How frustration caused banker’s death
The late Nwakobi Police quiz priest over Nwakobi The Lagos State Police command yesterday began investigation into the death of 44-year-old bank manager of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Olisa...
View ArticleNAFDAC intercepts Kano-bound trailer load of fake drugs
Mrs. Yetunde Oni The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has started mopping up counterfeited products in the market. This is coming on the heels of a Kano-bound...
View ArticlePolice worried about arms proliferation in Rivers
Policemen on patrol PHOTOS: KELVIN EBIRI/ANN GODWIN The upsurge of sophisticated weapons in River State may be connected to the rising criminal activities being witnessed in the state. The state police...
View ArticleAmosun wants military presence in troubled Ogun communities
Nigeria Military Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has urged the Federal Government to maintain the military presence in communities attacked by suspected pipeline vandals. The communities, which...
View ArticleOkowa lauds security agencies for reduced crime rate
Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa • Teachers allege arbitrary retirement, petition Delta governor Sharing of information between security agencies operating in Delta State has assisted in checking...
View ArticleRotary Club of Ikoyi Metro donates to health centre, LASTMA
Oladipo (left); Olawale; Ikheloa and Florence Ayoola-Egbeyemi at the event Rotary Club of Ikoyi, Metropolitan District 9110 in furtherance of its cardinal objectives at the weekend donated equipment...
View ArticleOld Ojo Road: Waiting for Ambode’s intervention
Deplorable state of old Ojo Road Commissioner listed road among those that got rehabilitated last week For residents of Mazamaza-Agboju-Satellite town axis of Amuwo-Odofin Local Council, navigating...
View ArticleDickson urges opposition to influence federal presence in Bayelsa
Seriake Dickson The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has urged his political opponents in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use their contacts to bring federal presence to the state by...
View ArticleImo kicks off agric initiative with N2b
Okorocha •Allays fears over pay cut Determined to diversify the economy through agriculture, Governor Rochas Owelle of Imo State yesterday announced the take-off of his administration’s ‘back to land...
View ArticleCross River ex-governor, APC laud Ndoma-Egba’s nomination for NDDC top job
Clement Ebri • Ondo gets most of projects in 2016, says acting MD Former Governor Clement Ebri and the Cross River chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have lauded the nomination of erstwhile...
View ArticleLagos pays N891 million to 324 retirees
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday paid the sum of N891 million to 324 retirees from the mainstream civil service, local governments, state universal basic education and other parastatals for the...
View ArticleBishop raises the alarm over ‘unusual’ heavily armed policemen at his house
Bishop Seun Adeoye Leader of the Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry, Okinni in Osun State, Bishop Seun Adeoye, has cried out over the presence of heavily armed policemen at his residence on Sunday.It...
View ArticleRotary Club of Gbagada, Lagos intensifies campaign against polio
polioIn continuation of the campaign to kick out polio from Nigeria, the Rotary Club of Gbagada, as one of its projects for the service year, has initiated a campaign through a branded bus that would...
View ArticleGridlock as Togolese president visits Lagos
Stranded commuters due to the heavy traffic in Lagos...yesterdayIGP plans Lagos trip to charge officers on growing insecurity Many parts of Lagos, the nation’s commercial nerve centre, were locked down...
View ArticleNNPC/Chevron, FRSC launch child safety campaign in Ondo
Chevron In a frantic bid to promote child passenger safety on the highway, Chevron Nigeria Limited has advocated for the training of children as “Road Safety Champions” to serve as enlightenment agents...
View ArticleWoman arrested for begging with borrowed twins
The suspect with the twins The Rescue Operations Team of the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development yesterday paraded one Adiza, who was picked up last week for begging with a set of...
View ArticleNo hiding place for militants in Lagos, Ambode says
Acting Inspector-General of Police Idris Kpotun Ibrahim receiving a gift from Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. PHOTO: LASG Lagos...
View ArticleWhy Lagos must be peaceful, safe, by IGP
Ambode (right), Idris and Deputy Inspector General of Police, South West, Foluso Adebanjo (left) during the IGP’s visit at Alausa, Ikeja…yesterday • Government to introduce marine squad • Ambode asks...
View ArticleNo respite yet for motorists on Lagos-Ibadan Highway
Traffic jam worsened by the ongoing rehabilitation of the road As RCCG yearly convention worsens their pains... Although Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, the contractor handling the Lagos end of the 127.6km...
View ArticleFoundation to build skills acquisition centre for women
Monday Ubani, To equip women with skills to enable them eke a living and put food on their tables, Onyekachi Ubani Foundation (OUF) is planning to build a Capital Development Centre For Human...
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