The Lagos State Government on Monday said its 32,000-metric-tonnes Imota rice mill would about 250,000 jobs when completed in June 2020. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawan made the disclosure during an inspection visit to the rice mill at Imota, Ikorodu. Mr. Lawal said the economic importance of the rice mill was very huge, […]
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An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced Prince Adewale Oyekan, son of late Oba of Lagos, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, to death by hanging, over the murder of a 62-year-old businesswoman, Alhaja Sikirat Ekun. The trial began on April 14, 2015. Oyekan was sentenced alongside a domestic staff, Lateef Balogun. The duo had been in custody […]
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Lagos state government, on Sunday announced the discovery of a two-year-old lion in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The lion, said to be owned by an unnamed Indian national, was discovered acting as a security guard at 229, Muri Okunola Street in the Victoria Island area of the state. […]
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Dr Oke Osanyiolu, the Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has confirmed that a building located at Kano Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos, destroying several other buildings. Dr Oke Osanyiolu, said that no casualties were recorded. In his words “Several shanties were gutted by fire as the cause could not be ascertained […]
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Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) have announced that it is committed to continued investment in cutting edge technology for efficient and improved service delivery to its customers and by extension the business community. The Chief Executive Officer, UBA Africa, Victor Osadolor, made the disclosure during a well-attended flag off ceremony of the 2019 Lagos […]
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Two safety agencies of Lagos State Government on Monday discovered five containers laden with rotten fish and other edibles in Apapa area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the shocking discovery was made during a site inspection of the containers following reports of air pollution and release of toxic gas […]
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An unidentified 11-year-old boy alongside Wasiu, who was trying to rescue him, was swept away by a flood in the Aboru, Alimosho local government in Lagos on Saturday. The NAN correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident, gathered that two young boys who were sent by their parents to buy cooking gas at a […]
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Two brothers Saheed and Ayodeji Obadimeji have been remanded by a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly killing one Joseph Makinde by cutting off his head. The victims head was too be sold for N200,000. Saheed 19 and Ayodeji 20, both residents of Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. where arraigned on two count charge, conspiracy […]
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Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/), in partnership with Teleperformance, has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced support to all English speaking advertisers across Sub-Saharan Africa. The centre will support advertisers across the region through its Advocacy, Community & Education (ACE) programme, which aims to build […]
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI), have assured small medium enterprises (SMEs) that the 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair will bring far reaching benefits that will help transform their businesses and take it to the next level. UBA’s Head Group Consumer Retail Business, Mr. Jude Anele, who gave […]
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