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This decision is not cast on stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health     The Lagos State Government has directed all state-owned tertiary institutions to resume on September 14. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Saturday. “This decision is not cast on stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health,” Sanwo-Olu said.  

Chelsea confirm £50m Ben Chilwell transfer on five-year deal as he becomes Frank Lampard’s third addition to squad CHELSEA have completed the £50million signing of Ben Chilwell from Leicester City on a five-year contract. Frank Lampard has been eager to recruit a new left-back this summer, having not been convinced by Marcos Alonso or Emerson Palmieri. The England ace arrives as Lampard's new first-choice left-backCredit: Twitter @ChelseaFC And the Blues boss has secured his man, with England ace Chilwell, 23, arriving from the King Power Stadium. Upon sealing his move, a delighted Chilwell told Chelsea's official website: "I am delighted to be joining Chelsea at this very exciting time for the club. "I’m looking forward to being a part of this young, dynamic squad led by Frank Lampard as we challenge for honours next season. "I can’t wait to get started and hopefully it won’t be long before we’re playing in front of the Chelsea fans at St

Commuters were stranded on Wednesday afternoon along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway as commercial bus drivers stopped operations. It was gathered that some operatives of the Lagos State TaskForce had earlier stormed the Abule-Egba and Ijaiye areas in the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state. The Taskforce officers were said to have been on enforcement duty when some unknown persons confronted them with dangerous weapons. It was learnt that the Task force operatives shot at the hoodlums suspected to be transport workers and allegedly gunned down two of the hoodlums. The ensuing confrontation caused a scare as commuters and traders in the areas scampered for safety. The Chairman of the Task force, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, confirmed the incident but denied that his men gunned down any of the hoodlums. He said, “Some hoodlums came in three buses to attack some of our men and we faced them. “We got the information from the National Union of Road Transpor

A branch of Access Bank at Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State has been gutted by fire on Wednesday.  PUNCH gathered that a part of the bank's building was gutted by fire after a petrol tanker exploded near it. "Our men are on the ground, trying to combat the inferno. Thanks for notifying us," it tweeted via @Fedfireng.  Federal Fire Service confirmed the incident at 10.20 am.

   The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Edward Ajogun, on Tuesday, disclosed that he and his men employed technology to smoke out alleged serial killer and drug addict, Feyisola Dosumu, from a dungeon and shot him dead. Ajogun said the command employed technology to fish out the suspect when it became difficult to apprehend him where he hid in the bush. Dosumu, aka Spartan, had been declared wanted by the police. He had reportedly killed no fewer than seven people in Ogere and Iperu-Remo, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspect was shot dead by joint security forces in Ogere on Tuesday. Ajogun explained that the suspect was killed in his dungeon built in the bush in the Ogere area, after two days of operations. He said, “We employed the reactive means of always combing the bush each time this thing happens. He started this in April, then on August 21, he killed another victim. “Yesterday (Monday), we almost arrested him, but he slipped through ou

Former Managing Director of Polaris Bank Plc Mr. Adetokunbo Mukail Abiru has finally joined the race for the Lagos East Senatorial District By-Election by picking up nomination and Expression of Interest Forms at the State party Secretariat.   The Ikorodu born Politician was received at the APC party Secretariat ACME by the State Chairman Hon Babatunde Balogun and State Party Executives.    The visit availed him the opportunity to address the party leaders on his Legislatives agenda and plans for the district, State and Nigeria .  

