Tag: Lagos
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…
Qatar plane in emergency landing in Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A major accident was averted on Saturday as a Qatar plane made an emergency landing on Saturday…
Fight for your rights, Nigeria’s telecom users urged
Nigerian subscribers to telecommunications services have been urged to protect their rights, Dr Eugene Juwah, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian…
Rights Group Slams 12 Governors Over Teachers’ Strike
Eromosele Ebhomele A civil rights group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), has expressed unhappiness over the alleged reluctance…
Police IG promotes 3 crime busters
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday in Abuja elevated two police sergeants, Frank Okorobon and Patience Biokoro, to…
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12 petrol laden ships arrive as scarcity bites in Lagos
Scarcity of petrol has been reported in most parts of Lagos, as the Nigeria Ports Authority revealed the arrival of…
Kings College PTA plans N180m hostel
The Parent-Teachers’ Association of King’s College, Lagos, plans to tackle some infrastructure challenges in the institution by constructing of a…
Police I.G calms nerves on security jitters
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday, urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the police in their…
Bloody Sunday: Robbers kill 2 cops, 7 others
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Oluwole Adeboye Armed robbers went on the rampage this afternoon in Lagos and killed several people including…
Arik Air, Lufthansa Technik seal partnership
Simon Ateba Arik Air and world renowned aircraft maintenance service provider, Lufthansa Technik of Germany, have sealed a new partnership…
Tenant Beats Pregnant Neighbour
A 27-year old tenant, Ukwenya Innocent has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, for allegedly…
Ola Vincent For Burial Thursday
The late Ola Vincent, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is to be buried on Thursday at…