Chairman of Aguiyi Ironsi International Market Traders Association, Chief Chukwuma Onyebinanma, has declared that he never went into hiding to evade Police arrest. Speaking from his auto spare parts shop in the popular market, Onyebinanma described the rumour of his hiding as a calculated attempt by a factional group to disrupt the market’s election. Why would I hide when I didn’t commit any crime?” he asked emphatically, stating that “I’m not hiding from anyone.” When asked about the market’s current state, he reported that all was well, with no violence or disruptions. He attributed the rumours of violence to opposition…
Author: Funke Busari
The last six months have been traumatic for the family of Mrs. Rita Uche Oji, a teacher and business woman, who has been diagnosed with renal failure. She has been rendered invalid by the ailment and she can no longer do anything without aid. She has been crying and begging God to rescue her from the hands of this disease that has been ravaging her. Her family has exhausted all their resources towards her treatment and Mrs. Oji is seeking financial assistance from well-meaning Nigerians so that her life will not be cut short and she can contribute her quota…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP now has a new Director General, she is Binta Lami Adamu Bello. The new DG was appointed as the 8th Director General of NAPTIP by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Binta Adamu Bello succeeded Prof. Fatima Waziri–Azi. Meet new NAPTIP DG Before her appointment, the new Director General of NAPTIP had previously served as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Women Affairs, Health and Aviation. She had also worked as a Director at NAPEP and the Ministry of Finance. According to NAPTIP’S Communications Officer, Adekoye Vincent in a statement, the new boss while…
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His Sight Challenge Fails To Be A Barrier It was a colourful event on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, Trust Inonse married his friend of over a decade, Ebun Bello. Families, friends, acquaintance, colleagues, well-wishers and curious individuals converged on the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Oko-Oba Residential Scheme 2, off Alexander, Agege where the team later moved to a prestigious event centre at Ekoro Road, Abule-Egba, Lagos. The 29-year-old radio personality married his 28-year-old fiancée whom he met at the University of Lagos, UNILAG as a final year student. The wedding was tagged #LovinglyTrustingEbun, a combination of the groom’s and bride’s…
A Nigerian economist and Director General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, GCON, at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has recommended that Nigeria needs a social contract to lead the country along the path of good progress that it’s people desire. Okonjo-Iweala, during her keynote speech at the opening ceremony of NBA held at Eko Hotel & Suites Convention Centre, Lagos told the gathering of lawyers that a social contract like that of Peru will bring about rebuilding Nigeria, which is the focus of its conference themed: ‘Pressing Forward, A National Posture for Rebuilding…
Youths in Lagos State have been urged by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat to embrace education that will help them to be creative and find solutions to societal problems. Speaking at the International Youth Day Conference held recently at Regency Hall, Alausa, Ikeja, Dr. Hamzat implored the youths to employ technology to improve themselves in whatever fields of human endeavour they find themselves in life. He said, “Study the right thing with the aid of technology that will make your work more effective and efficient. Nigerian professors are among the best in the world. The challenge we have is…
Six persons; Daniel Joyingo, Adigun Sodiq, Kehinde Shola, Salaudeen Kamilu, Sodiq Usseni, and Azeez Isiaka have been discharged from prison custody for causing breach of peace. Following a guilty plea on Thursday, Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi of a Magistrate court, Ogba Magisterial Division, Lagos State cautioned and discharged the defendants after spending four years in detention. Urging them to be cautious, Magistrate Osunsanmi also discharged the defendants of a one-count amended charge dated August 22, 2024 brought against them by the Commissioner of Police. The amended information was read to the defendants on August 22, 2024, to which they pleaded…
An Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Chike Oti who served as spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command during the era of Imohimi Edgal as the Police boss is presently battling a life-threatening kidney failure. ACP Chike Oti who served as the Divisional Police Officer, Satellite Town is currently on admission at the Lagoon Hospital, Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. This is the information obtained from a WhatsApp message posted by an impeccable source. ACP Chike Oti needs N25million for kidney transplant The post has it that ACP Chike Oti said he needs the sum of 25million Naira for kidney transplant to stay…
The National Data Protection Commission, NDPC, has imposed a hefty fine of N555.8 million on Fidelity Bank for violating its customers’ data privacy. This was announced by the NDPC’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, during a Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation Directive held on Wednesday in Abuja. Fidelity Bank was found to have breached the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, NDPR of 2019 and the Nigeria Data Protection, NDP Act of 2023. The fine, which amounts to 0.1 percent of the bank’s annual gross revenue for 2023, is the largest ever issued by the NDPC.…