The federal government has appointed the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, John Momoh, as acting chairman of the governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. Mr Momoh, who is the president of the institution’s alumni association, has been a member of the council representing the association. His appointment follows the removal of lawyer and businessman, Wale Babalakin, from the position over the leadership crisis in the university. In a letter addressed to the ace broadcaster dated August 21, 2020, and signed by the permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, Mr Momoh was directed to convene an emergency meeting of the council to “consider and, if found suitable, approve the senate nomination of the acting Vice-Chancellor for University of Lagos, in line with the enabling Act.” The letter which is referenced; FME/PS/606/C.I/III/129, is titled; “Emergency Meeting of the Governing Council of University of Lagos.” It further reads in

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a new route used by criminally minded persons to import drugs into Nigeria. The Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Colonel Muhammad Abdallah (rtd), who disclosed this, said the agency has discovered another 40-foot container at Brawal terminal in Lagos. He explained that the discovery was made during follow up investigations by the NDLEA after the police intercepted a 40-foot container laden with about 40 cartons of tramadol and other banned drugs, concealed in cartons of brushes. A joint examination conducted on the container revealed that 255 cartons of different types of tramadol and other banned medicines were concealed therein. According to Abdallah, further investigation by the NDLEA revealed that the tramadol was manufactured in Pakistan; a newly discovered country for the manufacturing of such drugs formerly known to have its origin in India. He described the latest discovery as a major br

‌   The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Tuesday, paraded a commercial boat helmsman, Bimbo Elebiju, for allegedly causing the death of 12 of his passengers while conveying them to their destinations. The victims were said to have drowned after the wave of a ship sailing along the Kirikiri waterfront made the boat, which engine had been switched off during an argument between Bimbo and his passengers over the fare, to capsize. Odumosu, while parading Bimbo at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said 20 passengers boarded the boat from Kirikiri to Badagry, but while on the way, the passengers disagreed with the helmsman on the fare. Odumosu said Bimbo indicated that the fare was N1,500, but the passengers insisted on paying N1,200, adding that the helmsman switched off the engine of the boat by the waterfront because of the N300 difference in fare. He stated that when the ship sailed along, the wave made the boat to drift towards a stationary barge, wher

   Lance Corporal Ajayi Kayode, a serving military personnel in Lagos State, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud.  Kayode was arrested in the Lekki axis of the state by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.      Ajayi Kayode The soldier, who was arrested alongside 26 others, said he was still learning "yahoo yahoo" (Internet fraud) from his friends when he was nabbed.  He confessed that his friends, who were teaching him, had told him that cybercrime was the best way to make quick money hence his involvement. EFCC spokesperson, Mr Dele Oyewale, disclosed the arrest of Kayode in a statement on Monday.  He said Kayode with service number NAF18/34732, was arrested on Saturday following intelligence received from concerned members of the public about his alleged involvement in criminal activities. EFCC Arrests Soldier, 26 Others For Internet Fraud In Lagos pic.twitter.com/bE15haS2Hp — EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) August 17, 2

  A 34 -year-old man, John Otema,  has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, for raping a 19-year-old student of UNILAG on campus. Otema, a UNILAG graduate, was charged before Justice Abiola Soladoye with three counts of rape and assault occasioning harm on two female students.   He was found guilty on two-counts of rape and assault occasioning harm in respect of the rape of the 19-year-old student.   He was therefore sentenced to 50-years in prison for the rape and three-years in prison for the assault with both sentences to run concurrently.  

By: Olusegun Apena   A member of Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) Chief Lanre Rasak who was pronounced dead early morning of Saturday is reported to have died as a result of failed surgical operation. Chief Rasak, a former commissioner for transportation in Lagos, was said to have been indisposed for several weeks and was not attending political meetings before passing on. A Source very close to one of his Aides disclosed to The Lagosian that the deceased had already concluded arrangement to travel abroad for medical treatment over an undisclosed ailment before the outbreak of Covid-19 prevented him from embarking on the proposed trip.  The source further revealed that after waiting several weeks for the global lockdown to be lifted his state of health  worsened and was taken to Reddington Hospital, Lagos where he eventually gave up the ghost after unsuccessful surgical operation. Confirming his death, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, disclos

