A yet-to-be-identified policewoman has been hospitalised after a commercial bus rammed into her at the Charly Boy bus stop along the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway area of Lagos State. It was learnt the incident happened at about 6 am on Monday while she was stepping out of the police anti-cultism unit along the area. It was gathered that the bus driver identified simply as Idowu was at top speed when he had a brake failure and lost control in the process. He was however said to have swerved towards the direction of the office of the anti-cultism unit, thereby crushing the victim.…
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Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested 20 individuals for defecation open on the median in the Berger area of the state. The Commissioner for Environmental and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, disclosed this via his X.com handle. According to him, the offenders were arrested during a patrol and monitoring exercise along the area on Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday. “Open defecation during patrol and monitoring of Ojodu-Berger yesterday night and early hours of today, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps arrested 20 individuals for committing environmental infractions.” Wahab in a separate post…
The legal team representing the family of the late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has expressed concern over what it described as sensitive information on the death of the deceased being released to the public. One of the heads of the team, Taiwo Odumosu, in a statement said such information should be made available to the police instead of the public. He also appealed to the public to come forward with any information that could aid in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the singer’s death. “Given the nature of the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad), and…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said that a two-storey building was gutted by fire on Sunday in the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available in Lagos. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the incident happened at 14, Okobaba Street, Off Ibadan Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos State, on Sunday. Oke-Osanyintolu said the agency responded to a distress call through the 767 and 112 toll-free line at about 11.50 a.m. “Upon arrival of the LASEMA Response Team at the incident scene, the LRT discovered that a two-storey…
MTN Nigeria has officially liquidated Visafone, bringing the country’s last-standing Codes Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network to an end as the telecoms giant records a huge financial loss from the acquisition. From the MTN’s H1 2024 financial statement, the liquidation was completed and all remaining assets and liabilities of Visafone have been transferred to MTN. MTN Nigeria had acquired Visafone from Jim Ovia in 2016 with the aim of improving broadband internet services. Central to this strategy was Visafone’s 800MHz spectrum licences, which MTN hoped would enhance its 4G LTE offerings. However, the acquisition proved more complicated than expected, primarily…
Forvis Mazars Nigeria has announced its partnership with the OOH Academy to audit the second edition of Location Marketing Awards (LOMA) slated to take place on September 27 and 28 in Lagos. Being the second time Forvis Mazars Nigeria is partnering with OOH Academy for the sole purpose of ensuring that the annual LOMA Awards and Conference is of “the highest standards of integrity and transparency,” LOMA 2024 is set to shake not only the out-of-home advertising but also the entire marketing communication in general with a universally acceptable brand communication in the upwardly mobile digital age. In a brief…
The Nigerian currency lingers at N1600/$ in the black market despite improved market fundamentals in the country’s FX market and the dollar index trading near its 7-month low. Naira short sellers remain unfazed despite the Federal Government’s recent domestic introduction of dollar bonds to increase liquidity in the nation’s foreign exchange market. NAFEX data also showed that the local currency closed flat at N1579.74/$. According to the CBN, remittances from the diaspora rose by 130% annually to $553 million in July 2024 compared to the same month in 2023. The CBN’s inconsistent FX distribution to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators…
Lagos State Government has declared Tuesday, August 20, as a work-free day for all public servants in the state as approved by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The maiden holiday, is part of the activities marking the 2024 Isese Day celebration in the state as well as to allow traditional worshippers participate actively. Recall that Sanwo-ol had earlier officially approved August 20 of each year as Isese Day celebration in the state. Following the development, work would resume in all public offices including courts, across the state on Wednesday. The Governor’s approval was contained in a circular signed by the Head of…
Global President, Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, has disclosed that people who ignore investing in the real estate sector of Lagos now will regret it in 10 years time. He advised against buying shares as a form of investment, asserting that real estate is a better option. Ashimolowo said this while speaking during a recent episode of the KK show. He recounted days when a plot of land in Lagos went for as low as N500 and N1000, contrasting it with what is obtainable today. He said, “Anybody who does not invest in Lagos now will regret…
The Police at the Area ‘A’ Command, Lion Building, Lagos Island, Lagos, have arrested a 29-year-old staff of an old generation bank in Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos, Damilola Afolabi and charged her before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court accused of fraudulently withdrawing the sum of N21 million from the account of her employer. She was accused of converting the money to her use without authority. The police said the defendant was arrested on the ordered of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP in charge of Area ‘A’ Command, Lagos Island, Lagos following a complaint by the management of the bank. And…