On Friday, Nigerian singer Ayra Starr caused a buzz on social media following her interaction with legendary juju singer King Sunny Ade (KSA) at the Afrozons Pre-Grammy party, organised by Heineken in Lagos. The Afrozons Pre-Grammy party is a celebration held annually in the days leading up to the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony. Ayra Starr … Read more
Following a PREMIUM TIMES exposé on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s abandonment of work for a fun trip to Grenada for days, the Lagos State helmsman has been making frantic efforts to misinform and mislead citizens and residents to believe he travelled to the Island for ‘state business’. In a tweet on his official X account @jidesanwoolu, … Read more
Lagos State has mulled the idea of establishing an airline for passenger operations just as the state prepares to commence the construction of its own airport in Lekki. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed the plan, on Thursday, at the Lagos West Senatorial District People’s Town Hall Meeting, where he rendered stewardship and presented a catalogue of … Read more
On Saturday in Lagos, Kunle Remi and his wife, Boluwatiwi, walked down the aisle for their white wedding, radiating pure elegance and joy. Remi, the groom, looked handsome in a purple blazer and black bow tie over a crisp white shirt. The bride, in her silky off-shoulder dress, glowed with anticipation. Their steps resonated with … Read more
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has hailed the verdicts of the Supreme Court on the governorship election petitions. The party, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Felix Morka, on Friday, said it accepted the decisions of the court on the cases. The APC won three cases—Lagos, Ebonyi and Cross River States. … Read more
Amid pervasive human trafficking across the country, Lagos State has been identified as the biggest transit and destination for internal or external human trafficking, according to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) data. Epe, Ikorodu, Agege, Apapa and Iganmu made the list of places in Lagos that are endemic for trafficking. … Read more
It has been 120 days, and the body of late Nigerian musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, widely known as Mohbad, is lying cold in a morgue somewhere in Lagos State, yet to be laid to rest. Mohbad died on 12 September 2023, and less than 24 hours after his tragic passing, his father buried him in Ikorodu, … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of committees to manage primary elections to fill vacancies in the national and state assemblies. The party, on Wednesday, released the primary election committees, primary election appeal committees and secretariat committees to manage the primaries across nine states ahead of the 3 February bye-elections. The states … Read more
Hope Udoaka, a gold medalist at the Renewed Hope Table Tennis Invitational Challenge held at the Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, has disclosed that she had no coach or accommodation during the tourney. Udoaka, who represented Cross River, made the revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on … Read more
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Toyin Abraham, has revealed why she cast ace actor, Emeka Ike, in her latest film, Malaika, despite his 13-year hiatus. The 41-year-old actress appeared on TVC’s talk show, ‘Your View,’ on Thursday, where she said that her colleague deserved a second chance after a failed marriage that negatively impacted his career. … Read more
