Sanwo-Olu Issues Final Warning to Lagos-Badagry Expressway Squatters, Announces Waste Upgrades
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has issued a final notice to illegal traders and occupants on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway median, declaring that a massive demolition and clearance exercise will commence…
NCC Pledges Incentives for Local Smartphone Factories, Seeks Presidential Backing
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Idris Olorunnimbe, has pledged to seek presidential incentives for investors ready to build smartphone factories in Nigeria….
Lagos intensifies sanitation enforcement, seals defaulting houses in Kosofe
The Lagos State Government on Saturday intensified enforcement of environmental sanitation regulations in Kosofe Local Government Area, sealing some residential buildings for violating sanitation laws. Some houses on Olorunfunmi Street,…
Global Drug Use Hits Record 331 Million as Potent Synthetics Reshape Markets, UN Warns
The An estimated 331 million people used drugs in 2024, the UN World Drug Report 2026, released by UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Friday, has disclosed. This…
Tinubu Signs NIMC Act 2026 into Law to Boost Digital ID, Cybersecurity
President Bola Tinubu on Friday signed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2026 into law, strengthening Nigeria’s legal framework for digital identity management, cybersecurity and national security. The signing…
Alakija Buiding Collapse: Lagos Govt. Orders Controlled Demolition of Adjoining Unsafe Structures
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it will carry out a controlled demolition of distressed buildings adjoining the Alakija Bus Stop collapse site at 4:00 p.m. on Friday….
SMEDAN launches N500m zero-interest grow fund for MSMEs
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has launched a N500 million zero-interest Grow Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. SMEDAN Director-General,…
Chilling Arrest in Lagos: 21-Year-Old Caught on Lekki-Epe Expressway with Human Hand, Pistols
The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended a 21-year-old suspected armed robber found in possession of a suspected human hand, firearms and other weapons. The police apprehended the suspect…
Troops rescue 53 civilians, intercept terrorist logistics in Borno, Yobe
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 53 civilians from a terrorist roadblock in Borno State and arrested two suspected logistics suppliers to terrorists in neighbouring Yobe State. The military…
Police nabs 3 over alleged exhumation, skull theft in Osun
The Osun Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly exhuming a corpse and removing the skull of a deceased man at Oba-Ile in Olorunda Local Government Area of the…