Lagos teenage factory worker killed in industrial accident on resumption day (Punch) Seventeen-year-old Babatunde Abdulrahmon has succumbed to the injuries he sustained on the day he resumed work as a mixer at a manufacturing company, Mingyi Trading Company Limited, Satellite…
*Ojota service lane closed for six weeks (Guardian)*Task force, Okada riders clash on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway (Punch)
Ojota service lane closed for six weeks (Guardian) The service lane inbound Maryland from the end of Gani Fawehinmi Park to the end of the second pedestrian bridge, Ojota has been partially closed, the Lagos State Government announced on Tuesday.…
Buhari signs instrument to enable African Trade Insurance Agency
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for the establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency. A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), said the Agreement and the…
Things go kaput as APC turns against itself in a case of pot calling kettle black – Magnus Onyibe
With the broom as its mascot, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which is an amalgam of five political parties, grabbed power at the centre in 2015 purely and solely based on its proposal to Nigerians that its mission is…
*Virtual courts: Lagos takes FG, NASS to Supreme Court (Nation) *UNILAG scholars attract N115.5m research grants from UK, Germany (Tribune)
Virtual courts: Lagos takes FG, NASS to Supreme Court (Nation) The Lagos State Government has asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the…
Amotekun: FG, South-West governors agree on terms, conditions (Nation)
The federal government and states of the South-West, on Thursday, came to agree on how the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN), also known as Operation Amotekun, should be run. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), held a closed-door meeting…
FG declares Amotekun illegal (DailyTrust)
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, yesterday declared the recently launched southwest security outfit, codenamed “Amotekun”, illegal. The AGF, in a statement by his spokesman, Umar Gwandu, described Amotekun as contrary to the constitution of…
*Commercial bus bursts into flames on 3rd Mainland Bridge (Nation) *DSS releases Omoyele Sowore (Punch)
Commercial bus bursts into flames on 3rd Mainland Bridge (Nation) A lone accident was recorded on the inward Iyana Oworo carriage of the Third Mainland Bridge on Tuesday. The bus which may have been returning to Oshodi from Oke Arin…
EFCC, ICPC to beam searchlight on fraudulent banks —Malami (Punch)
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Thursday, said the anti-corruption agencies would beam their searchlight on banks that had been aiding corrupt practices in the country. He said the Federal Government, through…