Deutsche Bank has expressed interest in funding major rehabilitation and replacement works on two of Lagos’ most critical bridges, the Carter Bridge and the Third Mainland Bridge, as the Federal Government intensifies its push to attract private capital for large-scale road infrastructure projects. The bank’s delegation, led by its Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Structured Trade and Export Finance, Moritz Dornemann, and Chief Country Representative in Nigeria, Andreas Voss, met with the Minister of Works, David Umahi, in Abuja on Tuesday, where they also reaffirmed their interest in further financing of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. A statement by the…
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The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office has sealed Yakoyo Abula Joint Restaurant in Victoria Island for illegally dumping untreated wastewater and oils into public drains. The restaurant was shut down on Tuesday morning after officials discovered deliberate discharges that clogged drainage systems and posed hazards such as waterborne diseases. Commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed the action in a post shared on his X handle. He wrote, “The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO), this morning, sealed off Yakoyo Abula Joint Restaurant, at 134 Sinari Daranijo Street, Victoria Island, for the deliberate discharge…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has launched an investigation into a police officer captured in a viral video while attempting to arrest a bus conductor in the Ikorodu area of the state. The footage depicts a police officer in a camouflage uniform grappling with a partially undressed conductor inside a bus. The officer appears to hold the conductor’s groin area tightly, while passengers intervene, shouting pleas like “Leave this boy,” and the conductor shouts, “Police, don kill me.” Some bystanders condemn the officer’s actions, with one passenger seemingly pushing him away. In a statement issued on Sunday, the…
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has revealed that as Military Administrator of Lagos, the Yoruba people showed him great love and supported his administration despite their hostility to the federal government at the time. Marwa, who made the revelation while delivering the keynote address at the public presentation of a book, “Buni Boy”, written by late legal luminary Niyi Ayoola-Daniels in Abuja on Saturday, disclosed that the support he received from Lagosians encouraged him to conduct a free and fair election that brought his successor to office, then…
Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Mr Ibrahim Adigun, on Saturday lauded the state government’s contribution to youth and human capital development. Adigun spoke during the 2025 Africa/National Youth Day celebration in Lagos. It was reported that the event was organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development. The NYCN, established in 1964 as the umbrella body for youth organisations in the country, plays a coordinating role in implementing the National Youth Policy (2019–2023), which outlines state-level responsibilities in youth empowerment,…
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to transforming the transport and logistics sector through the adoption of clean energy, enhanced safety standards, and expanded financing options for operators. This reaffirmation came during a meeting held on Wednesday between top officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation and the National President of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO). Speaking at the meeting, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, outlined key achievements recorded under the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stressing that the state is accelerating the deployment of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug baron, Onyekachi Nwanagu, and five members of his network during an intelligence-led operation that uncovered a large opioid warehouse in the Isolo area of Lagos. The NDLEA said the raid, carried out by its Special Operations Unit between November 19 and 20, followed intelligence that the syndicate was preparing to distribute over 7.2 million tramadol pills and more than 526,000 bottles of codeine syrup ahead of the festive season. In a statement on Wednesday, the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said two suspects, Egbo Udalor and Chukwe Emmanuel,…
Temy Consulting, a Lagos-based sales and distribution advisory firm, has reiterated its commitment to supporting Nigerian businesses in achieving consistent and scalable revenue growth, the company said in a statement on Monday. The firm, which specialises in sales transformation, route-to-market optimisation and outsourced salesforce management, works closely with organisations to design strategies that are both data-informed and execution-ready, ensuring every market decision is backed by clarity and practical feasibility. CEO Tolu Ojo said, “At Tamy Consulting, our mission has always been about impact, helping organisations convert potential into performance. We see many companies with solid products and capable teams but…
Two days after X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter, rolled out a feature that displays users’ country locations, the update has begun to produce unexpected revelations. Juanita Broaddrick, a US author and political commentator, became one of the first high-profile users to publicly identify her impersonators after discovering that the accounts mimicking her identity were operating from Nigeria. “All my impersonators are in Nigeria,” Broaddrick posted on her X account. Until X introduced the country-locator tool, she had little information about those behind the impersonation. The new feature instantly revealed what had been hidden over time, as the…
Governors of the South-West region are currently in Ibadan, Oyo State, for an emergency security meeting to take action against the influx of bandits and other criminal elements from other regions. They are deliberating on pressing regional matters, particularly security concerns across the zone. Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo) and Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) are personally in attendance, except Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, who was represented by his deputy. Though details of the ongoing meeting were not released officially, a government source familiar with the agenda said, “The emergency meeting was convened…