Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, vowed to immortalise the late founder of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, who was born at the Island Maternity Hospital in the state, DAILY POST reports.InformationGuideNigeria Sanwo-Olu made the pledge on Monday night at an event to celebrate the late Group Chief Executive, Access Corporation, Dr Herbert Wigwe, tagged, … Read more
Three Lagos-based traditional worshippers, Adejuwon Idowu, Akanbi Samuel, and Adetayo Oyelami, have accused officers of the state police command of extorting a sum of N258,000 from them for being in possession of a bowl containing cowries and palm kernel, PUNCH reports. One of the victims, Idowu, told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the incident happened on Saturday, … Read more
Justices Deinde Dipeolu and N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos have convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Oluwafemi Abdulwaheed Rasaq and Chris Onabulu to various jail terms for romance scam and impersonation, DAILY POST reports. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on cyber crimes upon being … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted over 3.1 million opioid pills in Kano, Kogi, Abia, Lagos, Ogun and Borno respectively, as per DAILY POST. A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the operatives had raided some parts of the named states in the past week. … Read more
According to DAILY POST, the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, Lagos. She … Read more
The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority has received over 1,577 petitions regarding real estate fraud from 2020 till date, DAILY POST reports. She disclosed this during a press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday. Read Other News: Yoruba monarchs seek … Read more
Commuters heading towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway area are lamenting the abrupt hike in transport fares by commercial drivers plying Berger, Arepo, Magboro, Mowe, Ibafo, and other areas along the road, as per PUNCH.InformationGuideNigeria PUNCH Metro observed that the fares for drivers at the Ikeja under Bridge Park are more than those of other yellow buses that … Read more
One person has been confirmed dead in a boat accident that occurred in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, The PUNCH reportsNYSC Portal Fifteen passengers were said to have been rescued during the incident which happened around 6:50pm on Wednesday.JAMB Result The spokesperson for the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Wuraola Alake, in a statement seen … Read more
The police on Monday arraigned a 23-year-old man, Abdul Samad, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stabbing another man with a pair of scissors on his waist, DAILY POST reports.informationguideNigeria The defendant, a trader, who resides at Ogba, was tried for causing a breach of peace and assault. The prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Odugbo … Read more
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a middle-aged woman, Cynthia Aigbondon, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in an interview with NAN on Tuesday.JAMB Result Hundeyin said the deceased husband, Lukmon Adio reported the matter at the Ajegunle Police … Read more