A senior Conservative MP has accused Boris Johnson’s 81-year-old father Stanley Johnson of ‘smacking her on the backside’ – prompting a young journalist to claim she had also been groped by him. Former minister Caroline Nokes, 49, said the elder…
*Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust)*Floods overwhelm Lagos communities, wreck 25 vehicles (Punch)
Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust) Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, is dead. Details of his death are sketchy but he was said to have died at a US hospital. The deceased was the Group…
*2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch)*Passport Office introduces Saturday, Sunday services in Ikeja (Sun)
2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch) Two persons lost their lives on Saturday, while 15 others sustained injuries when a speeding DAF truck overturned at a diversion point along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the…
*LAWMA to shut down Olusosun landfill for 48 hours (Guardian)*2 feared dead in Lagos BRT, commercial bus crash (Punch)
LAWMA to shut down Olusosun landfill for 48 hours (Guardian) Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has concluded plans to shut down Olusosun landfill at Ojota, Lagos, for a period of 48 hours, to enable the authority carry out palliative works…
*Physically challenged graduate writes Lagos Gov, begs for job (Leadership)*FG extends NIN-SIM linkage till December as NIMC issues 66m identification numbers (Guardian)
Physically challenged graduate writes Lagos Gov, begs for job (Leadership) A physically challenged graduate of the Lagos State University, Agosu Fagla, has written an open letter to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, seeking his help for a job. The university graduate caught…
*Court jails Lagos prince, other for cybercrime (Punch)*Lagos diverts traffic at Yaba for Red Line railway for 3 months (Vanguard)
Court jails Lagos prince, other for cybercrime (Punch) Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has imposed a six-month jail term on one Adedoyin Oyekan, who claimed to be a prince from the Kosofe Local…
*NDLEA arrests dispatch riders, online vendors for drug distribution, trafficking (Guardian)*Fire guts Lagos auto spare parts market (DailyTrust)
NDLEA arrests dispatch riders, online vendors for drug distribution, trafficking (Guardian) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have launched fresh raids on online drug traffickers and couriers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), during which a young…
*Police invited us to Abuja over killing of cow – Ondo chiefs (Punch)*Sanwo-Olu inaugurates refurbished Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Secretariat (Guardian)
Police invited us to Abuja over killing of cow – Ondo chiefs (Punch) Ifon community chiefs in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State say they have been invited to Abuja by the police for allegedly killing a cow…