Tragedy hit Lagos early morning of Sunday, 9 July, 2023 as an 18-seater passenger bus crashed into a stationary trailer, with all 18 passengers feared dead, reports thegazellenews.com This medium learnt that the incident occurred at a place called Agemowo, very close to Mowo, on the Lagos-Badagry highway. Thegazellenews.com learnt that the accident might have been caused by over-speeding which might have resulted in a brake failure which made the bus to crash into the stationary trailer. Sources told this medium that as at the time of writing this report, there have been no report of any survivor in the…
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has appointed Lagos State University (LASU) Professor, Basirat Olusola Oladipupo as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology LASUSTECH), reports thegazellenews.com. Professor Oladipupo’s appointment was made public via a letter signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The letter was dated Wednesday, 5 July, 2023. Her letter of appointment indicated that the erudite academic and experienced scholar would serve as the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration of the newly established university based in Ikorodu. She would serve for five years: from 25 May, 2023 to 25…
The long wait for the re-opening of Eko Bridge in Lagos State has ended. The flyover is now open for vehicular traffic, 15 months after it was closed by the Federal Government for a major repair. The bridge was severely damaged at Apogbon section during a fire caused by illegal trading under it. The intensity of the inferno was said to have weakened major components and supporting pillars of the bridge, prompting its closure for extensive repair on the entire stretch. Eko Bridge is one of the three bridges linking the mainland to the Island of Lagos. The bridge’s reopening…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday, 8 July, 2023, joined President Bola Tinubu, ex-Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd); Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State; former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Nations, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and other eminent Nigerians to attend the funeral service of the founder of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Otunba Micheal Olasubomi Balogun. The funeral service, which was a Holy Communion Service, held at The Cathedral Church Of Our Saviour, Italawajoda, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, was presided over by the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos and Bishop of Remo…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ajax Football of Holland have confirmed that its former goal keeper and Manchester United of England icon, Edwin Van Der Sar suffered brain haemorrhage while on holiday in Croatia and he is currently admitted in an hospital in the country. The club in a statement issued on Friday, 17 July, 2023 said the 52-year-old Dutchman was flown to hospital by helicopter on Friday, 7 July, 2023 but remains in a stable condition It read: “On Friday, Edwin van der Sar had a bleeding around his brain. He’s currently in hospital in the intensive care unit and is…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 12 petroleum marketers in Kogi State have been arrested by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly removing the closure seal of Nigeria Mainstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA) and embarked on the sale of the product. Recall that last month,the NMDPRA sealed 50 out of 90 fuel stations operating in the state over offenses ranging from expired licenses and under-dispensing of product, among others. The Kogi Command of the NSCDC in collaboration with the surveillance team of NMDPRA made the arrest across the state on Friday, 7 July,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The MTN Group has disclosed that it will invest $3.5 billion in the Nigerian economy over the next five years. The company made this disclosure during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja on Friday, 7 July, 2023. This is contained in statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake. According to Alake, the delegation of the company to the meeting was led by its Group Chairman, Mcebisi Jonas accompanied by the Group President/CEO of MTN, Ralph Mupita, Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Ernest Ndukwe and Chief Executive…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, 7 July, 2023, has ordered the remand of a Ponzi scheme operator, Bamise Ajetunmobi, who fled the country in 2021, over an alleged N7.5 billion fraud. Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke made the order after Bamise was brought before the court and arraigned on a 12-count charge made against him by the men of Force Criminal Investigation Department Force CID (Annex) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendant pleaded not guilty. At the arraignment, the prosecution counsel, Morufu Animashaun, a legal officer in the Force CIID, annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, told the court that…
After his successful participation at the summit on “A New Global Financing Pact” in Paris, France hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Bissau, capital of Republic of Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu also used the opportunity of the summit to visit the Nigerian contingent stationed in the country under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Force. The 63rd Ordinary Session summit, which will open on Sunday, 9 July, 2023, will be the first international engagement of the…