•Scene of the accident The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority yesterday disclosed that it found two corpses under an empty diesel truck at the Barracks Bus Stop along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, yesterday, the accident occurred at the same location where a soldie...
•Nigerian oil pipelines Stakeholders from the six states of the Niger Delta region have thrown their weight behind Gov Douye Diri’s call to include people from the region in pipeline surveillance contracts. The regional group welcomed the call for a review and decentralisation of the crude oil and gas facilities surveillance contracts awarded ...
The Dangote Refinery has started production. The largest single-train refinery in the world located in Nigeria’s commercial hub began operations in the early hours of yesterday. This followed the delivery of six million barrels of crude supply to the refinery, reports Channels TV. Although it was supposed to begin operations in June 2023, the ...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has suspended all administered Social Investment Programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency. Announcing the suspension in a statement today, the Director Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the president’s decision was in view of the “ongoing investi...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) today introduced the complete automated passport application system. The NIS in a statement regarding the online application and document upload said one can apply from anywhere using its user-friendly portal and upload breeder documents and passport photos effortlessly. For passport application options, t...
•Late Madam Obebhatein Jonathan Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has condoled former President Goodluck Jonathan over the death of his elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan. The speaker described as painful, the death of one’s sister, noting that the late Madam Obebhatein would be remembered for her dedication and sac...
•Obasa and Sanwo-Olu Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over today’s judgment of the Supreme Court affirming him as the winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Lagos. Dr. Obasa, in a congratulatory message issued by Eromosele Ebhomele, his Chief Press...
•Lagbaja and Tinubu A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, requesting him to fish out and punish a group of Army personnel whom he claimed assaulted a police officer, ASP Edet Inyang. Effiong made this known in a statement on his X […]
•Lawyers’ protest in Lagos Lawyers in Lagos State yesterday trooped out in large numbers to hold a proÂtest against continued malÂtreatment by the police in the state. The lawyers numbering over 700 came from the five judicial divisions including Ikeja, Lagos, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, reports Daily Independent. They converged very early...
•Mike Adenuga Renowned Nigerian telecom and oil magnate, Mike Adenuga, has reclaimed the position of Nigeria’s second-richest individual, surpassing Abdul Samad Rabiu, following Forbes’ reassessment of the value of his mobile phone network, Globacom. Adenuga’s current net worth is now at $7.4 billion, solidifying his prominent standing in Afri...

