Tag: Lagos
Camp facilities force postponement of Kiddies Olympics
Taiwo Adelu The organizers of the maiden Kiddies Olympics scheduled to take place in Lagos next week have announced its…
Mimshack Mock Nations Cup hots up in Lagos
Taiwo Adelu The premises of NITEL Training School at Cappa, Oshodi in Lagos has been a beehive of activities since…
45 Boko Haram suspects arested in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe Forty-five people suspected to be members of Boko Haram who reportedly planned to bomb Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi,…
GOtv Boxing Night: Fists set to fly on Sunday
On Sunday, 25 October, at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, another feast of boxing will…
Lagos shuts 6 companies over N50m tax evasion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on Thursday shut six companies for non-remittance of taxes due to…
N139m debt: Receiver manager takes over Italian company
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, has granted leave to a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Temilolu…
Lagos inaugurates 40-Gang Taskforce to fix bad roads
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson has declared zero tolerance for potholes across…
Tinubu praises ex-Lagos Sports Commissioner, Oshodi
Special Adviser (SA) to the Lagos State Governor on Sports/Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr Ayodeji Tinubu gave credit to…
13 ships arrive Lagos with petroleum products
Thirteen ships laden with petrol, diesel, bulk gas and aviation fuel have arrived the Lagos ports, waiting to berth, the…
Hypnotised woman loses N700k to trader
A trader, Elijah Kingsley, 37, on Wednesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, charged with hypnotising a…
National Arts Theatre Lagos, 199 other monuments to be lit blue
The National Arts Theatre in Lagos would be among 200 iconic monuments, buildings, statues, bridges and other landmarks across the…
GOtv Boxing Night: Fans to win decoders, other gifts
Some lucky fans coming to the fourth edition of the GOtv Boxing Night on 25 October are to go home…
LASEMA decries increasing fire outbreaks in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has decried increasing rate of fire outbreaks in Lagos, western Nigeria.…
Five passengers in crashed bus, not 18 – TRACE
Contrary to reports that the 18 seater bus that plunged into River Ome along Ogbere–Ore –Benin expressway last night was…
NBC boosts public education with ‘Back to School’ initiative
Daniels Ekugo In demonstration of its support for educational development in Nigeria with emphasis on supporting pupils’ enrolment and retention…
Illogicality of Timi Frank’s attack on Babatunde Fowler
By Fred Femi Akinfala The call on the senate not to confirm Mr. Babatunde Fowler as chairman, Federal Inland Revenue…
RE-AMBODE, LAGOS IS ‘SPOILING’ AGAIN
Tayo Ogunbiyi In a democracy, the government is accountable to the people, to whom it owes its existence. It is…
Nigeria a highly privatized country, says Odinkalu
Funsho Arogundade Nigeria has been described as a highly privatized nation where citizens pay for everything that naturally should have…
Court declares pilot wanted for jumping bail
Paul Iyoghojie An Igbosere magistrates’ court in Lagos, western Nigeria, has declared a Mexican and a pilot with Kings Airlines,…
Police reject bribe from suspected kidnapper
YUSUF MUHAMMED The Police at Iju Ishaga, Divisional headquarters, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, have rejected a N1.5m bribe offered to…
Lagos Sports boss promises improved facilities
SUNDAY AKINTOYE The newly appointed Director General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Ayodele Agbesanwa, has promised to improve sports…
Tennis: 15th Governor’s Cup holds 5-19 December
The International Tennis Federation, ITF, has confirmed that the 15th edition of Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship will hold from…
Explosion rocks Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga A huge explosion has ripped apart a bungalow at Oworonshoki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, destroying houses and…
Military in massive hunt for vandals, criminals
Kazeem Ugbodaga There is heavy presence of Nigerian military personnel in Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, as they…
6 die in Lagos auto crash
Report just coming in indicates that there a fatal accident has occurred at Onipanu bus stop, Lagos, western Nigeria. According…
2 traders land in prison for removing another trader’s teeth
Paul Iyoghojie Two housewives who are traders at Daddy Alaja market, Oke Arin, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have been arraigned…
Lagos warns residents: Prepare for heavy rainfall
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has warned residents of the state to prepare for heavy rainfall and advised those…
Men caught with 448 Travellers Cheques, 108 ATM cards to face trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign Jonathan Odu Isikwei for unlawful possession of 448 travellers…
Lord Mayor of London leads investors to Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow has assured the government of Lagos State…