Music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, buried in Lagos (pictures)

Onye Onwenu's burial

Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” has been laid to rest in Lagos. The artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Dr Stella Okoli. The funeral service was held at the Fountain of Life Church,

Outrage as Bandits Abduct Electronics Tycoon Mohamed Fouani in Lagos, Demand $1.5M Ransom

Terrorists ambushed and kidnapped a prominent Lebanese businessman and others in Lagos, demanding a $1.5 million ransom in a brazen attack that has rattled security assumptions. A brazen daylight kidnapping in the heart of Lagos has sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s business community. Armed assailants ambushed and seized Mohamed Fouani, the managing director of prominent electronics

FULL LIST: Nigerian states by GDP

FULL LIST: Nigerian states by GDP 1. Lagos: N41.17trn 2. Rivers: N7.96trn 3. Akwa Ibom: N7.77trn 4. Imo: N7.68trn 5. Delta: N6.19trn 6. Anambra: N5.14trn 7. Ondo: N5.10trn 8. Ogun: N5.03trn 9. Bayelsa: N4.63trn 10. Niger: N4.58trn 11. Kaduna: N4.31trn 12. Benue: N4.27trn 13. Kano: N4.20trn 14. Cross River: N4.07trn 15. Edo: N3.99trn 16. Kogi:

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor Decries incessant fire incidence in Lagos

The spate of fire accidents in various markets in Lagos that have destroyed millions of properties is unacceptable because they’re mostly avoidable. Many of these accidents lead to this level of destruction largely because of poor city planning, endemic corruption in various regulatory agencies, and the abuse of safety standards. Firstly, the Central Business District

BREAKING : Protest Rocks Parts of Lagos state (video)

Protest has rocked some parts of lagos state earlier this morning. This is different from the planned NLC protest. Guess they decided to start it earlier. Some policemen were seen around the Protesters but no noticeable breakdown of law and order at the moment.   READ ALSO : Attack Our Protesters, Risk Total Shutdown –

Gridlock As Fuel Queues Resurface In Lagos

There was heavy traffic gridlock in some parts of Lagos on Monday as motorists formed long queues outside the forecourts of filling stations on what appeared may herald a fresh scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit. One of our correspondents observed along the Ikorodu Road axis how motorists endured an unusually heavy gridlock due to a long queue of