Tag: Lagos
House On The Rock, US Embassy to premiere “Captive” in Lagos
Funsho Arogundade To mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence anniversary, Africa’s fast-growing pentecostal church, House on the Rock, in partnership with the…
Man buys car with dud cheque
Cyriacus Izuewkwe A 27-year-old man, Olatunbosun Kehinde, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly issuing a…
GTBank Plc joins ‘She Leads Africa’ for live entrepreneur showcase Saturday
GTBank Plc has partnered with ‘She Leads Africa’, SLA to support and invest in promising female entrepreneurs from across Africa.…
It’s zero tolerance for corruption, says new LIRS boss
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Olufolarin Olukayode Ogunsanwo as the…
21 ships to arrive Lagos ports with petroleum products, food
Twenty-one ships laden with petroleum products, food and other goods are expected to arrive Lagos ports from Monday to Sept.…
Diamond Bank manager docked over account manipulation
AKIN KUPONIYI A Manager in charge of e-business unit of Diamond bank Plc, Uchenna Okengwu alleged to have manipulated the…
Lagos enlists 400 market leaders as Ambassadors Against Domestic Violence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has enlisted over 400 market leaders popularly called…
Lagos, UN walk for world peace
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos Citizens Mediation Centre, CMC, is set to partner with the United Nations on its International Day…
Fire guts Commerce Building in Lagos Govt Secretariat
Kazeem Ugbodaga A portion of the Lagos State Mnistry of Commerce and Industry at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa…
Man whose wife police killed also dies in hospital from gunshot injuries
Cyriacus Izuekwe Akwa Ibom State-born, Godwin Ekpo, husband of a woman, Idongesit, who was shot dead by policemen at Ijegun…
Ambode commissions children hospital, emergency centre
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has commissioned the renovated Agbala Pediatric Centre in Ikorodu as well as a newly…
Lagos abolishes Special Adviser status at LG level
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has abolished the Special Adviser status and reviewed other administrative procedures for the 57…
Corporate social responsibility should be voluntary— Fashola
Former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Wednesday described Corporate Social Responsibility in its purest sense as business…
Lagos And The Menace Of Street Trading
Rasak Musbau Lagos, to use the trending cliché, is a happening city; a bubbling city that never sleeps. It is…
Landlord arraigned over tenant’s missing $6,000
Izuekwe Cyriacus A 60-year-old landlord, Cletus Egwuatumba, and his secretary, Ngozi Onuaju, 36, have landed in trouble after they illegally…
Over 150 waste management firms to storm Nigeria
Daniels Ekugo A waste management company in Nigeria, Waste Matters Nigeria in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Environment is…
Ambode appoints new Governing Councils in state’s tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for tertiary institutions in the…
We didn’t pay sacked staff N2,500 — Catholic school
Cyriacus Izuekwe The management of a Catholic school in Ejigbo, Lagos State, western Nigeria, where a staff alleged that she…
Nigerian dismantles, couples Bajaj engine in record time
Daniels Ekugo A Nigerian mechanic, Adeshina Odedokun, has emerged the winner of a Bajaj Motorcycle in the recently concluded “Speed…
As Lagos Descends Into Crime
Lagosians are worried that criminals are gradually creeping back into the mega city after they were sent packing by law…
German company to build N14b factory in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The investment drive of the Lagos State Government received a major boost on Monday when the representative of…
Nigerian bolts with goods from USA, arrested in Lagos
Yusuf Muhammed A Nigerian identified as Audi Shehu Usman has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…
Curtailing Fire Outbreaks In Lagos
Tayo Ogunbiyi Considering recent spate of fire outbreaks in which scores of human lives have been terminated and billions of…
Quest for movie stardom: Woman loses N2.1m to fake spiritualist
Cyriacus Izuekwe A middle aged woman, Gloria Sule, has been allegedly duped by a fake spiritualist, Francis Kalu, after she…
NUJ Games Football: Teams battle for final tickets on Friday
Taiwo Adelu With the successful completion of the group stage of the football event of the ongoing 2015 Lagos NUJ…
Lagos throws open sports facilities for public use
Taiwo Adelu Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Mr. Ayodele Agbesanwa, has directed that all the sports facilities of…
Group campaigns with mock coffin to promote use of pedestrian bridges
Cracks Izuekwe A human rights group, Concern Human Rights of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to always make use of…
Ambode’s Steady Strides In Lagos
Tayo Ogunbiyi The chief executive of CPA Australia, Alex Malley, once observed that what is needed from strategic leaders with…
Woman bites off, swallows neighbour’s nipple
Cyriacus Izuekwe A mother of four children, Mrs Adelowo Taiwo, has accused her neighbour, Mrs Bola Olowolagba, mother of three…
Fire wipes out family of 5 in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Tragedy occurred in the early hours of Wednesday in Surulere area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when fire burnt…