Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, recently received an Omoluabi award in Italy. Obasa was honoured in Italy on Thursday, July 28, 2016, during the celebration of Yoruba Culture Day in Naples. Representative of Ooni of Ife, Erelu Tunwase of Yorubaland, Mrs Ajiun Ayorinde, presented the award plague to Obasa while…
Police in Ogun State have rescued a girl who was allegedly chained by her aunt in Abeokuta, the state capital. It was learnt that the victim, 10-year-old Promise Udeh, was allegedly chained by the suspect, Chiamaka Okafor, at their residence at Adigbe area of Abeokuta. She was rescued on Thursday when neighbours living close to…
A police inspector attached to the Railway Police Command in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, has been detained for allegedly stealing bunches of plantain. The cop, identified only as Joseph, was said to have gone into the commissioner’s lodge and harvested plantains without any authority. He was further said to have brought two trucks into the command to…
On March 29, 2015, when President Muhammadu Buhari made the statement “I belong to everyone and I belong to nobody”, a lot of people didn’t believe he meant what he had said. However, as his anti-corruption fight started and took shape the President gathered fans. As corrupt individuals were picked and prosecuted he gathered more…
The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has kicked off a three-day programme of activities to unveil the State’s new tourism brand tagged ‘One Lagos’ at the Lagos Bar Beach during the grand finale on Friday July 29. Commissioner for Tourism in the State, Folorunso Folarin-Coker, during an interactive session with newsmen, disclosed…
Following the controversies trailing the funds raised for the purported treatment of a cancer patient named Mayowa Ahmed abroad, the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has directed a full investigation into the matter. To this effect, the Access Bank account of the patient, where donations were made into, has been frozen by…
A new coordinator for the Nigeria Impact Awards has been announced. Also, a new logo has been unveiled for the annual awards ceremony. According to a statement signed by the awards’ Media & Corporate Relations Executive, Bunmi Obarotimi and was made available to newsmen, the responsibility of coordination has shifted from the pioneer coordinator and…
Family of Mayowa Ahmed, the lady who is suffering from ovarian cancer and funds raised for her treatment abroad, has reacted to reports that they scammed Nigerians. It was earlier alleged that Mayowa never needed any money for treatment abroad because doctors at LUTH, where she is receiving treatment, allegedly claimed no hospital in the…
Controversy has already started trailing the raising of funds for a cancer patient named Mayowa Ahmed. The campaign to raise money for the ovarian cancer patient, who was also claimed to be a sickle cell patient, was spearheaded by Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu. Several people, both home and abroad donated for the treatment of the…
Everyone hopes to have a wedding ceremony at some point in their life and most have dreams of what and how it would be, where it would and the excitement of it all. No one ever dreams of the amount of stress that comes with planning the wedding, though, especially in cases where the couple…