Office of the Taskforce of Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, located at the old toll gate on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway was on Saturday pulled down by the Lagos State Government. Addressing newsmen in Lagos on the issue, Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences, Hakeem Adedeji, said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode…
More than 15 students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, were believed to have died on Friday afternoon in a road mishap in the state. It was gathered that the students were on their way to Lagos when a heavy duty vehicle carrying a container crushed their bus. The truck was said…
As Muslims all over the world begin the mandatory fast as required by their faith, the senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has called on them to use the month long Ramadan to pray for peace in Nigeria. In his Ramadan greeting to millions of Muslim in his district, the lawmaker said he…
Regent of Akungba Akoko in Ondo State, Princess Oluwatoyin Omosowon, has been rescued from her abductors after spending some days in their den. She regained her freedom on Tuesday after security operatives in Edo State stormed where she was kept by the gunmen. Before her rescue on Tuesday, two of the aides with her when…
Enugu State Police Command on Saturday discovered a baby factory at 9th Mile area of the state. They also rescued nine pregnant women at the place operated by one Ikechukwu Onoh, of Etiti, Amakwo-Ngwo village, in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Spokesman of the Police in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, told newsmen that…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka, on his 80th birthday. Obasa, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Musbau Razak, described Amuka as an icon who has brought honour and dignity to journalism profession in the world. “He is a man…
A demonstration was held on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, by some teachers in the state. The protest was organised due to the inability of the state government to pay them their salaries for some months. The teachers, majorly from primary schools in the state, expressed their displeasure over the…
Governor Akinwunmin Ambode of Lagos State has declared Friday, June 12, 2015 as public holiday. This is to commemorate the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria by former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, which was won by late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. The governor announced this on Thursday in a…
Following the abduction of a Catholic Priest in Ekiti State on Tuesday, the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has offered to give N2 million to anyone that provides useful information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators. Fayose, in a broadcast, expressed worry over the rise in kidnapping in the state. The governor disclosed that he…
Barely four days after a tanker fire exploded after it veered off the Iyana Ipaja flyover bridge on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, a similar incident has occurred not too far away from the scene of the last one. The latest incident, which took place on Friday night at…