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Not less than 25 children have been rescued by officials of the Lagos State Government from an alleged child trafficker at Egbeda area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The suspect, Mrs Rosemary Nwachukwu was arrested and detained at the Alausa Police Station, while the children have been taken into custody by the Lagos State Government. Nwachukwu allegedly operate an illegal orphanage by the name; Saint Stephen Charity Foundation, a home for orphans and less privileged located at Number 30/32 Abiodun Adebanbo Street, Egbeda. Government officials from the Ministry of Youth and Social Department led by the Director, Child Development, Mrs Alaba…
Protea Hotel situated on Isaac John Street in GRA,Ikeja, Lagos was this evening gutted by fire, damaging properties worth millions of Naira. At about 5 PM when we arrived at the scene, the fire had been put off but we gathered that the inferno erupted from an 800 KVA generator that exploded after working for several hours. The incident threw the area into confusion with many scampering for safety. A man who identified himself as Mr. Frances, told our correspondent that he had to ran out from his suite to avoid been affected by the inferno, which he said…
Gifts are desirable even though not all are presented with good intentions hence the need to exercise caution each time one receives a gift especially from questionable characters. But Prince Odilibe seems to have thrown caution to the wind after receiving his portrait from Okolobia, whose friend was banished from Abonimi village for practicing occult. Embedded within the portrait are uncanny powers with which the witches are able to monitor and influence activities in the home and the community. The king’s only daughter, Princess Adanna is struck with strange ailment that has defiled solution within the palace. Aged Nwogu, who…
NOT less than 31 films were pushed into the market this week by Film and Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria, with effect from Monday, August 19 this week. They include Lies men tell, Bloody Handshake, Angel of Babylon, Stolen Tomorrow, Osuofia in Brazil, Hour of Mercy and Hope with Tears. Others are Silent Wars, Feed Me More, Two Sister, Bloody Young Money, Ashawo Lagos, Azonto Classic, Blind Soul, Aboki Shine My Shoe, Joy of Victory, Appolonia, Trouble Okomoko, Cry of Innocence and Royal Assignment. The rest are Student Cult, Udaraugo, Despirate Witch, Painful Grace, Running Blood, Broken Mirror, …
Gymnastic Association in Lagos State has begun the search for Olympic champions through the inter-club competition coming up from Friday 23rd to Saturday 24th of August, 2013 at the indoor hall of Lagos State Sports Council, Rowe Park, Yaba. Eight clubs have so far registered for the 5 events namely; vault, floor, parallel, beam and pummel horse. The state government hopes to use the competition to scout for talents that will represent Lagos State at the National Youth Games coming up in Abuja in December this year and perhaps the Olympics. The state of the art gymnastic sports equipment purchase…
The Lagos State Hockey Association is to organise its 2nd Quarter Inter-club grassroots championship from Friday 23rd to Saturday 24th August, 2013. Six hockey clubs in Lagos State; Union Bank Hockey Club, Team Lagos , Nigerian Police Force Hockey club, Temmac Hockey club, Dynamic Scoopers and 90 Degree Hockey club are to expected for the competition. The two day competition which will hold at the Union Bank Sports Complex, Bode Thomas, Surulere, Lagos is being organized to develop hockey at the grassroots level, foster the emergence of more hockey clubs, key into the vision of Lagos State Government on grassroots…
A lawmaker representing Ekiti North 1 Federal Constituency, Mr. Bimbo Daramola has alleged that the Director General of the Nigeria Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mrs. Aruma Oteh is not qualified to head the commission hence the National Assembly is insisting that she should be booted out of office. “When we said Aruma Oteh should go, it was because she is not qualified for the position. She is first class material, first class computer scientist, served in ADP. But the Investors and Security Act, the law that establishes SEC says that whoever will be the DG of SEC must have…
Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele is back in the news, this time, to protect her image. We gathered that some fraudsters now pose on Facebook as Funke Akindele and in the process defrauding many Nigerians. But Tofarati Ige, her image maker has called on Nigerians to shun request from any group inviting people to take part in a movie productions and promotional campaign through her production company, ‘Scene One’. “We wish to state that the star actress, who has a genuine account, will not demand money from anyone to take part in her movie productions or to run her school.…
Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims welfare Board has announced the basic traveling allowance (BTA) for this year’s hajj. According to a statement signed by Secretary to the board, Alhaji Kamaldeen Sanusi BTA of 500 dollars would be exchanged at N146.50 which equal to N 73,250. 00 while 750 dollars at N146.5 would be N109, 875.00 and 1000 dollars at N146.5 would also be N146, 000.00. The board implored all intending pilgrim to visit old secretariat, Ikeja and obtain a Union bank payment teller from the accounts department as from Wednesday 21st of August to 4th of Sept 2013 adding that late…
Lagos State Government has demolished a three-story shopping complex under construction at Oshodi area of Lagos. The shopping complex is situated at Ireti-Oluwa Street along Apapa-Oshodi Express way in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area. The affected building was approved by government officials but was discovered by officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) to have been built without consideration for the necessary setback and space required for a commercial building. The leader of the demolition team and General Manager of the agency, Mrs. Animashaun Odunayo, moved into the area with security operatives to effect the demolition of the building,…