Tag: Lagos
Rushing Belt Wins 2nd BRF Wrestlemania
After three days of hostilities, Elijah Ekeweme, whose ring name is Rushing Belt, was the last man standing in the…
Fire scare at Lagos deputy governor’s residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was fire scare on Sunday in Nigeria’s Lagos State at the official residence of the Deputy Governor,…
Police Checkpoint Causes Traffic Snarls At Airport
A police checkpoint along the road, leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, in Lagos has been causing traffic snarls since…
Basketball: Rookies Tourney Ends In Lagos
After five days of competition among participating teams, the 2012 ipNX Rookies Basketball Tournament will come to an end on…
Ibidunni Ighodalo Lights Up Lagos
Visitors to the Falomo Christmas Garden, Ikoyi, Lagos, have been bowled over by its lavish decoration. The sumptuous decor is…
BRF Wrestlemania Hots Up In Lagos
The Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos has been a beehive of activities since the second edition of BRF Wrestlemania…
Nigeria arrests Colombian drug chemist
Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s anti-drug agency has arrested a Columbian drug kingpin and uncovered three production factories for a prohibited drug…
Nigerian Arrested With Cocaine On Christmas Day
Simon Ateba/Lagos Madueke Chukwuemeka Patrick had thought that security will be slack at Nigerian borders on Christmas day and could…
Jonathan visits Azazi’s family in Lagos on condolence
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday paid a condolence visit to the family of late former National Security Adviser, Gen.…
Fire guts NAFDAC warehouse
A fire on Friday evening destroyed counterfeit products in the warehouse of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and…
Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…
Malaika Drops Special Day’s Video
Fuji Music star, Sulaimon Alao Malaika, will release his hit album, Special Day’ video on New Year’s Day. The video,…
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…
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…
SON To Stop Petroleum Products Adulteration
Director General, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr Joseph Odumodu, on Monday said a quality assurance system that would stop…
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…
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…
INL Brand Reporter Wins NMMA Award
It was another moment of glory for the Independent Newspapers Limited publishers of Daily, Saturday and Sunday Independent in Lagos…
Ibeju Lekki In Bright Start At CCC League
The 2012/2013 Club Cricket Committee, CCC, League began at the weekend with the defending champions, Ibeju Lekki Cricket Club comencing…
‘Tourism Can Be Nigeria’s Biggest Revenue Earner’
Nigeria’s tourism potential was brought to the fore at a partnership signing agreement between Golden Alpha Networks Nigeria and Nature’s…
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…
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…
Christian Civil Servants End Year With God
Hundreds of Christians in the Lagos State Civil Service thronged the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria…
Prince Ademola Brings Movie Stars To Ayobo
The sleepy town of Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos, will come alive on 27 December, when the crème de la crème of the…
I’m A Woman Now
Nigerian actress, Ashionye Ugbo-Racca, speaks on why she married a foreigner What would you say marriage has done for you?…
Sand Eagles Beat Portugal, Retain Copa Beach Cup
The Supersand Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday retained their Copa Lagos Beach Soccer trophy at the Eko Atlantic Beach Stadium…
LUTH doctors back to work
Nigerian doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, went back to work Saturday following the suspension of their…
400 Orphans Storm Campos For Charity Cup
At least 400 children from different Ophanage Homes in Lagos will storm the Campos Mini Stadium in Lagos Island on…
Solid Star, Others For St. Remy Gbedu Slam Jam
Solid Star, Eminic and Chyme have been billed alongside other entertainers to perform at this year’s St.Remy Slam Jam, which…
Lagos Chief Judge Frees 46 Prisoners
Henry Ojelu The Chief Judge Of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, Justice Ayotunde Phillips today granted freedom to forty six awaiting…