Six persons, including a bricklayer and whose name is yet to be verified, were said to have been gunned down and several others injured in a renewed gun war that erupted between suspected members of rival cult groups in Ijebu…
Osinbajo to visit Onitsha for MSME Business Clinic (SUN)
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will visit the commercial city of Onitsha on Thursday this week for a two-day Anambra MSME Clinic, which starts on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The event, which will hold…
Do policemen have right to search people’s phones, laptops? (Punch)
The police have the responsibility to conduct ‘stop and search’ on any property or a personal belonging that they have reasonable suspicions that it is a subject of crime. If it is not a subject of crime, they can’t hold…
* Lagos APC: count us out of elongation (Nation) * Man collapses, dies after withdrawing N100,200 from bank (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 9, 2018 Lagos APC: count us out of elongation (Nation) Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with those plotting for tenure elongation for the members of the…
Sirika shuns Buhari’s directive to inaugurate Aviation Boards (Independent)
Exactly a month after President Muhammadu Buhari directed ministers to inaugurate boards of parastatals and agencies in their ministries, Senator Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has failed to implement same in the country’s aviation industry. A source close…
Dalung promises training grants for foreign, home athletes (Independent)
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has assured Nigerian athletes currently at the Commonwealth Games village in Gold Coast, that the federal government will not discriminate against athletes during payment of training grants. “I am here to…
Next list of looters will shock Nigerians – Lai Mohammed (DailyTrust)
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday said that another list of treasury looters would be released very soon by the Federal Government and that many unexpected names will be revealed. The minister said no amount of…
Commonwealth Games: Quadri arrival sparks excitement at Nigeria camp (Punch)
Aruna Quadri arrived in Australia on Sunday to help Nigeria in the table tennis team event of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. In Quadri’s absence, veteran player Segun Toriola guided Nigeria into the semifinal of the team event, Quadri…
Explosion rocks Ife, destroys pharmaceutical company (Punch)
One person has been feared killed after explosion rocked a popular pharmaceutical company in the Moore area of Ile Ife, Osun State, on Saturday. The explosion, which happened around 10.30pm, was said to have started a fire as pharmaceutical products…
* Ikeja Bus Terminal to cater for 4m daily, 800 buses to start operations (Guardian) * Visionscape promises cleaner Lagos (Nation)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 8, 2018 Ikeja Bus Terminal to cater for 4m daily, 800 buses to start operations (Guardian) The Lagos State Government says it will deploy over 800 buses soon to start operations at the newly…