What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Yahoo boy to pay N100,000 or risk jail for defrauding American…
Goethe-Institut, Institut Français, AFRIFF collaborate on animation workshop
Goethe-Institut Nigeria, Institut Français Nigeria and the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) are partnering on a workshop for young Nigerian animation filmmakers. To take place during the ongoing AFRIFF, date is Friday, November 16; time, 10am – 06:30pm at the…
Day DJ Spinall, Small Doctor, Mayorkun shut down Abeokuta
DJ Spinall, Small Doctor and Mayorkun were in Abeokuta at the Sports Club, Ibara, where they jammed to the delight of their fans and residents of the town courtesy Smirnoff X1 Intense Chocolate vodka. Not only has the event remained…
Eagles and Falcons Looking to Continue Dominance over Big Rivals South Africa Live on DStv
Nov 14 2018, Lagos, Nigeria – Nigeria’s men’s and women’s national football teams will be looking to continue their dominance over their biggest rival on the continent, South Africa, this weekend in crucial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) contests to be…
Man gets 14 years in prison for chopping off wife’s hands (Guardian)
A Russian man, who chopped off both of his wife’s hands with an axe after accusing her of infidelity, was sentenced on Thursday to fourteen years in prison following a huge outcry in Russia. Last December, after dropping off their…
Lagos car radio licence policy: To be or not to be?
When Lagos State introduced the car radio licence policy in 2017, conservative estimates put the revenue at 170 million naira. The annual car radio license policy introduced by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration is an add on levy of 500…
Xi arrives in Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC summit (Guardian)
President Xi Jinping arrived in Papua New Guinea on Thursday for a much-vaunted state visit ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit he is expected to dominate. Xi touched down in Port Moresby, where he was greeted on the tarmac by tribesmen…
Electronic fraud in banking hits N6.1trn by 2021 – CBN (Guardian)
Mr Sunday Salam-Alada, Director, Consumer Protection Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said electronic fraud losses in the banking system are projected to reach N6.1 trillion by 2021. Salam-Alada disclosed this at the ongoing workshop for Business Editors and…
African swine fever spreads in China (Guardian)
African swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China’s provinces despite measures to contain it, the government said, warning that a situation previously described as under control had become “very serious.” The disease has already caused a…