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A trailer fell alongside the container it was carrying at Ojuelegba in Lagos state, Nigeria, on Friday night, February 24. This incident came barely three weeks after nine persons including children perished after a container fell on a commercial bus at the foot of the same Ojuelegba bridge. Thankfully, no life was lost in this […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, revealed that the recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos zonal command of the commission and that […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Obidient Movement have been attacked by suspected thugs and hoodlums while on their way to the rally of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, which took place at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Onikan, in Lagos. Report of attack of the Obidients was contained in a WhatsApp […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his vice presidential candidate, Mr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, their wives and members of their campaign council were in Lagos on Saturday to hold the party’s rally for the coming general election. Mr. Obi’s supporters blocked his vehicle on his way to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer has been arrested over an allegation of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State, as the state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) decries the rise in such cases in the state. In a statement, the Executive Secretary for the agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the agency got to know […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Lagos state, on Wednesday arraigned a man, Edmund Uzoma, before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly contracting a second marriage under the Marriage Act while the first one is still alive (bigamy). Uzoma was arraigned before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information on a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian soldiers and policemen got into a fight in public and this was caught on camera. The physical confrontation occurred Wednesday morning, January 18, at ijaya, Apongbon area of Lagos State. The soldiers attempted to disarm a police taskforce and they put up a fight. A video shared online shows a soldier and a police officer […]
Continue ReadingThe funeral service of slain Lagos lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, was held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Olive Tree Parish, in Ikoyi Lagos state, Nigeria on Tuesday January 17. Delivering a sermon at the service, Okechukwu Enelamah, a former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, said Mrs. Raheem’s “relatively short life” was full […]
Continue ReadingI have restrained myself from getting involved in this kind of controversy. This was why I made a strenuous effort from being drawn into the brickbat between Bayo Onanuga/Dele Alake on the one hand and Arise News on the other despite pressure on me to say something. “Oga, this is shameful, won’t you say something […]
Continue ReadingDivisional Police Officer (DPO) of Seme Police Division in Lagos State, Nigeria, SP Mojeed Salami, slumped and died in his office on Tuesday, January 10. According to police sources, the deceased had complained of headache on the said day and had visited the hospital. The DPO returned but was still feeling unwell. He asked his orderly […]
Continue ReadingSome Yoruba Nation agitators held a rally at Ojota area of Lagos State on Monday, January 9. According to reports, the Yoruba Nation group had planned to hold a mega rally at Ojota to press for self-determination from the Nigerian federation. Based on videos and photos shared on social media, Ojota was the scene of […]
Continue ReadingSome students of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, Nigeria, have been caught engaging in sex romps in hotels in the community. The male and female students who reportedly jumped the school’s fence and stayed out of school for days are reportedly between the ages of 14 and 17. Sources told Punch that for three sessions, including […]
Continue ReadingFootball legend, Pele, led the Brazilian football club, Santos to Nigeria for a friendly match against the Green Eagles of Nigeria in 1969. This was in the middle of the civil war, but there was a ceasefire for 48 hours. A 48-hour ceasefire was called between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Lagos state have arrested an officer who allegedly shot and killed a Lawyer in the Ajah area of the state on Christmas day, December 25. According to reports, late Raheem, her sister, and four children were coming from an eatery in their car around 11am when the officer tried to stop them. […]
Continue ReadingMany persons are feared dead after 40 feet containers fell on cars at Cele Bus Stop on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday December 22. Videos and photos shared online showed damaged cars and other vehicles following the unfortunate incident.
Continue ReadingThe late popular gospel singer, the Wellu Wellu crooner, Sammie Okposo’s wife, Ozioma, was inconsolable as she, with the support of other mourners poured sand into his grave at his burial. The burial held on Thursday, December 15, in Lagos, Nigeria. The 51-year-old was buried at a private cemetery in Ikoyi after a Church service […]
Continue ReadingThe co-founder and Deputy Managing Director of VETIVA, one of Nigeria’s leading Capital Management firms, Olaolu Mudashiru, has died. Mudasiru was killed on Sunday morning by a drunk driver in a hit-and-run accident while cycling with two other persons on the Bourdilion road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Said to be in his […]
Continue ReadingI was in total shock when Lagos was recently presented on several international media as the worst city in the world to live, and by extension, the dirtiest capital city. When I had sufficiently recovered, I reverted to the actual text which reads as follows: “With a relatively low score of 32.2%, Lagos was just […]
Continue ReadingThe funeral ceremony of the mother of Nigerian record producer, audio engineer, record executive, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Michael Collins Ajereh, known professionally as Don Jazzy was held on Friday in Lagos, and it attracted lots of celebrities. Recall that the record label owner announced the death of his mother in July. The funeral […]
Continue ReadingA yet-to-be identified man slumped and died while playing football at a Football Ground, in Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Spokesperson of the State Police Command (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Monday, October 3, said that officers from Maroko police division brought in the information on Friday. He added that […]
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