Oluwatoyin Mathnuel The 700 capacity hall of Rockview Hotel was full to the brim on Thursday, September 18th 2025 as notable business moguls including retired custom officers honoured Dr Basil Chudi Nwolisa’s books launch titled” The Toll of Corruption in Nigeria” Dr Basil Chudi Nwolisa a maritan guru, an entrepreneur , President Association of Nigeria Customs Brokers and the National Compliance Joint Task Force of Licensed Customs Agents( NCJTFLCA) The Book titled’ The Toll of Corruption in Nigeria’ was not just a book but a law book to tackle corruption on Nigeria roads he said. The author in his brief…
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The Delta State Police Command has intensified its war against crime, sending a strong message to criminal elements operating within the state. In two separate sting operations carried out within the week, the Command dismantled a suspected drug syndicate in Agbor and intercepted armed robbery suspects in Ogwashi-Uku, recovering illicit drugs, a firearm, and live ammunition. In a separate operation on 17th September, 2025, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ogwashi-Uku Division, CSP Israel Okomoyon, led a joint patrol comprising officers of the division and local vigilantes. During the operation, the team intercepted three young men riding on a motorcycle. The…
Oluwatoyin Mathnuel The Chairman of Conference 57 in Lagos state Hon. Sesan Olowa has applauded his Collegues of the 57 local government and local council development area (LCDA) across Lagos for their collective efforts in making sure every eligible resident within their territories obtains their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), Olowa said this act is a vital civic responsibility for one not to be disenfranchised during any future election . In a brief interview with the media at the Conference 57 Seminar held at the Radisson Hotel GRA Ikeja Lagos on Wednesday the 17th of September,2025 The Chairman of Ibeju-Lekki Local…
From Left: Bolanle Banjo, Non- Executive Director, Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC); Afolabi Omilabu, Executive Director, Lagos LBIC; Olusola Faleye, Managing Director & CEO, LBIC; and Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, Board Chairman, LBIC, during the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos. Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC), one of Nigeria’s foremost mortgage financial institutions, has declared dividends for the first time in 12 years, following a strong financial performance in 2024. The announcement was made at the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos on Thursday, September 18, 2025, where shareholders commended the board and management for steering…
From Left: Bolanle Banjo, Non- Executive Director, Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC); Afolabi Omilabu, Executive Director, Lagos LBIC; Olusola Faleye, Managing Director & CEO, LBIC; and Mr Hakeem Ogunniran, Board Chairman, LBIC, during the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos. Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC), one of Nigeria’s foremost mortgage financial institutions, has declared dividends for the first time in 12 years, following a strong financial performance in 2024. The announcement was made at the company’s 20th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Lagos on Thursday, September 18, 2025, where shareholders commended the board and management for steering…
The Executive Chairman of Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Ishola Jimoh Abiodun, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, welcomed community leaders and grassroots stakeholders to an interactive meeting aimed at fostering stronger collaboration between community development practitioners and newly elected council chairmen across Lagos State. The high-level engagement, held at Magrettas Events Hall, Ekoro Road, Abule-Egba, Agbado/Oke-Odo was organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development. It brought together community practitioners, Community Development Associations (CDAs), Community Development Committees (CDCs), and local government executives to discuss ways of deepening synergy in grassroots governance. Hon.…
Hit FM, the leading radio station in Cross Rivers state, and organizers of Calabar Entertainment Conference (CEC) has announced First Bank of Nigeria Limited as official bank partners for the flagship youth engagement program in the Creative Sector. CEC has held every year since 2017, and now in its 9th year, executive producer and CEO of Hit FM Patrick Ugbe says the creative sector “has not been in more urgent need of interventions that facilitate capacity building, funding, distribution, and thought leadership.” This year’s event will hold on the 17th and 18th of October at Hogis Royale, in Calabar, Cross River State,…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) solemnly affirms the decisive intervention of its operatives, in concert with the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), in two grievous road traffic tragedies precipitated by excessive speed and perilous road conditions induced by incessant rainfall. In the first occurrence, a lone accident involving a Ford automobile, with registration number APP 413 YH, unfolded along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road by Kofo Abayomi Junction, inward Kilimanjaro/Law School, Victoria Island. Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver, regrettably unrestrained by a seatbelt, lost mastery of the vehicle owing to reckless velocity compounded by the rain-slicked roadway. The violent…
Delta State Police command, in a combined effort with men of Operation Delta Sweep, today recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against Kidnapping in the state. On 17th September 2025 at 1100hours, the DPO Owa-oyibu received information that some kidnappers were sighted at Nniogbo Owa Ekei Boji Boji Owa. Acting on this information, the DPO led a combined team of Policemen and vigilantes alongside two teams of Operation Delta sweep and swung into action. The combined teams stormed the bush where the suspects, upon sighting the teams, opened fire, which was repelled by the teams. In the fierce gun…
The Delta State Police Command continues to record remarkable successes in its sustained fight against crime and criminality across the State. Recent intelligence-driven operations carried out by operatives of the Command, in synergy with local security stakeholders, have once again demonstrated the Command’s commitment to ridding the armed robbers and other criminal elements. Following complaints received from concerned residents on the activities of a syndicate that attacks churches at Night, and cart away church instruments and other items, the commissioner of Police Delta State CP Olufemi Abaniwonda directed DPOs to embark on an intelligence-led investigation and ensure that these suspects…