The 2024 annual edition of the Lagos Book Walk, organised by the Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP), is just around the corner. Scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2024, this event promises to spark enthusiasm…
Court jails actress 6 months for spraying, stepping on new naira notes
Court jails actress 6 months for spraying, stepping on new Naira notes A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new…
Lagos Assembly inagurates committee to investigate land reclamation
The Lagos State House of Assembly has inaugurated a nine-man ad-hoc committee to investigate the land reclamation going on in Park-View Estate, in Ikoyi of the state. The House made this known at a plenary on Thursday, sequel to an…
DSS storms EFCC Lagos office, blocks officers’ access
Operatives of the Department of State Security have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos. Impeccable sources in both agencies told…
We’ve not sold any property in Lagos in last 2 years – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), said it has never sold two buildings, in Adeniyi Jones Ikeja and Ikoyi areas of Lagos in 2021 or 2022. ”For clarity purpose, NDLEA did not auction any property in 2021 or 2022,”…
Drama as woman goes berserk at Lagos filling station
There was drama at a filling station located in the Ikoyi, Falomo area of Lagos State when a woman suddenly went berserk Thursday. In a viral video shared on social media, a naked woman was seen with the nozzle of…
Konga Food goes live, offers customers free, fastest delivery, other incentives
The management of Konga Food, the online food delivery arm of Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant, has assured Nigerian food lovers of exciting times ahead, beginning with the offer of 14 days of free delivery to mark its formal entry into…
*Obi Cubana in EFCC net (Independent)*10 die as 21-storey building collapses in Lagos, designer warned of tragedy (Punch)
Obi Cubana in EFCC net (Independent) Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana is reported to have been arrested by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to Channels Television news, Cubana is being questioned at…
21-storey building collapses in Ikoyi, Lagos
A 21-storey building has reportedly collapsed on Gerard Road in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and most populous city. Reports say the building was under construction and although social media is agog with accounts of the incident, details are still…
Doctor, two daughters die in Lagos home fire
A medical doctor, Ijeoma Idaresit, who described herself as having a dream of improving Nigeria’s poor health sector, has died in a fire along with her two children. Idaresit, who was until her death, the Conference Director at Postpartum Support…