Tag: Lagos Nigeria
Murder of banker: Defence gets new date to file address
A Nigerian High Court in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos state on Thursday fixed 4 December for the adoption of…
Governor’s Cup Tennis: Pavic Upsets Top Seed To Final
Damilare Okunola The ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship recorded yet another upset as number four seeded player, Ante Pavic…
3 die in cholera outbreak in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three persons have been confirmed dead as cholera outbreak hit Lagos. The Lagos State Government in a prompt…
Lagos Climate to change in 2029, with dire consequences
The climate of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as we know it today, with marked seasons for wet and dry months,…
Robbers on motor bike kill 3 cops in Lagos
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Tuesday killed three policemen in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The Commissioner…
Lagos Plane Crash Update:14 Dead, Six Survivors
Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent Fourteen people died and six others survived from Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, the country’s…
Lagos To Host 2014 African Table Tennis Top 16 Cup
Taiwo Adelu For staging a befitting and world-class Lagos International Classics, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has granted Nigeria…
Soyinka, others mourn Awoonor
Nigerian Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and other writers on Friday paid tribute to renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi…
World tennis stars set to storm Lagos for Governor’s Cup Tennis
There are strong indications that some top world players who were regular faces in the annual Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis…
9 Fake Taskforce Officials Arrested
At least nine fake taskforce officials were on Thursday arrested at Ijaiye area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for extorting money…
IATA Boss Wants Safety Audit Mandatory For African Airlines
Simon Ateba and Chioma Okike The International Air Transport Association, IATA, on Tuesday, urged African governments to make operational safety…
Al-Mustapha visits TB Joshua
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer of Nigeria’s tyrant, General Sani Abacha, has paid a surprise visit to Pastor…
NDLEA, Army raid Lagos dark spot
Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s anti-drug trafficking agency and soldiers have carried out a raid on Akala area of Mushin, a notorious…
New Lekki-Ikoyi bridge excites Lagosians
As the clock ticked past midnight on Friday, the new Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, was opened…
Another person dies in fresh collapsed buildings
Kazeem Ugbodaga Another person has been reported dead as two more buildings collapsed in Bariga and Ikorodu areas of Lagos…
2-Storey Church building collapses, one person dies
Kazeem Ugbodaga One person has been killed as a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ojodu area of Lagos, Southwest…
Briton freed, 3 Lebanese kidnapped
A Briton abducted last week in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos has been released in an incident believed to be a…
Goldie, Afro pop singer buried
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Family, friends and colleagues of Nigeria’s Afro pop singer, Oluwabimpe Susan Harvey, popularly known as Goldie Harvey, today…
Nigerians launch cerebral palsy initiative
Experts from different fields will gather in Lagos on 26 February to educate the public as well as public policy…
Digger Dies Inside Well
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A well digger identified as David has died at Abule Egba area of Lagos State Southwest Nigeria,…
60 suspected oil thieves arrested in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDCs, have arrested 60 persons suspected of siphoning petrol…
My Father Raped Me For 5 Years —Teenager
A Nigerian teenager has told to the Police in Lagos Nigeria, that her 49 year old father serially raped her…
The day Lagos Nigeria saw ‘Thunder Fire’
Nigeria’s government agencies have begun to piece together what could have precipitated the big fire in the commercial capital of…
Dead man boarded Arik plane from Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Monday it has established that the man whose corpse was…
Governor’s Cup: Spaniard, Romanian Win Titles Again
Taiwo Adelu Saturday, 27 October was a day of glory for both Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain and Cristina Dinu of…
Exhaustion stops Nina in semi final chase
Taiwo Adelu Top seed in the Women’s Singles, Nina Bratchikova of Russia saw her ambition to defend the Governor’s Cup…
107 die in motorcycle accidents
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 107 people have been killed and 512 others injured in okada accidents in the last two…
Lagos new airport terminal costs N648m
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The remodelling of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, cost Nigeria’s Federal Government N648…
Spanish, Romanian Stars Win Gov’s Cup First Leg
Taiwo Adelu The first leg of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship came to a thrilling end Saturday with…
Tennis: 9 Nigerians to play in Governor’s Cup main draws
Taiwo Adelu At least nine Nigerian players will be in action in the Main Draws of the first leg of…