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 The Lagos State Government would like to, once again, acknowledge with deep regret the unfortunate elevator accident of Tuesday, 1st August 2023 at the House Officer’s residence of the General Hospital, Odan, which resulted in the death of Dr. Vwaere Diaso, a vibrant young house officer. We commiserate with her family and her colleagues and pray for the repose of her soul. As a Government, we feel the pain of this irreparable loss. May The Almighty console them and give them the strength to go through this difficult time. The Lagos State Government, in recognition of the importance of providing functional and comfortable accommodation for health workers, outsourced the management of the House Officers Quarters to a facility management company. The Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) oversees the activities of the facility management company. Following the incident, we immediately set up a panel to look into its likely causes, identify persons who might...

"They Have Arrived London": 13 Ghanaians Driving From Accra to UK Make it to London, Video Goes Viral After driving for 16 days, the 13 Ghanaians driving on the road from Accra to the UK have hit London. The fearless drivers never gave up on their journey, and they have now achieved their dreams after crossing deserts and rivers. A video showed how they celebrated when they drove into the city of London.  Watch video below. 

 Millions lost as  Comedian/Actor Ayo Makun popularly known as 'AY's house is currently on fire. I just pray he insured this his mansion.  Details later…… Watch video below and one more photo below

Trigger Happy Policeman Shoots Man Dead At Elekehia Bar In Front Of His Wife And Children Ogona Anita Ogona Anita The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested a Police Officer, attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF) 43 squadron Gombe state over the killing of one Mr Olafuro Peterside at Elekehia area in Port Harcourt on the 3rd of August, 2023. Mr. Peterside who is  married with children was hit by a stray bullet from the gun of the officer at a popular bar in Elekehia. The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko confirmed the incident to newsmen at the Police Headquarters in Moscow Road in Port Harcourt. SP Iringe Koko said the deceased man was with his wife and three children when the Police Officer shot into air in response to an alarm raised by some persons that there were robbers around the area. SP Koko stated that the bullet from the gun of the officer hit Mr Peterside who was rushed to a hospital where he was confirmed dead. She sai...

Nigeria’s Power Challenges Will Be Over In 7 Years Under Tinubu – El- Rufai Nigeria’s power challenges will be over within the next seven years with the implementation of the vision, plans and programme of the President Tinubu’s government, Nasir El-Rufai, the ministerial nominee from Kaduna state said at his Senate screening. El-Rufai, the former governor tapped by Tinubu to solve Nigeria’s power challenges had been involved in the sector long enough to know where all the bones are buried. He was a former director general of the Bureau of Public Enterprise and drafted the rules for Nigeria’s power sector privatisation as well as an early draft of what became the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The former governor explained that the vision was to fix power generation challenges that constrain gas to power plants, starting with putting gas and power under one roof. He said the ministry will also remove politics from the business of transmission asset procurement and review the ownership a...

Subsidy: Schools to reduce activities to cut costs — NAPPS 6th Aug 2023  The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has disclosed that they have concluded plans to reduce school activities that are not directly necessary to cut costs. The National President of NAPPS, Chief Abayomi Otubela, who stated this at the groundbreaking ceremony of N800 million NAPPS National Secretariat Conference Centre in Bwari, Abuja, said considering the hardship in the country caused by fuel subsidy removal, schools would ensure only core curricular activities are focused on.  “We want to say that some of our social activities will be reduced in terms of the kind of money we pump into that. We also want to begin to organise staff quarters around where the schools are existing to reduce the cost of transportation for the staff and where we could not build quarters, we can rent apartment and pay ahead and deduct on instalment basis,” Otubela said. The president also noted tha...

Court Sends Banker, Eight Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin City Andrew Nwadiashi a 40 year-old banker and eight internet fraudsters were on Friday, August 4, 2023, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice M. Itsueli of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.   The others are Osawa Marvellous, Etinosa Ogieva, Erharruyi Osaigbovo, Isaac Godstime Eghosa, Obasohan Kelvin, Evans Jessa Mike, Timothy Odion and Festus Efe Iyengunmwena Nwadiashi was arrested following a petition by First Bank sometime in 2020. As Head, Non-Financial Transaction at Warri branch of the bank in Delta State, he allegedly disregarded banking policy and debited a customer’s account to the tune of N9, 354,000.00. During investigation the banker confessed to the offence. The eight other defendants were arrested following intelligence which linked them to internet fraud activities They were subsequently arraigned on separate one count charges bordering on stealing, retention of proceeds of illegal...