LASG acquires expansive land for trailer park to check Apapa gridlock (Vanguard) Lagos State Government has acquired a large land at Ojo for the construction of a trailer park to tackle gridlock in Apapa and other areas caused by indiscriminate…
I will remain in Senate forever if I want — Ekweremadu (PremiumTimes)
Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy Senate president, has boasted that he could remain in the senate for the rest of his life if he so wishes. Ekweremadu said he is always in touch with his constituents, and could easily win elections.…
Lagos monarch decries attack on Prince (Vanguard) *Buhari departs for China today (Dailytrust)
Lagos monarch decries attack on Prince (Vanguard) The family of Oba Sadiku Olarinde of Oguntedo in Satellite Town Community, Oriade Local Council Development Authority, in Lagos State has called on the Police to investigate the gunshot attack on the son…
Dangote, Otedola, others meet Theresa May in Lagos (Punch) *Lagos State retains highest foreign debt profile (Guardian)
Dangote, Otedola, others meet Theresa May in Lagos (Punch) British Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrived at the FMDQ Security Exchange building, Victoria Island, Lagos, for a meeting with the Nigerian business community. The prime minister, accompanied by members of her…
Nigeria signs MoU with Britain (Punch)
Nigeria and the British Government signed Bilateral Agreement on Defence and Security Partnership during the visit of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari and British Prime Minister Theresa May…
Saraki condemns denying Kwankwaso from using Eagle Square for presidential declaration
Bukola Saraki, the Nigeria senate president has condemned in totality the denial of Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former Kano State governor, from utilising Abuja’s Eagle Square for the declaration of his presidential bid in less than 24 hours to the date slated. Saraki condemned…
Adeosun’s alleged certificate forgery not a corruption matter – Presidency *Lagos-Badagry Expressway: Council Of Obas To Meet Gov. Ambode (Eagle)
Adeosun’s alleged certificate forgery not a corruption matter – Presidency The Nigerian presidency on Tuesday said that the case of the alleged certificate forgery of the Honourable Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun was not a corruption matter. Mrs Adeosun was alleged…
Forceful removal of Saraki will lead to anarchy – CUPP (Vanguard)
Coalition of political parties pushing to end President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration come 2019, has cautioned against plots to illegally impeach the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, warning that such move would trigger unprecedented anarchy on the country. The coalition, which…
Lagos Police arrest two suspected ritualists, mob lynch another (Nation)
The Lagos State police have arrested two suspected ritualists, Folake Falade and Emmanuel Gbenga of Mosafejo-Ilogbo, Badagry, Lagos, after passersby discovered them inside a tunnel under the Cele Nicer Bridge in Ijanikin area of Lagos with a decomposing corpse. The…
Buhari to Trump: I’m fit, sprightly, not lifeless (Vanguard) *Bode George seeks probe of Lagos PDP chair’s murder (Punch)
Buhari to Trump: I’m fit, sprightly, not lifeless (Vanguard) President Muhammadu Buhari has fired back at the United States President, Donald Trump over alleged claims by the American leader referring to the Nigerian president as “lifeless”. The reaction which came through…