Tag: Ikeja

Portia Emilia, Lagos based social media influencer in alleged fraud scam

Jide Ige

Portia Emilia, a Lagos-based social media influencer has been remanded in prison by the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an alleged fraud of N110m. Emilia was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside her company, Savanah Crest Investment Limited. The defendants, who were arraigned before Justice Abike Fadipe, are facing six counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences and stealing. The EFCC alleged that the offences were committed in 2018 in Lagos. The commission said the defendants conspired among themselves and stole the sum of N50m.…

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AFSS PTA warns against canning to correct students’ misdemeanour

Jide Ige

Poised to ensure excellence with their wards, The Parents/Teachers Association ( PTA ) of the Air Force Secondary School, Ikeja, Lagos has reiterated its commitment to the issues of discipline, pure character moulding and better academic excellence in the school. The parents stated this in a communiqué issued by the parents/teachers association and signed by the Chairman AFSS PTA, Mr. Ayoola Badejo after its emergency meeting to address emerging patterns of gross indiscipline amongst senior students of the school and complaints of excessive canning of students as punishment for misconduct…

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Sanwo-Olu vows to tackle trailer menace in Lagos

Jide Ige

The Lagos State Government says it plans to restrict the movement of heavy-duty trucks in the metropolis during the day so as to ease traffic on the roads. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known on Monday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, when a team from the Nigerian Breweries Plc paid him a courtesy visit. Sanwo-Olu said that the government had been pushing the trailers off that whole corridor of Iganmu area to ensure that the journey towards Apapa continued to remain free. He said that the state would…

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Adewale Seeks Support For Rotary’s Quest For Better Living

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

The newly installed President of the Rotary Club of Maryland, Ikeja, Rotn. Adewale Sanni, has sought all stakeholders support towards complete eradication of polio in Nigeria and delivering on Rotary International’s mandate to ensure safe delivery and maternal health. Adewale who spoke during his investiture as the 18th Hope President of the club said there is the need to ensure the polio vaccines get to every part of the country. Said he, having not recorded any case of poliovirus in the last three years, Nigeria is on the verge of…

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