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Fuad Okiki, popularly called FO emerges as the new Lagos State Football Association chairman after defeating Tade Azeez in the just concluded election in the early hours of today amidst shouts of approval and support. A scion of Lagos’ royal Abibu-Oki dynasty and an advocate of grassroots sports, Hon. Fuad …

The legislative arm of Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday, handed a 3-month suspension to the Council’s Chairman, Hon. Ayorinde Abdul-Salam Adebayo over allegations of fraud, absent from office, as well as acts of obstructing the legislative council from performing its statutory functions among other gross …

Adelani Adepegba and Okechukwu Nnodim, write on irregularities in vehicle auction practices at the customs The Nigeria Customs Services has allegedly sold about 6,000 impounded vehicles and other items to selected firms and individuals, The PUNCH has learnt. The auction of the vehicles, it was gathered, was done without open …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) Professor Wahab  Olasupo Egbewole has been appointed the 12th  vice chancellor of University of Ilorin. Egbewole who has been in the institution for the past 25 years emerged  vice chancellor of the institution after a vigorous selection process. The five-year tenure of the outgoing vice …

The Chairman of the Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, speaks to PETER DADA on the call on teachers in public schools to enrol their wards in public school as a way of boosting public confidence in the system You were recently reported to have said it …

Barring any last-minute change, Nigeria will commence assemblage and manufacturing of environmentally friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. Already, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Israeli and Japanese companies for the …

Residents of Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, have kicked against plans by the Lagos State government to construct a ferry terminal in the area. The Chairman of the Lekki Residents Association (LERA), Yomi Idowu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that the government had not informed …

Commercial transporters in Lagos have said that the state government’s plan to roll out a 500,000-seater train will not affect their business because rail lines have and cannot cover the length and breadth of the state. They said the government’s plan to transport citizens via trains would also help reduce …

Two months into the ban of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada in some parts of Lagos, the state government has stipulated three months jail term for erring operators and their passengers found plying restricted routes. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit …

The Body of Benchers, BoB, yesterday held a hybrid meeting to deliberate on some recent developments in the judiciary sector but surprisingly failed to discuss the controversial letter written by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, asking the association’s chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, to recuse himself …