LAGOS SET FOR COLOURFUL 2026 FANTI CARNIVAL TO CELEBRATE AFRO-BRAZILIAN HERITAGE, CULTURE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans for the 2026 Lagos Fanti Carnival, positioning the annual cultural festival as a major...
FG LAUNCHES UNIFIED POVERTY REGISTER, TARGETS N3.2TN TO BOOST PROSPERITY
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Federal Government has unveiled a unified national poverty register and proposed a N3.2tn humanitarian and poverty reduction fund to streamline interventions,...
PETROL TRUCK CRASH KILLS SIX IN IBADAN
A petroleum truck on Tuesday crushed no fewer than six persons to death along the Beere/Agodi Road in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
BAYO ADELABU APOLOGISES TO NIGERIANS OVER EPILEPTIC POWER SUPPLY
BY JEN NOMAMIUKOR Bayo Adelabu, the minister of power, said sorry to Nigerians for the bad electricity supply and the frequent power cuts that have...
LAGOS CONVENES HIGH-LEVEL FORUM TO ENFORCE ZERO TOLERANCE ON BUILDING COLLAPSE
By: Hammad Fasasi The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory (LSMTL), on Tuesday,...
SINGER ASA LOSES MOTHER
Nigerian singer-songwriter, Bukola Elemide, popularly known as Asa, has announced the death of her mother following a sudden brain tumour. The 43-year-old musician made the...
YELWATA KILLINGS TRIAL HALTED AS DEFENDANT COLLASPE IN COURT
The trial of people connected to the 2025 Yelwata killings stopped on Tuesday because one of the accused fell down in court. Nine defendants —...
LAGOS MUST DEVELOP MAKOKO FOR MASSES- FALANA
HOTJIST NEWS Femi Falana, the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has urged the Lagos state government to develop the Makoko waterfront settlements for the benefit...
COURT JAILS REPEAT FRAUDSTER THREE YEARS OVER N12M BANKING FRAUD IN LAGOS
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a repeat fraud offender, Oluokun Gabriel Adekola,...
PLATEAU GOVERNORSHIP ASPIRANT SET TO DEFECT TO ADC AFTER LEAVING APC
By:Tajudeen Aminat Barely two days after resigning from the all progressives congress, a former governorship aspirant in plateau state, brigadier general john sura (retd), has...