As part of the measures to defeat the Badoo menace in Ikorodu, the Lagos State Government has frozen the properties of Alhaji Alaka Abayomi Kamal, a man thought to be the Badoo sponsor. The assets which include a Petrol Filling Station, hotel and event centre, were sealed off on Wednesday, January 3, 2017. According to the Linda Ikeji’s Blog (LIB), the valuables ...

LAGOS — CLEARING agents operating at the container complex of Tin-can Island port in Lagos State, lost over a N100 million worth of property to the Tin-can Fire incident that razed down part of the complex on Tuesday, even as some agents are pointing accusing fingers at the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA and a popular terminal operator, as being behind the ...

The Action Democratic Party, ADP, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s new year message as a Greek gift. The party in a statement by its Spokesman, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, said that it has critically studied the New Year message and that “It is nothing but a ploy to deceive Nigerians again as another election year is around the corner.’’ The party ...

Governors Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Kashim Shettima of Borno State and Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State thursday presented the 2018 budget(s) to their respective Houses of Assembly. While Ugwuanyi presented N98.6billion, Shettima had N170billion and Aregbesola submitted NN173.8billion. In Enugu State, the budget estimate is 6.7 per cent less than 2017 estimate of N 105.1 billion. The budget tagged: ...

Onitsha-The celebration of the New Year turned sour for a family in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, as Commuter bus kills masquerade said to belong to the family. It was gathered that the masquerade, in the early hours of the fateful day, accompanied by about four youths, was crossing the ever-busy Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, close to Tarzan ...

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has arrested a 31-year-old man, Agbata Ebuka, for allegedly selling his late brother’s property to two persons. The property, a bungalow, is located in the Ishasi area of the state and was reportedly sold by the suspect to one Ifeanyi Okeke and Ifeanyi Okonkwo without the consent of other family members. PUNCH ...

The Federal Ministry of power, Works and Housing has confirmed that the nation’s power National Grid has collapsed. In a statement issued around 12:44am on Wednesday, the ministry said a fire incident at the Escravos Lagos Pipeline System near Okada, Edo State, on Tuesday caused the national transmission grid to trip off. “It is regrettable that after a sustained period ...

Nigerian Civil War and Genocide Research Network, has expressed concern that the Federal Government refused to tell Nigerians the condition under which the Sukuk Bond is being accessed for the construction of the road project promised by President Muhammadu Buhari in his new year message. The Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola; Honourable Minister of ...

AGEGE—GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that owners of property demolished for the 1.4 Kilometer Agege Flyover would be adequately compensated, even as he disclosed that the project would be completed in November. Ambode, however, assured residents that the closure of Agege Pen Cinema road, beginning from tomorrow, would not cripple commercial activities around the axis. The governor, ...