A 20-year-old man, Tosin Kayode, who allegedly defiled a minor was on Monday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused porter, who resides along the Railway Line, Agege, a suburb of Lagos is being tried for defilement. The prosecutor, Insp.Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offence was committed on Dec.10 at Railway […]
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Former France International and Arsenal football legend, Thierry Henry, was on Sunday crowned the ‘Igwe of football’ at an event in Victoria Island, Lagos. Henry, who was clad in the attire of an Igbo chief, was unveiled as an ambassador for the Made of Black campaign. The retired footballer also partook in the cooking of […]
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested five of its traffic officials for extorting motorists last week at various parts of the State. The traffic officials are Bamidele Sheu, a level seven traffic officer aged 48 and resident of 68, Oke Popo Street, Lagos Island; Ope Adisa, aged 32 and level 5 traffic […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the arrest of one Tolu Olaoye, a lawyer, over an alleged violent abuse of her house help, one 15-year-old Abigail Opebiyi . The Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, SP Chike Oti, who confirmed the arrest on Friday to newsmen, said the […]
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Mr Babajide Soyode, the Technical Consultant to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said Dangote Refinery, which is currently under construction would save Nigeria $12 billion annual import substitution, create 4,000 direct and 145,000 indirect jobs. It will at the same time crash prices of petroleum products. He said that the refinery would lower the prices of petroleum […]
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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of N500,000 to a man, Kenneth Abuya, who allegedly impregnated his 10-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi also directed that Abuya should produce two sureties in like sum. She ordered that the sureties must be property owners in Lagos State and […]
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A Baale (traditional ruler) named Taibu Ogunbanjo has been arrested in Ise Town, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos state, for allegedly killing his wife. Accoring to the PUNCH, Taibu and his wife, Rotimi Ogunbanjo, got married three years ago, but the marriage had been fraught with misunderstanding and fights. On Thursday, December 7, 2017, the couple reportedly […]
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Following the withdrawal of Olabode George from the Chairmanship race of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Lagos State governorship candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje has withdrawn as well. Agbaje said this in a statement on Saturday, few hours after the commencement of the PDP convention in Abuja. In a letter addressed to the PDP National […]
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Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Lagos State have threatened to withdraw their services from Dec. 11 over NNPC’s breach of bulk purchase agreement to sell fuel to them at N133.28k per litre. The Lagos State Chapter of IPMAN, on Wednesday said it was set for a showdown with NNPC over irregular fuel […]
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Former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, on Saturday in Lagos finally dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obanikoro’s defection at his Lagos Island constituency ended months of speculations about the status of his political allegiance. There were […]
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