The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has offered to partner Virtual Entrepreneurship on a five-day online workshop, aimed at boosting the number of resourceful and employable graduates across the state. The workshop, tagged “Authorize Guidance: Panacea to Empowerment", schedule to hold on Zoom, whatapp, online T.V and other Platform, aimed at helping to connect theory with global best practices, develop positive role models, and compete favourably with their colleagues from private and foreign tertiary institutions. According to the project initiator, Seyi Bamigbade, "The objective of the Scheme is to train 70,000 Participants in the following skill-sets: Online Marketing, Agro Business, Exportations and Website Design.  "It is therefore a novel approach to create wealth by way of empowerment through the acquisition of quick skill-sets for immediate employment opportunities and introduce the participants to relevant professio

  The online movie streaming giant, Netflix, has delivered tech gadgets to Nigeria’s internet sensation, Ikorodu Bois. The kids, who are famous for remaking movie clips and music videos, shared the news on Twitter.  The Twitter post showed the boys ecstatically showing off their presents which, at a glance, had the likes of a Voice Recorder, Camera, Boom Microphone, Tripods, iMac computer, and other tech accessories to help with future production.  Guyssss!! @NetflixFilm sent us this presents omg!😭 thank you guys @NetflixFilm pic.twitter.com/8hD2u8uwI5 — ikorodu bois (@IkoroduB) August 12, 2020 Towards the end of June 2020, the boys, made up of four filmmakers – a team of brothers and cousins, Babatunde, 23, Muiz, 15, Fawas, 13 and Malik, 10, got international attention when they remade a trailer of Chris Hemsworth’s movie, Extraction. Extraction, an action film starring ‘Thor’ star, Chris Hemsworth has become one of the most-watched movies on Netfl

By Olusegun Apena The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Lagos East Senatorial Districts and Kosofe Constituency II bye-elections for 31 October.   A statement by National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said:  “The Commission met today 11th August 2020 and reviewed preparations for Edo and Ondo States Governorship elections, the conduct of the Nasarawa Central State Constituency election held on Saturday 8th August as well as all outstanding by-elections”. He added: “Several vacancies have occurred in both Federal and State Legislative Houses as a result of resignation or death of members, affecting 12 constituencies across 8 States of the Federation. “As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission decided earlier to suspend the conduct of all by-elections until it is satisfied that the elections can be conducted in a safe and conducive environment. “Since then, the Commission has deve

The Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, Hon. Babatunde Oke has been reported dead. Reports have it that Hon. Oke died early this morning at ST. Nicholas hospital from coronavirus complications. He was reported to have been receiving treatment at Gbagada Isolation centre after contracting Covid-19 and was moved to Saint Nicholas Hospital after his state of health worsened.

  Nigerian rapper and actor, Falz has lambasted Diezani Alison-Madueke for her statement about yahoo boys becoming role models in Nigeria. Recall,  Diezani made the statement while delivering a lecture at a virtual event which was also attended by former President Goodluck Jonathan.   Speaking at an event organised by the Ijaw National Development Group on Friday, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources blasted Nigerian youths for adopting yahoo boys as role models.   In her words; “The ones that have swag, the Yahoo Yahoo boys as my son would say; these in short, are the role models they are looking at. These are the ones that reinforce negative societal norms and values,” Nigerians were largely oppose to her comment as many felt she was a contributory factor to the search for illegal means of survival. Singer Falz has now reacted to the former petroleum minister’s outburst, saying she is the ‘real yahoo yahoo’ person here. He shared a photo of D

    A Sharia court in Kano State has sentenced a musician, Yahaya Sharif Aminu, to death for one of his songs alleged to be blasphemous against Prophet Muhammad. At the court on Monday, the presiding judge, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging, Daily Trust reports. The musician is said to be a member of the Islamic Tijjaniya sect and Faidha group. Aminu was arrested after a protest by Muslims in the state where they threatened to take laws into their hands. The angry youth had earlier set ablaze the family house of the musician in Kano municipality. This comes weeks after a humanist, Mubarak Bala, was arrested by the police in Kano and issued death threats over a Facebook post said to be blasphemous against Prophet Muhammad. His whereabouts remain unknown despite a court order mandating the police to release Bala.

