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Fashola Seeks Partnership On Quality Education

Lagos State Governor,  Babatunde Fashola has urged individuals, clubs and corporate bodies to partner with the government to provide facilities…

Subsidy Scam: Firm Boss Gets N85m Bail

A Lagos High Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of N85 million to the Managing Director of Nadabo…

More students pass WASCE in Nigeria’s capital

Students in the FCT in 2012 scored 38.39 per cent credit pass in five WASCE subjects, including English and Mathematics,…

2 killed in Nigerian bank robbery

Two persons were killed by armed robbers while no fewer than five others sustained injuries during a bank robbery in…

Okada protest: Fashina, 3 others arrested

The Chairman of the Joint Action Forum (JAF), Dr. Dipo Fashina, General Secretary, Mr. Biodun Aremu and members of the…

Principal in virginity test scandal suspended

The Ogun state Government in western Nigeria, on Wednesday waded into the reported case of a Principal, Mrs Olufunke Aladeojebi,…

Facebook lover gets new trial date

A Nigerian court has fixed 18 January to commence trial of Arthur Obiora, “the Facebook lover’’, charged with attempted rape…

Nigeria: Babalakin challenges EFCC again

The Chairman of the Bi-Courtney Nigeria Limited, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has reinstituted the suit, challenging the legality of the criminal…

Yuletide: Facelift for Lagos Bar Beach

The Bar Beach in Lagos Nigeria, is undergoing a makeover to make it more user friendly during the Christmas and…

Okada Riders In Fresh Protest

Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…

Late DIG’s Siblings Fight Over Property

The siblings of the late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ganiyu Olanrewaju Dawodu, are fighting over property left by…

Woman Jailed 3 Months For Stealing Husband’s Wig, Gown

A Kubwa Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year old woman, Elizabeth Akinagbe, to three months imprisonment for stealing. The…

Christmas: Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar

With a week to Christmas, prices of foodstuffs and other items  have skyrocketed in major markets in Lagos, Lagos State,…

Ferry travel saves Lagosians traffic nightmares

It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to…

Ayo Elmar Gives Succour To Children

Nigerian-born female fashion designer, Ayo Van Elmar, has embarked on a charity initiative dubbed Sunshine Project. It is aimed at…

Lagos Impounds 6,972 Motorcycles In 3 Months

The Lagos State Government has impounded 6,972 motorcycles between September and November for plying restricted roads in the state. Lagos…

Yuletide: Lagos Traders Blame Higher Food Price On Cost Of Transportation

One week to Christmas, prices of some food items have gone up in Lagos markets, the News Agency of Nigeria…

Conmen Target Lagos Lawmakers

Probably to reap their own dividends of democracy, fraudsters have devised several ways of swindling members of the Lagos State…

Local Councils Revive Lagos Municipal Transport Service

The two council areas on the Lagos Island, the Lagos Island Local Government and Lagos Island East Local Council Development…

LG Chief Threatens T0 Ban Xmas Carnivals

In order to forestall the crises usually associated with street carnivals in the area, the management of Mosan Okunola Local…

Fashola Gives N3.58b To 604 Retirees

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today paid N3.58 billion to 604 retirees of the state civil service. The money…

SSANU Threatens Indefinite Strike

National Vice-President, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Western Zone, Mr Alfred Jimoh, said the union might embark on…

4 Korean workers, 2 Nigerians kidnapped

Four South Korean and two Nigerian workers at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Construction Yard in Brass, Bayelsa state, have been…

Ekiti to honour Professor Aluko, Omoboriowo

The Ekiti State Government, in Western Nigeria is to honour no fewer than 20 indigenes, dead and living, with outstanding…

Lagos Speaker’s Trial Continues 18 Feb

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria has adjourned till 18 February, 2013 the money laundering charges filed…

Cleric Laments Rising Wave Of Corruption

The president of Christ Apostolic Mission Church, CAMC, Pastor Adesoji Ajayi has lamented the frightening and worsening cases of corruption…

Lagos Sacks 174 LASTMA Officials

The Lagos State Government has sacked 174 officers of the State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for their alleged involvement in…

Okada Riders Fix Protest For Wednesday

Commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have vowed not to yield to the Lagos State Government’s…

Christmas: Second-hand Clothes Enjoy High Patronage

Few days to Christmas celebration, second-hand clothes, popularly referred to as “Okirika’’ or “bend-down boutique”, are enjoying more patronage in…

Give False Information, Spend 1 Year In Jail—AG

It is a criminal offence for a person to give information which he knows or believes to be false for…