The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, says the contractors handling the Lagos-Ibadan expressway construction would be held accountable for accidents on the road for failing to provide safety signs. Abiodun, while conducting an on-the-spot assessment of the Ogere toll gate end of the reconstruction work on Wednesday, read the riot acts, saying the failure of…
Trust Africa news, By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it is awaiting a response from the government on the report of the judicial panel of inquiry on Restitution for victims of SARS related abuses and other matters. “The Lagos State Government has noted the various reactions that have followed the submission…
The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Annex, Lagos, is investigating a prince and two others (names withheld) for alleged $38,200 (about N22.5 million) fraud. “The said suspect (prince) was arrested because he introduced the actual suspect who is out of the country. “The said suspect (prince) has been released while the investigation continues,” the…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned a multi-level car park and facility building at Onikan to ease the age-long parking problem and ensure free flow of traffic in parts of Lagos Island. The Governor said the facility, with a capacity to accommodate 384 cars on five…
Social media skit maker Ahmed Gafar aka Cute Abiola has been declared missing by friends and family for over 24 hours. A statement shared on Tuesday evening by comedian Mr Macaroni said Cute Abiola, a Nigerian naval officer left his residence at about 6:00 a.m. on Monday for office at Navy Town, but nothing had…
The manner of the unprovoked and unjustifiable killing of unarmed and peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020, was a massacre, says the Lagos judicial panel. “At the Lekki Tollgate, officers of the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenceless protesters, without provocation or justification, while they were…
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has kept his mouth following the Lagos judicial panel’s report that affirmed that Nigerian soldiers massacred unarmed and peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20 last year. Mr Mohammed has rabidly denied the soldiers killed protesters, predominantly Nigerian youths, at the Lekki facility. After the report…
•Committee to submit Report in Two weeks •Okuwobi: Panel treated 235 petitions, awarded a total of N410 million to 70 victims Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Monday said there are doubts and “unanswered questions” on the appointment of Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, as a Professor of Cyber Security by the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), adding that the appointment violates the rules. “There are serious doubt and unanswered questions…
