BY IFEANYI OKOLIE LAGOS — It was a bloody weekend at Igando area of Lagos State, when a suspected kidnapper said to be operating in Delta State, attacked the Lagos home of his girlfriend, killing her and seven others. Vanguard gathered that the alleged kidnapper, identified simply as Henry, who is currently on the run, […]
Twenty-seven years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command, Mr. Umar Manko in a statement […]
By Solomon Nwoke, Monsur Olowoopejo …Says victory calls for soul searching Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that Super Eagles victory in the recently concluded African Nations Cup in South Africa calls for soul searching as he splashed a total of N59 million on the team and the supporters club members. Rewarding the […]
Less than two months after 29-year-old Kemisola Ogunyemi lost her mother, her family now has a fresh problem to contend with. The tragedy of losing her mother on December 26, 2012 had brought Kemisola and her husband, Akin, back home from the United States where they had lived in for about a year. But the […]
The office of the Attorney-General of Lagos State on Friday formally arraigned four men linked with the murder of 24-year-old Cynthia Osokogu before an Ikeja High Court. Cynthia, a post-graduate student of Nassarawa State University and only daughter of Maj.-Gen. Frank Osokogu (retd.), was found dead in a hotel room on July 22, 2012, where […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / Feb. 7, 2013 – A city is not just a collection of buildings, streets and public spaces arranged by architectural, engineering and urban planning standards. It encapsulates and expresses the totality of a people’s way of life. Therefore, Nigerian cities are invariably expressing the totality of the Nigerian […]
A17-year-old girl identified simply as Simi has exposed the hiding place of her robber father to the officials of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command. Her father, Ife, was the alleged leader of a 10-man robbery gang that killed four policemen in Ajah during a robbery operation two weeks ago. THE PUNCH […]
• Obanikoro disowns campaign posters OBA Riliwanu Akiolu I Monday said only God will determine who succeeds Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola as Governor of Lagos State when his second term expires in 2015. Akiolu was speaking at the inauguration of the newly-constituted Council of Obas and Chiefs, of which he was returned as Chairman for […]
Ibirogba while burying his son. Photo: Kunle Falayi. Inset: Enoch When the Lagos State Government launched its ambulance service on December 7, 1999, the then governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had appealed to officials and support staff to ensure success of the programme through prompt response to distress calls. But a resident, Mr. Olufemi Ibirogba, said […]
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says Lagos is the only state that can survive if crude oil supply – the mainstay of Nigeria economy- is shut down. Fashola explained that this was possible because the government in the state had made it a policy to implement the laws on taxation to the letter, which […]
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