    KAYODE ODUNARO Among current legislators in Nigeria at State and Federal levels it will be difficult to find one with a record of unbroken service at State and Federal legislature like Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola a.k.a Yayi. Starting off his legislative career in Lagos State House of Assembly in 2003 as a representative of Alimosho 2 State Constituency, the then rookie lawmaker on account of his accountancy calling was made the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance. No doubt that he performed his law making, representative and oversight functions admirably as he was re-elected for a second term in 2007 where he retained his chairmanship of the House Finance Committee and joint Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation. At the end of the second tenure at the Lagos State House of Assembly, with much people oriented projects for his constituents in the areas of education, health, provision of water and electricity and skills acquisitions as well as partaking in

    The remains of Senator Buruji Kashamu were buried on Sunday, amidst wailing by sympathisers who thronged his Ijebu-Igbo country home of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, to witness his burial. Kashamu, who represented Ogun East Senatorial district during the 8th Assembly, passed on, on Saturday at the First Cardiology Consultants hospital in Lagos, as a result of COVID-19 complications.   The senator, was however, buried at around 12: 45p.m at his private residence in accordance with Islamic rites. Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, former deputy governors in the state, Senator Gbenga Kaka and Segun Adesegun, were among dignitaries who paid their late respect to the late Senator. Other dignitaries in attendance at the burial included Senator Lekan Mustapha, the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who was represented by Abdul-Majeed Ekelojumati,

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has said it will not reopen its churches in Lagos and Ogun states, despite the federal and state governments allowing for worship centres to reopen. The ministry, in a statement by the Chairman, MFM Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, on Friday, noted that the church would not reopen in the two states until the tentative date of September 13, 2020. Bank-Olemoh said, “The leadership of this ministry is aware that the governments of Lagos and Ogun states had announced that churches could resume worship in their physical church buildings as from August 9 and 16, 2020, respectively. “However, the leadership of MFM hereby states as follows: MFM will not reopen all her regions, zones, branches and facilities in Lagos and Ogun states for now. This period would be utilised to put in place all the necessary COVID-19 preventive and safety protocols as stipulated by the Federal Government, Nigeria Centre for Disease Con

  Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Chukwuemeka Okoye popularly known as Frodd is currently in a joyful mood as he was gifted a brand new Benz whip barely a day after he was insulted by an internet troll. The reality star was blessed by music executive, Obiajunwa Justine Chinonso A.K.A Sir Justine and he(Frodd) could not hold back the joy and he took to his social media page to share the good news. Sharing the photos, he wrote ;   Yesterday i was insulted on Instagram by a troll and see what happened. Jeesussszss somebody please wake me up , it’s not a joke . My God My God , @sir_justine you meant it …. A CAR GIFT God my new car My new carrrr ooooooooooooooooooo @sir_justine Sir Justine God will bless you , God will bless you .. Graaaaaceeee Thank you sir  

 An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded N1 million damages against Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. Justice Ibidun Harrison described as “unlawful” EKEDC’s refusal to connect the customer to electricity for unpaid bill consumed by a former occupant of the building.   The plaintiff/claimant, Mr Sunday Babalola, had through an originating summons, sued EKEDC for the refusal to connect his building to electricity for an outstanding bill owed EKEDC by a former occupant of the building. While delivering the judgment, Justice Harrison said: “The court finds that the claimant who is more or less a new customer is not entitled to pay the outstanding bill consumed by the former occupant of the building, unless there is an agreement to exonerate the former landlord of the arrears.   “The refusal to connect the claimant’s building to electricity is unlawful. “The defendant (EKEDC

By: Olusegun Apena The Police have arrested a robbery suspect Ismail Yusuf who was alledged to have stolen an iPhone 11 from a passenger in a tricycle two weeks ago. The robbery suspect was reported to have been arrested this afternoon by men of Rapid Response Squad who were on patrol at Iyana Ipaja after the victim raised an alarm and informed the security personnel on sighting the robbery suspect. The police officers apprehended Yusuf after chasing him down and was reported to have offered bribe to the police officers to secure his release which they rejected. The suspect has however been taken to Ipaja Police Station for further investigation.

