The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on security agencies and government authorities to intervene promptly and secure the release of its abducted chairman, Philip Aivoji.
Lagos State PDP Publicity Secretary Alhaji Hakeem Amode appealed in a statement on Friday, saying: “Aivoji was abducted on Thursday, January 25 at about 6:00 pm on the Lagos-Ibadan...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 55-year-old woman, Patricia Igbinovia, to seven years imprisonment for trafficking young girls abroad for prostitution.
The court also ordered the convict to pay the sum of N1 million for her illicit act, in addition to serving the sentence.
The convict, who was charged with six counts bordering on trafficking young girls, promoting...
Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, remanded two men, Kabiru Shehu and Ali Rabiu, for allegedly impersonating military men.
The Judge, Mr Aliyu Alhassan, ordered that the defendants be kept in Keffi Prison until Feb. 22.
The judge held that the remand was to enable the conclusion of investigations into the case.
Shehu, 37 and Rabiu, 24, were arraigned on...
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Thursday declared that “one elephant is out of the road” while celebrating the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court.
Fubara also said his triumph at the apex court has laid to rest the legal battles that added to the distractions his administration grappled with in the last eight months.
In a statement...
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the construction of the long-awaited fourth Mainland bridge.
He said the project will commence at the end of March or April.
The governor stated this on Thursday in an address at the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja Lagos state.
Sanwo-Olu said, “We’ve done extensive...
The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called on the Commissioner for Police, the Directorate of State Security Services and other relevant Security agencies in the state to urgently identify, arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of the physical assaults on medical doctors and other health workers at the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja.
This forms part of the communique issued at the...
The Office of the Head of the Civil Service, of the Federation, OHCSF, has called for continued partnership and synergy between government and organised labour in ministries, extra-ministerial Departments and Agencies, MDAs.
The OHCS said this would aid in optimal performance and effective delivery of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.
The Director Overseeing, Office of the Permanent Secretary,...
Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, has been ranked as the 19th best city to visit in the world.
This is according to Time Out, an outlet that publishes guides and magazines.
Apart from Lagos, South Africa’s Cape Town, ranked second while Ghana’s Accra, at 44th, were the only African cities featured on the list.
Time Out said it drew its conclusion...
The Niger State Government has dragged three hydropower stations and their operators located in the state before Federal High Court 2 Minna, presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige, over outstanding land rent debt to the tune of N136, 696, 127,200.
The debt under contention is from 2017 to 2022.
Parties involved in the case, according to two separate writs of...
President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will continue to provide the needed interventions in the oil and gas industry in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA.
Speaking when he received a delegation led by Mr Clay Neff, President of Chevron International Exploration and Production, on Tuesday in Abuja, President Tinubu said Nigeria would strengthen its...
