lagos Commissioner, Enoch Ajiboso drops dead at Oba’s palace

Former Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Enoch Ajiboso reportedly dropped dead while resolving dispute at the Oba’s palace in Osun…

Business

Why Agriculture deserved lots of attention – LASG

Lagos State Government on Sunday said the agricultural sector deserved lots of attention in the drive to boost food production.
British Airways ordered to pay Nigerian passenger N53m

Metro, News

NBA Chairman drags British Airways to court over breach of contract

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Epe branch, Ademola Abiodun Koko, has slammed €15,000 suit on British Airways…

Football

Ruthless Man. United demolish Leeds United at Old Trafford

Ruthless Manchester United put six goals past a hapless Leeds United at Old Trafford on Sunday to move third on…

Opinion

Five takeaways from safe return of 344 Kankara schoolboys

The safe return of all 344 boys kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State would be…

Metro

Lagos police foil traffic robbery, arrest two cultists 

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the weekend arrested two suspected Awawa cult members at Oko-koto, Agege, hours…
COVID-19 cases soar in Nigeria

Headlines, News

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases shoot up: No respite for Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases worsen on Saturday, as the nation posted the second highest figures since the pandemic entered the country…
Jumia Nigeria CEO, Massimiliano Spalazzi

Business

Jumia processed four million orders during Black Friday

Black Friday, the biggest sales event of the year, has come and gone. In the aftermath, global sale platforms, as…

Metro

Lagos steps up campaign on planning permit process

Spurred by the need to adequately sensitize citizens and stakeholders on the need, benefits and seamless process of obtaining legal…
COVID-19 testing in Nigeria

News

COVID-19: 11 Nigerians dead, Lagos, Abuja lead in 806 new infections

Eleven Nigerians have died in the last 24 hours as the nation recorded 806 new cases of COVID-19, with Lagos…

Headlines, News

Those who voted for Buhari brought us hopelessness – Fayose

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Friday said Nigerians who voted for President Muhammadu Buhari brought the nation…

News

Lagos Assembly goes tough on illegal real estate operators

The Lagos State House of Assembly is set to pass a new bill that will regulate real estate operations in…