Mark Zuckerberg has joined the world’s most exclusive club of the ultra rich. Mark Zuckerberg now worth $100 billion. The Facebook CEO on Thursday became a centibillionaire, someone who is worth at least $100 billion. He crossed the milestone after shares in the social network surged. Only two other men, Amazon (AMZN)’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft (MSFT)’s Bill Gates, have bigger personal fortunes. Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook from his Harvard dorm room in 2004, and his biggest asset is still his 13% stake in the company, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index, which tracks the world’s wealthiest people. The 36-year-old is also Facebook’s chairman and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg’s wealth got its latest bump as Facebook’s stock climbed 6.5% Thursday, a day after the company launched its TikTok clone, Reels, on Instagram.

A four-count charge was brought against the artiste by the prosecuting team, which he denied.     A Federal Capital Territory mobile court in Abuja on Friday imposed a N200,000 fine on Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, for violating the Presidential Task Force guidelines on COVID-19. A four-count charge was brought against the artiste by the prosecuting team, which he denied. The presiding magistrate, Idayat Akanni, who handed down the sentence, ordered Naira Marley to pay N50,000 on each of the four counts brought against him. He was also mandated to publish a public apology to the Federal Government of Nigeria in a national newspaper. The musician had on June 13, 2020 flown into Abuja with his crew for a concert at the Jabi Lake Mall. Earlier on Thursday, he was penalised in Lagos for the same offence.

The Lagos police command on Thursday arraigned Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley and his Manager, Seyi Awouga, for violating interstate travel ban during the COVID-19 travel restriction. Naira Marley, who is not a stranger to controversies, was also indicted when he showed up at a party which actress, Funke Akindele, organised in honour of her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, also known as JJC Skillz, in April. According to a statement released by Lagos Police spokesman, Bala Elkana, Naira Marley and his manager were arraigned on a one count charge at the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court, Oshodi around 3:30pm. On June 13, the controversial singer embarked on a non-essential travel from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos the same date, through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja for a musical concert in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The concert was organised by Play Network Africa, Traffic Bar, and El’Carnival, and was sponsored by Gle

English Premier League clubs voted against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game next season at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday. Clubs were allowed to increase the number of substitutes from three per match in the 2019-20 campaign when the league restarted in June, after a three-month hiatus due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Teams will revert to using up to three substitutes per match in the 2020-21 campaign, with a maximum of seven substitutes on the bench, the league said here in a statement. Soccer’s rule-making body IFAB, in May, changed the rules governing the maximum number of substitutes, looking to help teams battling possible fixture congestion as they tried to complete the season in a short period of time. The IFAB said last month that teams could continue to use up to five substitutes next season, but left it up to individual federations and leagues to decide if they wanted to adopt the rule. The Premier League ad

    Back on the beat   By Gboyega Akosile Thank God I am back at my duty post! I returned to work today, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 after several weeks away, battling the monstrous Coronavirus. It began with a feverish condition on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. I usually don’t joke with my health so I stopped at a pharmacy on my way home, got an anti malaria drug with some paracetamol and I used it as recommended. I must state here that I have never completed a full dose of any malaria treatment or drugs before getting back on my feet in my adult life, never! In fact, you would have to remind me sometimes before taking my drugs because I would have felt well after taking the second dose. This time, I completed the malaria medicine yet there was no improvement. By Thursday (July 2) evening and Friday (July 3) morning, my health condition had started to deteriorate. The feelings gradually moved from headaches to severe body pains and cold. Same day, I had a responsibility to organi