The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday, December 20th said three persons died while one person sustained injuries in an accident involving a truck and a Bajaj motorcycle around Toll-Gate on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Clement Oladele, Sector Commander of FRSC said the accident happened at about 12.59 p.m. on Thursday. Oladele…
Ecobank Nigeria Limited is currently swimming in an alleged N800m mess. In fact, for the financial institution led by Mr. Patrick Akinwuntan, it has become a case of one day, one trouble as the bank led by Patrick Akinwuntan. We learnt that Ecobank Nigeria, a key subsidiary of the Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) and its…
President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th US president becomes just the third occupant of…
Reports says that 39 Companies have already shown their interests to get the contract for construction of the much anticipated fourth Mainland Bridge which would possibly reduce travel time in Lagos State. The number of interested firms was revealed on Wednesday at the expiration of a three weeks advertisements for the bid of Expression of…
Angry youths on Wednesday set ablaze a church, Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Oshinle Quarters, Akure, the Ondo State capital, following the protest over a missing one-year-old boy during church service in November. The little boy, Gold Kolawole, was kidnapped in the church and his whereabouts were unknown till the present moment and it was alleged that the…
Three pilgrims from the Nigeria have reportedly absconded after visiting the holy land in Israel. The absconded pilgrims are from Delta State. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in reaction on Tuesday said he is shocked. He described the incident as embarrassing and promised to carry out an investigation into the incident. “From next year, we do not…
A passenger caught smoking on-board Air Peace plane has been found guilty by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos and sentenced to two weeks imprisonment with the option of paying N200,000 as a fine. The passenger was seen smoking a cigarette and was accosted by the flight attendant, Adewale Oyebade while carrying out his routine…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the 2020 Appropriation Act of N10.594 trillion. The signing ceremony held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, a day after Channels Television reported that the President would assent to the Act. It is the fourth time since 1999 but the earliest that the appropriation bill is…
A Pakistani special court hearing the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17th handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short…
Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) has issued a 7-day removal order to all owners/occupants of illegal structures, shanties, kiosks and containarised shops at ‘Marwa Waterside’ area of Lekki, Lagos. In a statement released by the Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Agency, Taofiq Adebayo on Sunday, the Chairman of the…
