Lagos uncovers 86 rooms under bridge where tenants pay N250k yearly (Vanguard) Lagos State‘s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, revealed on Wednesday that 86 partitioned rooms were discovered beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge in Ikoyi, Lagos Island.…
*NLC Protest: Police warn against economic disturbance in Lagos (Channels)*Rights Enforcement: Court dismisses Blessing Okoro’s suit against Police (Vanguard)
NLC Protest: Police warn against economic disturbance in Lagos (Channels) The police authorities in Lagos State have warned residents of the state against grounding economic activities ahead of the planned protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). NLC had on…
*Newlywed bride, bridesmaids, others died in Niger road accident (Guardian)*PDP’s Bwala meets with Tinubu in France (Channels)
Newlywed bride, bridesmaids, others died in Niger road accident (Guardian) At least 13 people, including a newlywed bride, her five bridesmaids, and her brother-in-law, have been killed in a road accident near Lukoro in Edati, Niger State. According to the…
*Lagos hospital elevator still unreplaced 5 months after killing officer (Punch)*NDLEA arrests 28-year-old female bandits’ ammunition supplier (Nation)
Lagos hospital elevator still unreplaced 5 months after killing officer (Punch) Five months after an elevator accident led to the death of a House Officer, Dr Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan Lagos, the equipment was yet to be…
*Passport: FG moves NIMC to Ministry of Interior (DailyTrust)*1 feared killed as flood wreaks havoc in Lagos estate (Punch)
Passport: FG moves NIMC to Ministry of Interior (DailyTrust) The federal government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Interior as part of efforts to resolve issues around passport processing in the country. On assumption…
*Accountant, mother arraigned for N1b, $975,102 fraud (Punch)*Tinubu salutes IBB at 82 (Vanguard)
Accountant, mother arraigned for N1b, $975,102 fraud (Punch) A chartered accountant, Omafume Ayinuola, and her mother, Lydia Ehrievuyere, were, on Wednesday, arraigned by the police before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly laundering N1,072,254,411 and $975,102.58. The daughter…
*Police presence at Emefiele’s Abuja home stirs controversy (Punch)*Chaos as policeman shoots trader in Lagos (Vanguard)
Police presence at Emefiele’s Abuja home stirs controversy (Punch) Controversy has surrounded the presence of a team of policemen at the Federal Capital Territory home of the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The armed police officers, numbering over…
*Again, fire guts vehicle on Third Mainland Bridge (Vanguard)*10-year-old raped, killed in Lagos, comedienne Princess alleges (Punch)
Again, fire guts vehicle on Third Mainland Bridge (Vanguard) Barely 24 hours after seven passengers were burnt to death in the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos, another bus reportedly went up in flames on the Third Mainland Bridge. The incident occurred…
*FG debunks reports on Federal High Court judgement on Ikoyi Marriage Registry (Tribune)*My wife, daughter died before doctor’s arrival — Nielsen, Danish murder suspect tells court (Vanguard)
FG debunks reports on Federal High Court judgement on Ikoyi Marriage Registry (Tribune) The Federal Government has described reports making the rounds on social media claiming that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all marriages conducted by…
*NDLEA arrests one, seize narcotics in Apapa Port concealed in rotors worth N6b from Lebanon (Guardian)*Housekeeper in court for stealing employers’ N12.8m (DailyTrust)
NDLEA arrest one, seized narcotics in Apapa Port concealed in rotors worth N6b from Lebanon (Guardian) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one suspect and made a seizure of illicit narcotics worth N6b concealed in a machine…