Excitement as Sanwo-Olu, AbdulRazaq open Ikeja overpass bridge (Nation) Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned the Ikeja overpass bridge situated in Ikeja area of the state. The Ikeja Overpass Bridge is the fourth to be commissioned by the Lagos state…
*Police arrest 2 car robbers in Lagos (Guardian)*Ortom hid over 570 bank accounts from Alia, declared only 25 – Benue Govt (DailyTrust)
Police arrest 2 car robbers in Lagos (Guardian) The police in Lagos have arrested two members of a car robbery gang, who specialise in robbing Uber riders and private motorists in the state. The suspects were arrested last Tuesday at…
*Navy arrests vessel laden with 350,000 litres of ‘stolen’ diesel (DailyTrust)*3 Nigerians among top 17 richest black people on earth (Nation)
Navy arrests vessel laden with 350,000 litres of ‘stolen’ diesel (DailyTrust) Men of the Nigerian Navy NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have arrested a Marine Vessel, MV Cecilia, laden with about 350,000 liters of petroleum products suspected to be…
*Failed Ijora Bridge: Residents allege shoddy job, lack of supervision (Guardian)*Gunmen kidnap corps members returning from camp in Rivers (Vanguard)
Failed Ijora Bridge: Residents allege shoddy job, lack of supervision (Guardian) Motorists and residents, yesterday, said failed portion of Ijora-Olopa, inward Ijora-Oloye–Apapa, opposite Water Corporation, may have been caused by lack of supervision by the Federal Ministry of Work and…
*Sultan declares Friday as Eid-El-Fitr (DailyTrust)*Eid-El-Fitr: FRSC, security agencies arrest 25 motorists in Lagos (Vanguard)
Sultan declares Friday as Eid-El-Fitr (DailyTrust) Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Friday as Eid-el-Fitr, following the sighting of Shawwal, 1444 AH in many places across the country. According to the monarch, reports on the new moon…
Alec Baldwin’s Rust resumes filming after on-set tragedy
Filming on Alec Baldwin’s Western movie ‘‘Rust’’ is resuming on Thursday, 18 months after the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin, who has pleaded not guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, is remaining in the starring role.…
*Pastor bags life jail for impregnating two sisters (Punch)*Protesters block Lagos/Abeokuta road (Guardian)
Pastor bags life jail for impregnating two sisters (Punch) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic and Violence Court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a 51-year-old pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two teenage sisters. Justice Abiola…
*1 killed as tanker crushes 3 Lagos tricycles (Punch)*We didn’t seal off Lagos school, Lawal family says (Guardian)
1 killed as tanker crushes 3 Lagos tricycles (Punch) At least one person was killed and several others were injured on Tuesday when a petrol-laden tanker crushed three tricycles in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that…
Man stones peacemaker to death over N700 (Punch)*Father docked over rape of daughter (DailyTrust)
Man stones peacemaker to death over N700 (Punch) An Ondo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure has remanded a man, Funmilayo Asojo, in a custodial centre for allegedly killing a peacemaker, Bamiduro Adewole, with a stone. PUNCH Metro gathered that…
*Rising petrol price hits N300 per litre (Punch)*Presidency: Why we prefer Peter Obi — Obasanjo, Ortom (Vanguard)
Rising petrol price hits N300 per litre (Punch) The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, Minna, among other…
