I did not ask any policeman to search bags, phones on highways – Lagos CP (DailyTrust) The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned policemen serving in the state to desist from searching bags, phones and laptops of…
*Reconstruction: Anger as gridlock grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (NewTelegraph) *Friends tell court how Kolade Johnson was allegedly killed by policeman (Tribune)
Reconstruction: Anger as gridlock grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (NewTelegraph) Motorists were held for several hours yesterday as gridlock grounded vehicular movements on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibandan Expressway. The hold-up forced some commuters to abandon their vehicles and trek for several kilometres. Those…
‘Fury, Wilder’s fight points to a historic heavyweight event’ (Guardian)
Tyson Fury’s rematch with Deontay Wilder is the most significant in two decades of the heavyweight division, according to the 5 Live Boxing team. Briton Fury and Wilder will meet on 22 February having drawn in 2018. The American’s WBC…
*2020 Budget Implementation: LIRS to generate N500bn (Guardian) *Joy as Nigeria doctors separate conjoined twins (BBC)
2020 Budget Implementation: LIRS to generate N500bn (Guardian) The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is to generate N500 billion toward the implementation of the 2020 budget, the state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, has said.…
Tyson Fury breaks silence on his split with former coach (Metro)
Tyson Fury felt he had no option but to ditch his now former trainer Ben Davison ahead of his rematch with Deontay Wilder because he was ‘going stale’. The Gypsy King parted company with Davison, the man who had been…
Fury, Wilder rematch set for February 22 in Las Vegas (Guardian)
Tyson Fury’s rematch with WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will take place in Las Vegas on February 22, both fighters have confirmed. Briton Fury, 31, drew with undefeated American Wilder, 34, in December 2018. Wilder, whose WBC belt will…
*Hamzat apprehends commercial drivers for driving against traffic (Guardian) *MFM G.O shows other side (Nation)
Hamzat apprehends commercial drivers for driving against traffic (Guardian) The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Saturday apprehended two commercial drivers and their buses for driving against traffic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
*Sanwo-Olu marks Boxing Day with patients (NewTelegraph) *Yaba psychiatric hospital to begin e-health record system (Nation)
Sanwo-Olu marks Boxing Day with patients (NewTelegraph) Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday visited the paediatric, emergency and orthopaedic wards of the Lagos Island General Hospital, Broad Street, to celebrate Christmas and boxing days with the in-patients battling…
*I met boy who abducted, defiled me on Facebook – 15-year-old pupil (Punch) *Eight fruits that can boost your ‘sex drive’ (Nation)
I met boy who abducted, defiled me on Facebook – 15-year-old pupil (Punch) The police in Lagos State have arrested a 17-year-old boy, identified simply as Ojo, for the alleged abduction and defilement of a 15-year-old girl. Ojo reportedly picked…
