STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE You will agree with me that it has become part of the culture of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to constantly dialogue with Nigerians who voted him into office. The President covenanted with Nigerians that their welfare and security will be topmost in the Renewed Hope Agenda of his government. In the last few days, the conventional and new media platforms have become awash with stories of the government intending to embark on conditional cash transfer to vulnerable households mostly affected by the painful but necessary decision to remove subsidy from petrol. The story has been…
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Gigi Hadid was arrested and charged with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia after she flew to the Cayman Islands from the USA last week. The supermodel, 28, was embarking on a girls’ trip to the Cayman Islands on July 10 when she was arrested at Owen Roberts International Airport, E! News has learned. According to local outlet Cayman Marl Road, shortly after Hadid and her pal arrived via a private plane, custom officials allegedly found “ganja and utensils used for the consumption of ganja” in their luggage. Hadid and her friend were then arrested on “suspicion Importation of Ganja and…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted two container loads of guns and ammunition at Ports and Terminal Multi-Services Ltd (PTML) and Tin-Can Island Ports heading for the South-East region of the country. Addressing the media in Lagos on Monday, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi, acting comptroller-general of Customs, said the discovery was made during a joint inspection exercise involving the Customs, Nigeria Police, the Department of State Security (DSS), and the National Drug Law Enforcement and Administration (NDLEA). According to him, the ammunition, which was intercepted in the first two weeks of July, includes 31 various types of rifles…
Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed that the ‘Saudi Pro League is better than the MLS after Lionel Messi was unveiled by US side Inter Miami. The Argentine was presented on Sunday during the unveiling ceremony, after it was announced earlier this summer that he would be joining the Florida-based team in a £45million-per-year deal. His arch-rival, Ronaldo moved to Saudi Arabia, joining Al-Nassr following his exit from Manchester United last season in a whopping £175million-per-year deal. Many other players have now followed him out to the Middle Eastern country, including big names such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Ruben Neves, Kalidou…
A judgment of the Federal High Court, in Warri, which held that the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC can only operate on federal roads, has been upheld by a Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State. The judgement was given in a lawsuit filed by Darlington Ehikim, a member of the NBA Warri. Justice E. Nwite of the Federal High Court, Warri, granted all the reliefs he sought for, including a declaration that the FRSC has no right to operate and/or carry any activity on State and Local governments roads. An appeal filed by FRSC challenging the judgment has…
Controversy has surrounded the death of two students of Gateway Polytechnic, Ode-Remo, Ogun State, and one other applicant student of the school. The three, according to findings, died under mysterious circumstances. Their bodies were discovered last Wednesday, July 12, though the course of death is yet to be unraveled. Findings by our correspondents revealed that four students of the school and the applicant who is awaiting admission developed stomach problems after allegedly eating a spaghetti meal. Two of the students and the applicant eventually died. According to an Instagram video posted on the school’s blog, the three confirmed dead have…
Actress and second wife to popular actor, Yul Edochie, Judy Austin, has angrily warned Nigerians to stop talking about her husband and insulting them. Yul Edochie posted the video of his wife warning Nigerians about insulting them on his Facebook page on Monday. He wrote: “I’ve had enough of the fake stories and negativity flying around about me and Yul Edochie on social media. It’s fine to expose everybody and everything going on.” Source: Facebook| Yul Edochie Follow for more news and video content
Surulere has a long-standing reputation for its development, hospitality, economic growth, and contribution to national development. The region has produced leaders who have served at both the Federal and State level, earning its distinction among other areas. Distinguished good people of Surulere, in 2002, I vied for the office of a Councillor and the good people of the Ward said it is not time to serve. 12 years later, I indicated my interest in the seat of the constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly and I gracefully lost to the incumbent and the same in 2022, where the…
Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire on Monday, July 17, sentenced a clergyman with the Cherubim and Cherabum Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile. Phillips Segun, to death by hanging for conniving with one Owolabi Adeeko, 23, to kill a final year student of Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele, who was Adeeko’s girlfriend. The court while delivering judgement sentenced Adeeko, 23, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of the final year Sociology student after luring her to Ikire from Lagos while his mother, Bola, 46, was convicted for eating human flesh. During the trial,…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspects and intercepted substances suspected to be Indian Hemp along Mushin, Isolo road, Lagos State. The police command made this known on its Twitter page on Monday. Sharing pictures of the suspects, the command tweeted, “Operatives of Aswani Division of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted substances suspected to be Indian Hemp along Mushin, Isolo road “The interception occurred on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at about 2356hrs during routine stop-and-search, leading to the arrest of Fidelis Otiga ‘m’ and Chukwuma Kennedy ‘m’ aged 49 and 50 respectively, in whose vehicle the…