Lagos, Nigeria News

The winner of the N30 million jackpot in the Glo "text 4 millions" promo will, on Sunday, November 15, be unveiled at a special grand finale Laffta Fest.

DETERMINED to improve its brand visibility and bring its products and services closer to the end users in remote and major urban centres, Omatek Ventures Plc, has launched its chains of franchisee retail outlets in the South West and South South Regions of the country.

AKUREa 'The WorksA A A and Housing Minister, Dr. Hassan Lawal, weekend, promised that the Federal Government will accord the reconstruction of the Lagos-Benin Expressway top priority.

In the wake of so many allegations of inaccurate medical diagnosis in the country, the Lagos State Government has procured an ultra-modern digital x-ray machine capable of covering 95 per cent of conventional x-ray examinations at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital .

The Federal Inland Revenue Service , has insisted that churches and mosques are not exempted from tax payment.

By Evelyn Usman Family of the 32-year-old bureau-de-change operator who was last Tuesday shot dead by an Army Private in Ikeja area of Lagos has accused the Nigerian Army of lying against the deceased by saying his death was as a result of his struggling with the soldier's weapon.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS - THERE are indications that convicted Peoples' Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Bode George and five other members of the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, which he led, will spend the weekend in jail, despite Justice Joseph Oyewole's readiness to hear their motion for bail pending the appeal.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Gbenga Akanmu LAGOS - The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, pardoned the state Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, after tendering his apology over his failure to submit the relevant documents on the current Sunborn Yacht Hotel controversy early.

FORMER A Chief Security officer to the late Head of State, GeneralA Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, was one of the high-profile inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum-Security Prison who welcomed Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the prison on his arrival, Monday, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Tosin Adejuwon LAGOS - FORMER Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George and five other members of his board were yesterday sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine by an Ikeja High court.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Prominent Nigerians including Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos StateA will tomorrow lay the foundation of the proposed Augustine University owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos.

ABUJA a ' The Nigerian Air Force said yesterday that it has no authority to order the Civilian Personnel Unit of the Ministry of Defence, located inside its base at the Logistic Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, to vacate the premises as the unita TMs presence in the base was made possible by the Ministry of Defence.

Maggie Savarino interperets your slurred speech in Ask the Bartender , every Tuesday on the Voracious blog .

By Kate Obodo NNS Ofiom emerged winners of the FirstA Nigerian Navy ShipA 2009 WEY C.Oa s Cup after defeating the NNS AMBE 4-2. The competitionA came to an end last Sunday at the Road 3 Football field Navy Town, Lagos, after weeks of exciting football action.

The Ikoyi Club 1938 has unveiled plans A A A to make the 71st Anniversary of the Lagos elite club memorable.

Economic activitises were practically grounded in Lagos Wednesday as many offices in the burstling mega city were virtually empty as a result of the heavy downpour that started at about 5.00am in most parts of the state.A Most of the roads were flooded, thus hindering both human and vehicular traffic.

Lekki Port, located within the Lagos Free Trade Zone ,A A hasA received Environmental Impact Assessment approval from the Federal Ministry of Environment .

SOME weeks ago, it was one of several potholes which punctuate the entire stretch of the usually traffic-busy Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

By Kenneth Ehigiator & James Uwem LAGOS - GOVERNORS of the thirty-six of the federation have pledged to monitor events in the Niger Delta to ensure that the Federal Government's commitment to the development of the region is actualised.

Short of signing on as the airline of the MTN_AIT Awards, Dana Air will from tomorrow startA airlifting awardees and guests for the awards scheduled for Sunday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel.