The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) today conducted a raid on several bookshops in Ajegunle boundary area of Lagos State, seizing pirated books estimated at a market value of N20 million. The operation, led by the Deputy Director and Head of Operations, Lagos Office, Mr Charles Amudipe, included a team of copyright officers, backed by secu...
•Nigerian debt Sub-national governments continued to grapple with a persistent reliance on borrowing to finance their budgets in 2023, as the total debt stock of the 36 states surged by 38.1%, from N7.25tn in 2022 to N10.01tn. BudgIT’s 2024 State of States report released yesterday revealed that the debt growth was partly driven by a […...
Barely three weeks after jerking up the price per litre of petrol, retail outlets owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) adjusted the pump price of the commodity today in Lagos from ₦998 to ₦1, 025. In Lagos, our correspondent observed that many NNPCL outlets sold a litre of the essential commodity for […]
•Collapsed foot bridge Pedestrians and Motorists on the busy Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos yesterday escaped death after the Five-Star foot bridge collapsed. The bridge, it was gathered, partially collapsed around 6:30am, blocking a part of the road, reports The Nation. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), prel...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu As part of efforts to fast-track justice delivery in Lagos State, a bill to significantly reduce litigation time at the Magistrate and High Courts has been sent to the State House of Assembly for approval. The Attorney General of Lagos & Commissioner For Justice, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro said whe...
•Rape A part-time lecturer of the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos, Kolawole Muyiwa, yesterday, appeared before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Ramon Oshodi, on trial for the alleged rape of a student. ...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, in an enforcement operation, has clamped down on illegal roadside traders and shanties built on drainages in the FESTAC town area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement shared on X.com by the Lagos State Commissioner, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, today. Acc...
•A police van conveying demonstrators earlier today Demonstrators gathered at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos today to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protest. The memorial was to remember those who lost their lives during the #EndSARS protests against police brutality in October 2020, reports Channels TV. The youths were said to have...
Lagos council chairmen, under the aegis of Conference 57, have urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to reconsider the creation of Area Adminstrative Councils in replacement of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the proposed Local Government Administration Bill. The General Secretary of Conference 57, Mr Rasaq Ajala, made the call to...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has said that the Ondo people will elect a credible candidate on November 16 and protect their votes because Ondo is not Lagos or Edo. NNPP National Chairman, Ajuji Ahmed, said this in Akure, yesterday, during the party’s campaign flag-off for its governorship candidate, Olugbenga Edema, reports Vanguard. A...
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