•A collapsed building Tragedy struck the Alimosho area of Lagos State in the early hours of today as a two-storey building undergoing manual demolition partially collapsed, leaving one person dead and two others injured. The incident occurred at No. 42, Governors Road, Aboru, following a distress call, after which the Lagos State Emergency Man...
•Diphtheria outbreak The Lagos State government says it has recorded 53 suspected cases of diphtheria in 2026, out of which six were laboratory -confirmed positive. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this during a press conference on the state’s Diphtheria Preparedness and Response held at the Conference...
•The suspect The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who allegedly disguised himself as a herbal tea merchant and intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing 2,145kg of cannabis. The operations, conducted across nine states, also led to the seizure o...
•Dangote All is set for the signing ceremony of the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemicals FZE Initial Public Offering in Lagos. The event will be held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, reports Channels TV. At the ceremony, the private refinery will offer 4.1 billion ordinary shares of $0.000013 each for subscription at ₦525.00 per [&hel...
A Nigerian woman, who travelled from Lagos to Doha, Qatar, has reportedly been unreachable for more than 48 hours after arriving in the country, raising concerns among her family and prompting inquiries by authorities and airline officials. The woman, 37, boarded Qatar Airways flight QR1408 from Lagos International Airport to Doha on Tuesday, ...
•The suspects For three days, a Lagos businesswoman remained in the bush at Ijedodo, unsure of what would happen to her, while her abductors negotiated with her family over a ransom running into millions of naira. The woman had allegedly been taken from a beautiful duplex in the Ijedodo area of Lagos State by a […]
No casualty was recorded when a tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) overturned on Ijako Road, inward Oke Oso, along the Ajah Expressway in Epe, Lagos State. The Mack tanker reportedly overturned yesterday while ascending Ijako Hill following a mechanical failure, reports The Nation. The Lagos State Emergency Management...
Coronation Art Gallery yesterday opened The Value of Belief — Collectors, Conviction and the Making of Cultural Futures, welcoming guests to an evening that marked the beginning of its most ambitious exhibition programme to date. The opening at Coronation Plaza, Victoria Island, Lagos, brought together senior executives across the Group, busin...
It is impossible to imagine Nigerian cuisine without Jollof Rice. More than one of West Africa’s most loved dishes, jollof has been part of many moments that bring people together, from family tables and wedding parties to special gatherings and sometimes in the most unexpected places. This spirit came to life on World Jollof Day […]
•Protesting pensioners, yesterday Tension rose in Lagos yesterday as policemen attached to the Lagos State Command reportedly fired teargas to disperse pensioners protesting at the Lagos House and Lagos State House of Assembly, Ikeja, over outstanding pension adjustments and wage awards. The pensioners, under the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (N...

