Three persons died in the early hours of Thursday when a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) locomotive engine crushed a BRT bus at the PWD bus stop in Lagos. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the accident in a statement. ”On arrival at accident scene, our response team observed […]
Mr Abdulfatah Babatunde, the Deputy Editor-In-Chief/Acting Head of Lagos Operations of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) retired, on Wednesday, upon attaining the age of 60 years. Babatunde retired after 31 years of meritorious service, having joined the service of the Agency in March 1992. He rose through the ranks from Correspondent to Deputy Director […]
Former Lagos Deputy-Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, alongside other elected senators, received her Certificate of Return (CoR) from the INEC, on Tuesday in Abuja. The NewsZenith reports that Adebule won the Lagos West Senatorial District seat in the Feb. 25 National Assembly election. INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, presented the certificate to the senators at the […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, began a campaign tour of major markets, populated by people from the South-East. Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election. This followed the open endorsement for his re-election by Ndigbo community in the state. It was a rousing welcome for the […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assembled a team of 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to represent it at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. APC National Legal Adviser, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The team is, besides 50 SANs, led by Chief Wole Olankpekun (SAN), put […]
A member of House of Representatives, from Badagry Constituency, Babatunde Hunpe, has mobilised 500 N-Power beneficiaries and volunteers for Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid. Speaking during the programme, on Tuesday, Hunpe commended the people of Badagry for voting en-mass for Sen. Bola Tinubu and other APC candidates during the Feb. 25 elections. He said Gov. Sanwo-Olu […]
Lagos State Governorship Candidate of the Action Alliance, Mr Abdulrazaq Tope Balogun, on Tuesday said he had not slept at home in the past year due to his political ambition. The 40-year-old politician told The NewsZenith in Lagos, that he sacrificed the comfort of sleeping in his house to enable him to study Lagos State […]
A 44-year-old landlord, Okechukwu Chukwunahi, was on Tuesday docked in an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, for an alleged ‘trial by ordeal’. The Police charged the defendant with conspiracy and trial by ordeal. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Simon Uche, told the court that the defendant committed the offence […]
The Grand Khalifa of Tijaniyya, Sheikh Aminullah Akoshile, has urged Muslims in the Lagos State to re-elect Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office. Akoshile made the appeal when he led a delegation of Tijaniyya leaders in Lagos State on a solidarity visit to the governor and his deputy, Dr Babafemi Hamzat at […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it recorded N503 billion in repayment of loans under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), representing 52.39 per cent. Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department, Dr AbdulMumin Isa, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Isa said that the apex bank remained committed to its developmental mandate […]