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- 12 Jan 2009
Balogun Commends Red Star Express on Scholarship Award
Hon. Afeez Ipesa-Balogun, chairman of Oshodi local government area of Lagos State has praised Red Star Express for sustaining her scholarship award programme given to…
- 5 Nov 2025
Court Jails Asiegbu, Former Wema Bank’s Manager 3 Years for N8Bn Fraud
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced Samuel Asiegbu, former financial and retail product manager with Wema Bank Nigeria Plc,…
- 11 Dec 2019
Top Bankers, Indian Businessman Jailed for Stealing N855m
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Anayo Nwosu and Olajide Oshodi, two top officials of Bank PHB, now Keystone Bank, as well as Ashok Israni,…
- 12 Apr 2024
Court Grants Emefiele, Ex CBN Governor N50m Bail
An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi has granted Godwin Emefiele, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor N50m bail. Godwin Emefiele, Ex. Gov,, CBN This is in…
- 16 Oct 2025
Lagos Deploys Drones to Monitor, Manage Traffic
Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) has said that it has deployed technology especially drones to reduce human contact in managing traffic in the state. Mr Jubrin Oshodi, director…
- 9 Nov 2018
Encourage youths to develop entrepreneurial culture- FIIRO
Mrs Gloria Elemo, Director-General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), on Thursday said there was need to encourage youths to develop entrepreneurial culture to move Nigeria…
- 21 Dec 2018
FIIRO Wins N1Bn in Ministry’s Competitiveness Assessment
Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) Oshodi in Lagos has won first position in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Competitiveness Assessment Award, with N1 billion prize…
- 14 Nov 2018
FIIRO Seeks for More Government Support on Infrastructure Upgrade, Cutting Edge Research
Mrs Gloria Elemo, Director-General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), on Monday called for more support from the Federal Government to remodel, re-equip and re-tool its…
- 17 Nov 2009
Olatunji Solicits Support for Facilities’ Upgrade
Dr. Oluwole Olatunji, the director-general of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos has called on the National Assembly to assist the institute to provide funds for the…
- 9 Oct 2025
New Horizons Adopts School for the Blind, Donates ICT Tools and Scholarships to 100 Students
In a landmark humanitarian gesture, New Horizons Nigeria has adopted the Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind School in Oshodi, Lagos, providing high-performance computers, ICT instructors, internet…
- 2 Sept 2019
FIIRO Boss Embroiled in PhD Certificate Scandal
Chima Igwe, director-general, Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, has come under intense fire after failing to present his PhD certificate more than 18 years after claiming to…
- 23 Dec 2016
FIIRO DG Decries Lack of Recognition of Research Works in Nigeria
Dr Gloria Elemo, Director-General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), has lamented lack of academic recognition for the research works of FIIRO researchers as well as…
- 15 Mar 2018
FIIRO seeks Partnership with Research Institutes, Universities
Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) says Nigeria needs a paradigm shift from a consuming nation to a producing nation through collaborative efforts between research institutes…
- 27 Jan 2020
Lagos Bans Okada, Tricycle Riders in 15 LGs/LCDAs
The Lagos State Government has banned okada and tricycle riders in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the state. The councils are: Apapa LG, Apapa Iganmu LCDA,…
- 10 Jun 2018
9mobile Donates Recycling Bins to Curb Plastic Pollution
The leading telecommunications company in innovation, 9mobile, has further affirmed its commitment to promoting a clean and sustainable environment in Nigeria with the distribution of recycling bins…
- 8 Apr 2018
Bus Reforms Will Create 3,000 Jobs – LASG
Lagos State government has said no fewer than 3000 jobs would be created when the 13 bus terminals springing across the city finally comes on stream. This is as it disclosed that about 473 buses to…
- 5 Jan 2026
Court Sends Faleti, Ex-Lagos Director to Jail for Stealing ₦48.9m from Access Bank
An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced Olawale Faleti, a former Lagos State Education director, to two years and five months’ imprisonment for stealing ₦48.9…
- 18 Mar 2015
CPC @ World Consumer Rights Day, Discourages 'Junk' Food Consumption
‎The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), identified Safety, Choice, Information and Basic needs, as critical in addressing Consumer Right related issues. ‎This is part of message from CPC on…
- 9 Oct 2017
Ikeja Electric, XT Monitor Carry Out Medical Outreach
Nigeria’s largest Electricity Distribution Company, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives have partnered with XT Monitor Ltd, in bring medical…
- 10 Jan 2023
NCC Opens Portal for Annual ICT Innovation Competition
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has invited Startups, Tech Hubs, Investors and the ICT ecosystem to the Commission’s Annual ICT Innovation Competition. A statement issued and signed by…
- 10 May 2022
CBN Asks Nigerians to Embrace e-Naira to Curb Fake Alerts
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has charged the banking public to key into its e-Naira platform to avoid fake mobile money transfers. Mr Godfrey Boyor, Lagos branch Controller, stated this during the…
- 30 Mar 2022
Optimizing Business Operations in the Oil & Gas Industry
MDXi, a MainOne company and West Africa’s leading data center company, has provided a roadmap to optimise business operations in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas industry at a webinar titled; “Optimizing…
- 21 Jul 2022
Bolt Introduces PVC Support Initiative to Encourage Voter Registration
E-hailing platform, Bolt has relaunch of its MyPVCJourney (My Permanent Voter Registration Journey) initiative which began in 2021. The initiative was established as part of the company’s community…
- 26 Dec 2019
Obazee, Banker Recounts Ordeal in Hands of EFCC
Sunny Obazee, an investment banker faced for seven years, humiliation, rejection and prosecution for alleged N855 million fraud at defunct Platinum and Habib Bank (PHB) which he joined as Divisional…
- 28 Aug 2022
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Cleaner who Leads Drug Syndicate
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at…
- 6 Sept 2015
METROBUS Boosts Public Transportation in Lagos with 50 New Buses
In a move aimed at boosting commuter movement within and around the Lagos metropolis, leading transport service company, Metro-Serve Bus Limited, operators of METROBUS, has added fifty new buses to…
- 21 May 2018
Rudman, IXPN Boss to Chair DigitalSENSE Forum 2018
Mr. Muhammed Rudman, managing director and chief executive officer of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), would early next month, June, preside over the annual 2018 edition of Nigeria…
- 6 Sept 2021
LOTUS Bank Commences Operations in Three New Locations
With the simultaneous opening of three new locations in Lagos, LOTUS Bank Limited now has physical presence in four locations in Lagos. The newest and third Non-Interest Bank (NIB) in the country,…
- 6 May 2022
CBN to Upgrade eNaira with Bills Payment
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said, it will, before the end of this month, introduce payment of bills on eNaira, Nigeria’s digital currency. This is in a move to step up the campaign on its digital…
- 4 Jun 2018
Okereafor, Uzor Join Speakers’ Faculty @ IG4D Roundtable
The duo of a first class electronics and telecommunications engineer, Dr. Kenneth Okereafor, and the chief executive officer, Wisdom Computer Technology, Mr. Francis Uzor, have joined the growing…