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On the heels of the cancelation of the Africans Unite Concert that was scheduled to take place this weekend in South Africa by the concert’s organizers, Grammy Award-nominated singer, Burna Boy just had his most recent album, “African Giant” nominated in the Best World Album award category for the 62nd Grammy Awards. Burna who recently […]
The new Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has said that managing the menace of traffic in the metropolis would be his top priority. Odumosu disclosed this during a press briefing in Ikeja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Odumosu took over from AIG Zubairu Muazu, who was recently promoted from Commissioner […]
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced closure of some roads during the Lagos Women Run race which would hold between 6.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. on Saturday. In a travel advisory, LASTMA Spokesman, Olumide Filade, said that the entire stretch of Broad Street and entire stretch of Eko Bridge inward Surulere shall […]
Yes! It’s actually happening. The Nigerian Senate is sitting to pass a bill that could have lecturers who sexually harass students go to jail for 14 years! The bill, according to PM News, is titled “A Bill for an Act to Prevent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions and for other […]
A six-storey building situated at Oluwole Market, adjacent to Mandillas Building, and another three-storey building located at Dosumu Street, both in Lagos Island, were burnt today. While the fire at the three-storey building on Dosumu street was successfully put off, fire servicemen were still battling to extinguish the fire raging at the six-storey building at […]
Public cemeteries in Lagos State are in deplorable, despicable and nauseating conditions, underscoring a total lack of respect for both the living and the dead in Nigeria’s chaotic economic capital. A detailed investigation on the state of Lagos cemeteries, undertaken by correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that Local Government authorities have […]
Mr Mufutau Egberongbe, member representing Apapa Constituency in the House of Representatives, has raised alarm over the fresh invasion of Apapa area of Lagos by petroleum tankers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government set up of Presidential Task Team to ease traffic congestion following notorious traffic gridlock in Apapa area. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed shock at the Wednesday judgment of the Supreme Court on the Presidential Election Petition filed by the party and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The party expressed the shock in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja while reacting to the Supreme Court […]
Adegboyega Adenekan, a supervisor at Chrisland School, Lekki, Lagos, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison today for raping a 2-year-old child. Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court handed down the sentence, convicting Adenekan on a count charge of defilement. She held that evidence before the court showed […]
