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  The Lagos State Government has provided grants, work tools and productive equipment to more than100 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the state as part of efforts to strengthen grassroots entrepreneurship, boost productivity and promote job creation. The intervention was announced by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment, Mrs Nana-Hauwa Adeeyo, at the 2026 MSME Day Celebration, Awards and Grant Presentation Ceremony held at NECA House, Alausa, Ikeja. Adeeyo disclosed that the beneficiaries were selected from the five IBILE divisions of Lagos State, reflecting the government's commitment to ensuring that enterprise development initiatives reach business owners across different communities. She explained that the initiative was designed to translate the state government's enterprise development policies into practical support that would enable small businesses to expand their operations, improve productivit...

  The Igbo community in Lagos State has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office and Dr Obafemi Hamzat as its preferred candidate for the Lagos State governorship. The endorsement was announced at a gathering held in Surulere, Lagos, where members of the community expressed their support for the two political leaders. Speaking at the event, the group's apex leader, Hon. Joe Igbokwe, urged Igbo residents in Lagos State to come out en masse and vote for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, while also supporting Hamzat's governorship ambition. Igbokwe declared that Tinubu remained the leader capable of sustaining the administration's ongoing programmes and urged Nigerians, particularly members of the Igbo community residing in Lagos, to support his re-election bid. According to him, a second term for Tinubu would provide an opportunity for the President to consolidate on his administration's achievements and continue his work. He called on memb...

  ...Demands Public Apology, Threatens Legal Action Over Alleged Claims About Marriage, Family Chief (Mrs) Dorcas Adeyinka, founder of the Dorcas Adeyinka Empowerment Foundation, has demanded the retraction of alleged defamatory videos published on TikTok and other online platforms, giving the alleged publisher seven days to remove the content and issue a public apology or face legal action. The demand was contained in a pre-action notice dated October 21, 2026, issued by Khalif Legal on behalf of Adeyinka and addressed to Bello Sikirat Aderonke, whom the law firm identified as the operator of a TikTok account known as “OmoGoldenPen”. The letter, signed by N. Osalami, Esq., counsel at Khalif Legal, accused Aderonke of publishing videos on October 15 and 18, 2026, containing allegedly false and damaging statements about Adeyinka's marriage, family and personal life. According to the notice, the disputed content was circulated through the TikTok account and other platforms identified...

  A licensed customs clearing and freight-forwarding agent, Mr Fawole Abiola Aremu, has denied allegations of fraud levelled against him by online personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, describing the controversy as a contractual commercial dispute between business partners. Aremu, who has 23 years of professional experience in the maritime and logistics sector, said he had refunded ₦30 million out of the money advanced to him by Dr Israel Agimor Eshanekpe for a container-clearing transaction. He made the clarification in a press briefing dated October 20, 2026, in Lagos, following social media publications concerning the transaction and a broadcast by VeryDarkMan on October 8. According to Aremu, the dispute arose in July 2026 when he was introduced to Eshanekpe while arranging funds to clear 10 containers with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). He said both parties subsequently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under which Eshanekpe was expect...

 * Senator Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, has received an Honorary Fellowship of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) in recognition of his contributions to reforms in Nigeria’s insurance industry. The award was conferred on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at the council’s 2026 Closing Dinner of the National Insurance Conference and Exhibition at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The NCRIB recognised Abiru’s constructive engagement with industry stakeholders and his role in the passage of the Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA), 2025, which he sponsored as Senate Bill 393. The law, assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on July 31, 2025, introduced reforms aimed at strengthening capital requirements, risk-based supervision, corporate governance and policyholder protection. In his goodwill message, Abiru described the honour as not merely a personal achievement...

  Lagos, Nigeria, October 14, 2026 – Polaris Bank has reinforced its commitment to environmental sustainability with a tree-planting exercise at the Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos, in collaboration with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), as part of its ongoing efforts to promote climate action, environmental conservation and sustainable community development. The exercise, held on Monday, builds on the Bank’s nationwide tree-planting initiative launched in 2024. Since its inception, the initiative has recorded the planting of 10,000 trees across 16 locations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 13 states across Nigeria, reflecting the Bank’s commitment to translating its sustainability principles into measurable impact. Speaking at the event, Abimbola Ozomah, Executive Director, Corporate & Investment Banking, Polaris Bank, reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to embedding sustainability into its operations and community engagement efforts. “At Polaris Bank, sustai...