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Lateefa Okunnu, judge of the Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Okey Nwosu, a former managing director, Finbank Plc, to three years imprisonment over N10 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Nwosu alongside Dayo Famuroti, Agnes Ebubedike and Danjuma …

The Lagos State Government has paid a huge sum of money to forensic experts to unearth the truth of what happened at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of SARS and police …

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said the death of the institution’s eighth Vice-chancellor, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe came as a rude shock to the university Community. In a statement, Ogundipe noted that Ibidapo-Obe, who died at 71 contributed a lot to the university’s development. …

SGF Boss Mustapha The Federal Government has published the passport numbers of 100 travellers, who failed to undergo the mandatory COVID-19 test after their return to Nigeria. Details of the passports were published by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Saturday. “Based on Presidental authority, travel restrictions are placed …

   Dear Nigerians, Corona was a blessing and also a curse. A blessing because it reminded us of the importance of life and how the slightest negligence can result in a worse accident. It is also a reminder, of how the greatest asset of ANY government is their Human Resources …

Telecom giant, MTN, says the deadline given for subscribers to update their SIM registration records with the National Identification Number (NIN) is welcome development. In a disclosure notice sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the telecom company also revealed some resolutions stakeholders in the industry had with the Nigerian government. MTN said …

WATCH OUT FOR HOW AFRICA’S AFRO-POP SENSATION, HOLMES IS TAKING OVER THE MUSIC SCENE Nigeria’s talented music sensation, Umughare Aghogho Prosper popularly known as Holmes, who is fast establishing himself as one of the great artistes on the continent with his Afro-fusion genre of pleasant sound has continued to break …

Five professors, including Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, are in the final race to succeed Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun (SAN) as the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. Olatunji-Bello is the wife of Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello. She is an …

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) says it has “conditionally” called off its 9-month-old strike. Bidoun Ogunyemi, ASUU national president, broke the news on Wednesday during a briefing of the union in Abuja. He also disclosed that the decision was reached after consultations with its national executive council (NEC). …

The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Tuesday announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight …