FIRSTBANK LAGOS AMATEUR OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, THE LONGEST-RUNNING GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP IN NIGERIA BEGINS

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the commemoration of the 2021 and 60th edition of its annually sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship. The tourney is scheduled to Tee-Off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Thursday, 18 – Sunday 21 November 2021.  The FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship is a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) listed competition that attracts the best golfers from the amateur scene, not only in Nigeria but across the continent and indeed the world. Participating in…

Read More

NDLEA to establish 6 standard rehab centres in Nigeria –Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will establish six standard rehabilitation centres in each geo-political zone of Nigeria starting from 2022. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) disclosed this at the 5th Biennial National Symposium on Drugs and Drug Policy in Nigeria, held in Abuja. The theme of the symposium organised by the Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA) is: “Substance Use, Addictive Behaviours and COVID-19.” Marwa, who was the Guest of Honour at the symposium, said that…

Read More

VeePee Osinbajo may sue media house over link to Ikoyi collapsed skyscraper ownership

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, may sue the online publication linking him to the ownership of the land on which the Ikoyi skyscraper which collapsed on Monday was built. According to a statement by his media adviser, Laolu Akande, “the Vice President has referred this disgraceful publication to his lawyers for prompt legal action.” In a statement on Friday, Akande also debunked reports that his boss intervened with the regulatory authorities in Lagos State to unseal the property at a  point. On Monday, a 21-storey building under construction collapsed on Gerrard…

Read More

Soludo maintains lead in Anambra governorship polls

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra state governorship election, is reportedly leading the polls as results from different Local Government Areas are announced. Anambra has 21 LGAs and Soludo is reportedly leading in one-third, clearing all the nine LGAs that have so far been announced. The LGAs are Idemili South, Ayemelum, Njijoka, Awka South, Onitsha South, Anambra East, Anaocha, Dunukofia, and Oyi. More to come…

Read More

NDLEA nabs most wanted narcotics dealer

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, who is believed to be responsible for the recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos and other courier companies. The agency said Okoli has been on court bail following his arrest in November 2020 and subsequent arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos for attempting to export 15.700kgs of Methamphetamine to Australia. A statement issued on Sunday by the…

Read More

Ikoyi Skycrapper Tragedy: Sorrow and tears as families identify corpses

Families of dead victims of the 21-storey building which collapse on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Saturday, besieged Lagos Mainland Hospital morgue in the Yaba area of the state to identify corpses of their loved ones. Eyewitness at the mortuary on Saturday afternoon observed a mix of emotions deep sorrow, tears and anger as families went into the mortuary premises. National Infinity reports that the skyscraper owned by Fourscore Heights Limited collapsed in the afternoon of Monday, November 1, 2021, trapping over 50 persons, including the firm’s Managing Director, Femi…

Read More