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NBA mourns ex-Ikeja branch chair, Ogunlana

The Nigerian Bar Association has expressed sadness over the death of the former chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the NBA, Adesina Ogunlana. Ogunlana who was Chairman of the NBA Ikeja Branch from 2016 to 2018, passed away on Tuesday. In a statement signed by th…

2024-08-07 08:49

Two escape death as bus crashes into truck in Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that two persons escaped death on Tuesday when a commercial bus rammed into a slow-moving articulated vehicle. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to the News Age…

2024-08-06 11:56

Lagos chief’s murder: DPP indicts police inspector.

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro also l…

2024-08-06 00:35

LASG to seal sites supervised by illegal builders

The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, says it will start closing down buildings under construction in the state that are not supervised by relevant professionals in the built environment. The General Manager of LASBCA, G…

2024-08-05 23:37

Navigating reproductive health and societal pressures

In Ayobami Adebayo’s Stay with Me, the narrative revolves around Akin and Yejide, a young Yoruba couple grappling with the challenges of childbirth and navigating their careers and emotional turmoil within their relationship. This story provides a poignant le…

2024-08-05 00:12

Economic crisis affecting real estate – Report

The state of the country’s economy has affected the real estate sector adversely in 2024, a report by Ubosi Eleh & Co. has stated. The report, titled “The Nigeria Real Estate Report 2024”, noted, “Although Lagos is the economic nerve centre of Nigeria, the cu…

2024-08-05 00:12

NDLEA arrests 12 with drugs hidden in baby food tins

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested 12 persons suspected of possessing illicit drugs hidden in Cerelac baby food tins, clothes, and bodies of vehicle compartments, across various states in the country. This was disclosed in a …

2024-08-04 23:20

I eat once daily – Lagos ’empty pot’ protester

Kind-hearted Nigerians have started donating cash gifts to an unidentified female protester, who hit the streets of Lagos on Friday with an empty pot, lamenting the hunger in the land. Shouting, “Ebi o! Ebi o! (Hunger o! Hunger o!)”, the woman, spotted on Kud…

2024-08-04 00:29

NIN-SIM linkage: Subscribers, MTN clash over sudden line blockages

Godfrey George reports on how palpable anger gave way to utter chaos when telecoms giant MTN, blocked thousands of subscribers’ SIMs due to not being linked to National Identification Numbers As the night gave way to sunshine on Monday morning, a housewife an…

2024-08-03 23:54

Surgery patients face tortous delays as Japa syndrome strangles healthcare

Japa syndrome compounded by the shutting down of hospitals over a hike in electricity tariff is taking its toll on sick Nigerians requiring surgery as they wait for months in excruciating pain before having the life-saving procedure done.  SODIQ OJUROUNGBE re…

2024-08-03 23:22