Tag: Lagos
Headlines, News, Sports, Tennis
Croatia’s Coric Wins Governor’s Cup First Leg
Damilare Okunola World’s junior number one tennis player, Borna Coric from Croatia, has won the first leg of the Men’s…
Ngige at fund raising dinner unfolds agenda
The All Progressives Congress Candidate in the November Governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Dr, Chris Ngige,…
Multiple accident causes gridlock on Lekki-Epe Expressway
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE But for the quick intervention of officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, it would have been a…
Governor’s Cup Tennis: Day of woes for Nigerian players
Some Nigerian players have failed to make it to the second round of the main draws of the first leg…
Techno Oil Opens mega fuel stations
Techno Oil Ltd has started inaugurating its 20 new mega filling stations in cities nationwide to make petroleum products readily…
Speeding car kills man in Lagos
A man has been crushed to death by a hit and run driver on the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…
Fashola apologises over Igbo destitute deportation
Governor Babatunde Fashola of the western Nigerian state of Lagos Thursday apologised to the people of the South-East over the…
Train Crushes Pedestrian
A middle aged man was this morning crushed to death by a moving train at Bolade, Oshodi, beside The Arena…
China building new airport terminals in Lagos, P-Harcourt
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, has started building new terminals at the Lagos and Port Harcourt…
Federation Cup: Enyimba, Wolves In Final Showdown
Enyimba Football Club of Aba and Warri Wolves are ready for a classical final of the in the oldest club…
Glo Launches Evergreen Series With Obey
On 28 September, Juju music maestro, Commander Ebenezer Obey, will be on stage at Intercontinental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos as…
FAAN Unravels Luggage Rats At Lagos Airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, said on Sunday it has unravelled port rats behind the…
Attack On Young Shall Grow Boss: Igbo Festac Residents Plan Protest
Following the failed assassination attempt on the Managing Director of Young Shall Grow Motors Limited, Chief Vincent Obianodo, and the rising…
Woman Knocks Off Neighbour’s Teeth
A 35-year old woman has been arrested and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly assaulting her neighbour by knocking…
Lagos Shuts 13 Buildings Over Pollution
Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, have shut down 13 storey buildings located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Street…
Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…
2 Trucks Crash On Ikorodu Road
There was an accident at Mile 12 axis of Ikorodu Road in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in the early hours of…
2 Women Sent To Prison For Fighting Over Man
Two women, Ogechi Nmerenini, 23 and Bilikisu Akinyode, 22, have been remanded in prison on the orders of the Apapa…
25 Kids Rescued From Trafficker
Officials of the Lagos State Government have rescued 25 children from a suspected child trafficker at Egbeda area of Lagos,…
20 Underaged Hoodlums Arrested
At least 20 underaged suspected hoodlums and 35 others have been arrested at Oshodi area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Officials…
School Owner Charged Over Dud Cheque
The Director of Camp David Schools, Ogba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly…
Police arrest 2 quack doctors
Ayodeji Dedeigbo & Ekene Obidike Two suspected quack medical doctors were on Friday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command…
Femi Fani-Kayode’s Tangled Web (Part 1)
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Nearly fifteen years ago, when I was an undergraduate student of History, my project supervisor made…
Buhari, Tambuwal, 10 Govs at Prayers for Pa Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga&Yisa Jamiu Former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal…
Fire Razes 3 Houses
Fire has razed three buildings at Oworonsoki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Valuables worth millions of naira were also destroyed.…
Bricklayer with 2kg cocaine in stomach arrested
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) today arrested a 46-year-old bricklayer from Anambra, who attempted to smuggle 2.07kg of…
Jonathan Visits Fashola, Condoles With Family
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, in what looked like a charm offensive, today visited Governor Babatunde Fashola in Lagos…
Journalist Kafayat Odunsi, Accident Victim Buried
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE One of the three journalists who died in an auto crash in Ilesha, Osun state Nigeria on Friday…
Girl Set Ablaze By Nurse Dies
The 11-year old girl that was allegedly set ablaze by a nurse in Surulere area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is…
Fake Herbalist Dupes 10, Arrested
A suspected fraudster who posed as a herbalist, an estate agent and phone repairer to dupe at least ten people…