Tag: Lagos
D’banj Wows At Tee A Show
It was an evening of exciting medley at the prestigious MUSON Centre, Lagos, as Nigerian pop star, D’banj, wowed guests…
Ayuba, Akindele For Podium Awards
All is now set for this year’s edition of Podium Recognition Awards holding on Sunday. The award ceremony scheduled to…
Court Refuses Bail for Oil Marketer
Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos High Court on Thursday December 6, 2012 refused to admit Oluwaseun Ogunbambo to bail…
Housewife wins car at Nigerian sports festival raffle
A Lagos housewife in her mid-50s, Adeyinka Ademola, on Thursday won one of the five Hyundai Verna cars for the…
Ogunbambo, 2 others charged with oil subsidy fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, December 3, 2012 re-arraigned two oil marketers: Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, Habila Theck,…
Eko 2012: Delta walkover Adamawa
Team Delta on Saturday continued its dominance of the male football event of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in…
Witness: ‘My son’s wife killed herself’
Henry Ojelu Mudashiru Arowolo, the father of Akolade Arowolo who is standing trial at the Ikeja High Court for allegedly…
Chinese killed in Lagos, wife shot
Simon Ateba Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson…
Facebook Murder: Lagos DPP frees 4 suspects
Henry Ojelu& Olamide Abdul The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, has exonerated four suspects linked to the murder…
Obanikoro’s supporters protest over appeal delay
Henry Ojelu& Abdul Olamide Supporters of Mr. Babajide Ibrahim Obanikoro, son of former Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro,…
Man Rapes 12 Year-Old-Girl, Rejects Marriage
A 25-year old man, Umaru Ismali has been arrested by the police and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly…
Governor Fashola visits Fela Museum
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday visited the Kalakuta Republic Museum dedicated in memory of late Afrobeat…
Police Arraign Bizman For N.4m beefy fraud
The police on Monday docked a 30-year old businessman, Isiaka Ayinla, before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly receiving…
King’s College ’78 Set To Embark On Peace Tour
Members of the 1973-1978 set of King’s College, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, reunited in Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, over…
Eko 2012: VP Sambo wants Lagos surpass Rivers
BIMBO AJAYI As the 18th National Sports Festival tagged “Eko 2012 draws nearer, Vice President of Nigeria,Namadi Sambo has tasked…
EFCC Arraigns Five Over Illegal Storage Of Diesel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 arraigned five suspects before a Federal High Court…
Arik Air pleads with CBN over bank loans
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, on Tuesday, begged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to allow banks…
10 drown as boat capsizes in Lagos Lagoon
Kazeem Ugbodaga and Yisa Jamiu/Metro Reporters Tragedy struck today in Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest…
Boxing Hall Of Fame Bouts Hold Amid Fanfare
BIMBO AJAYI The 35th Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame Show was held amid pomp and ceremony as 18 amateur boxers…
Tennis: More Woes For Nigerians In 2nd Leg
All Nigerian players in the second round of Futures 2 of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship failed to…
Abulu: How I accessed Jonathan’s Nollywood Fund
NEHRU ODEH Tony Abulu, a United States- based Nigerian film maker and the first beneficiary of the $200million Entertainment Intervention…
Tennis: Lawal, Abinu Battle Top Seeds In Second Round
Taiwo Adelu It will be tough battles for the Nigerian male and female Number one players as they play top…
FAAN staff arrested with $1.4million In Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A suspected foreign currency smuggler was arrested on Saturday at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos,…
GTB Plc records 59 per cent rise in Q3 profit
Guaranty Trust Bank plc, Nigeria’s most priced banking stock on the Nigeria Stock Exchange has released its unaudited third quarter…
Man Arrested With N1b At Airport For Trial
A 25-year old man, Abubakar Sheriff Tijani who was recently arrested while trying to smuggle $7 million (about N1.1 billion)…
EFCC Docks bizwoman Over N45m Scam
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned a lagos businesswoman, Ibukun Adebayo Adedayo before Justice Habeeb Abiru of…
Female Cashier Bolts With N2m
A female cashier with Kentuckey Fried Chicken, KFC, is now facing trial for allegedly diverting the eatery’s sales proceeds and…
2 Docked Over Missing Corpse
Two mortuary attendants, Olumuyiwa Awobajo, 44, and Theodore Okere, 59, attached to the Military Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have…
Atuche’s counsel denies threat to EFCC witness
Lawyers to a former Bank PHB boss, Francis Atuche, on Thursday dismissed allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Nigeria resumes hajj flights after Saudi row
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Sunday resumed flight operations to Saudi Arabia in five centres for this year’s…