Ayo Balogun, Lagos Tragedy struck at Ikotun area of Lagos, Nigeria when three Togolese siblings were killed and their father seriously burnt when fire gutted their house. The incident, which occurred on Friday at No. 8, Odofin Close, Ikotun saw the house being razed by fire. It was gathered that the sibling’s father, one Pele […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Residents of Lagos State have complained about the tight economic condition, the rise in prices of commodities and the lack of funds to purchase goods in preparation for the upcoming Muslim Eid El-Kabir festival. On his own, Emmanuel, a trader in Ikotun market attributed the lack of patronage to the recent resumption […]
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs Oluseyi Williams as the new Head of service for the state. Until her appointment Mrs Oluseyi Williams was the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Finance. She replaces Adesegun Ogunlewe who retired from office during the week. African Examiner gathered that Governor Fashola […]
By Ruth Bamidele, Lagos …It’s a step in right direction –Ojodu LCDA Boss Shop Owners at the Ogba Retail Market, Lagos have kicked against the proposed re-development of the market by the Ojodu Local Council Development Area. African Examiner gathered that the LCDA is preparing to demolish and rebuild the market into an ultra modern […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Dr. Chris Ngige of Anambra State took his campaign for the forthcoming governorship election to the Igbo community in Lagos, promising that if elected governor, he will build a world class international airport in Anambra. At the rally held at the International Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria, the senator appealed […]
A hit and run car has crushed a man to death on Gbadaga Expressway in Lagos, Nigeria at the early hours of Tuesday. The man, identified as Oguntimehin Oluwayemi was said to have been crushed to death while trying to cross the expressway when the fast moving car crushed him to death and did not […]
The African Examiner The national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos state Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a medical treatment in United States. Tinubu arrived the Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos to a heroic reception from party faithful, family members, and friends. Speaking to journalists on pressing national […]
The African Examiner, In the aftermath of Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has declared three days praying and fasting in the state as he mourned the loss of government officials in the tragedy. The Ondo State Government lost its Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Deji Falae and some other […]
The Associated Airline plane which crashed in Lagos on Thursday was already 23 years old before the crash, says the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) at a press conference. NCAA added that the crashed plane had a subsisting Air Operators Certificate (AOC) and had a current Certificate of Airworthiness, known as (C of A) which […]
By Eric Ojo The new German Consul General of Lagos, Michael Derus has acknowledged the dynamism, vibrancy and vastness of economic activities in Lagos, Nigeria’s business hub. The Consul General said he was impressed by the enormous dynamic of an economic power which can be seen in Lagos as in no other place in the […]
By Our Correspondent, Death toll in today’s plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria has risen to 15 as five people, including the son of the former Governor of Ondo State, Feyi Agagu survive the crash. Feyi and four others were rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, at the initial moment for medical treatment. It […]
By our correspondent …Agagu’s son, wife, other relations may have died in the crash It was another black day in Lagos as 20 people have been confirmed dead as an Akure-bound plane conveying the body of late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu crashed in Lagos, Nigeria. An eye witness disclosed that the […]
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has denounced claims by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that Governor Babatunde Fashola owned 60 percent shares in the N30 billion Intercontinental Lagos Hotel unveiled three days ago. APC described the Bamanga Tukur faction of Lagos PDP as a band of irresponsible characters that excelled […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos A Lagos high court state has fixed October 23 for judgment in the case of a couple, Elochukwu and Chiamaka Nnajiofor, accused of murdering their 14-year-old housemaid. Justice Lateefat Okunnu fixed the judgment date today after the adoption of the final written addresses by the prosecution and the defense. The defendants were […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the interest of national peace and security, following what is undoubtedly a resurgence of deadly attacks believed to be perpetrated by the sect. In a statement issued in Warri, Delta State by its Interim National Publicity, […]
The African Examiner The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has welcome President Goodluck Jonathan’s Independence Day announcement of a national conference for the nation. According to a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, the group has been asking for a Sovereign National Conference and would cooperate with and support the Advisory Council set up […]
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has come out very strongly to accuse the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola of high level of corruption in governance, saying the governor has significant shares in the N30 billion Intercontinental Lagos Hotel unveiled last Sunday. The party, in a statement signed by its spokesman, […]
Kano State has the highest number of hard drug traffickers in Nigeria, says the Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Ahmadu Giade. Giade disclosed this on Monday while on a visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The NDLEA boss told newsmen that Kano State has […]
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has commissioned the tallest hotel in West Africa, Intercontinental Lagos erected at a cost of N30 billion. The hotel, located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeris is a 23-storey building housing 358 rooms and 37 suites and a Presidential suite. The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental […]
Olubunmi Adedayo only son of Mrs Olayinka Adebayo, owner of popular fast food restaurant, Tastee Fried Chicken (TFC) is dead. Information reaching African Examiner said he died on Tuesday, September 24th in the US of heart disease. He was flown to the United States of America, but later died after a long battle with the […]
