By Rasheedah Makinde Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has condoled with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on the tragic Ibadan explosion. Governor Sanwo-Olu who stated this on his social media platform said his prayers were with the families of the victims describing the incident as Continue Reading
One person has been feared dead in a fire that occurred in the early hours of Monday at a residential building in the Adealu area of Lagos State. The Director, of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen. According to the Lagos Fire Service boss, […]Continue Reading
An accident involving a commercial bus with number plate MUS 753 YD claimed three lives on Sunday after the vehicle caught fire along the Lekki expressway of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement made available on its Facebook page on Sunday. According to the statement, the bodies of […]Continue Reading
The Commissioner for The Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab and Special Adviser, Environment, Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, at a meeting convened with Private Sector Participants, PSP, waste operators, on ways to improve service delivery and transparency seals five markets in Mushin and its environs. The markets, which were shut on the orders of the commissioner, Continue Reading
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,LASTMA, on Wednesday, said it rescued an Asthmatic patient and a driver in a car accident at Ajala inward Abule Egba, Lagos State. This was contained in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq. According to the statement, an official of LASTMA, Ogunjobi, who led […]Continue Reading
The Lagos State Government has announced a three-day temporary closure of the entrance into CMD Road and the Access Road to Isheri-Olowora on the Shagamu bound carriageway A statement released Tuesday on the official Instagram page of LASG stated that the roads would be closed to enable contractors “lay the final wearing course,” which will […]Continue Reading
Four people narrowly escaped death on Tuesday after a helicopter crashed in the Oba Akran area of Ikeja, Lagos State. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon close to a branch of a commercial bank in the area. It was gathered that the chopper was used for training when it crashed into a building and went […]Continue Reading
By Omolara Adasofunjo An Islamic Scholar, Imam Hamad Yakub wants Nigerians to always exhibit the fear of God and pay more attention to values as the tool for checking the rising wave of decadence in society. The imam of Abdul Azeez Central Mosque, Ebute Meta, Lagos State made the call during this year’s Ramadan lecture […]Continue Reading
The Lagos State Government will today (Thursday) begin the trial of Chrisland School, Opebi, and some employees over the death of one of the school’s pupils, 12-year-old Whitney Adeniran. The school’s workers to be arraigned before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja include Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Mrs. Belinda Amao, […]Continue Reading
The family of a 15-year-old boy, Pelumi Sulaimon, have been thrown into mourning after soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly shot him dead around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to residents in the area, the soldiers were hired by political thugs to carry out a reprisal on their opponents in the […]Continue Reading
Fighting erupted in some areas on the popular Lagos-Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State over the scarcity of the new naira notes and the hardship the policy has thrown Nigerians. On Friday morning, it was gathered that some suspected louts in Mile 12, Ketu and Ojota areas on the expressway, took to the road attacking commuters […]Continue Reading
The Nigerian Bar Association has said it will ensure that justice is served in the case of a lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, who was shot dead by a police officer on Christmas Day, while inside a vehicle with her husband in the Ajah area of Lagos State. Reacting, the National Publicity Secretary, NBA, Akorede Lawal, described […]Continue Reading
Two brothers, Emanuel Nwachukwu and Sunday Nwachukwu have been arrested by the Operatives of Ogun state Police command for allegedly stealing a car marked JJJ 661 GJ. The suspects, car wash Operators, were apprehended on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway by men of Federal Highway patrol, who were on stop and search duty along the axis. The Police […]Continue Reading
A vehicle belonging to the Rapid Response Squad, RSS, was gutted by fire on Tuesday at Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island, Lagos State. Though details are sketchy concerning the main cause of the fire, the Lagos State Fire Service had confirmed that they are at the scene and working to quench the fire. The […]Continue Reading
Pandemonium has broken out in the early hours of Wednesday, as fire gutted the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC building in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet […]Continue Reading
Nine yet-to-be-identified ladies who were trapped when a storey building around Akinwunmi Street, Mende, in the Maryland area of Lagos State, sunk due to torrential rainfall were rescued on Monday. The Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in a statement. He said the agency’s officials were Continue Reading
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako. A statement made available by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced this. “This is a prelude to the restructuring of the Ministry and its agencies. “Governor Sanwo-Olu thanks Continue Reading
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, says about 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the quoted figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died due to bad environment in 2021 in Lagos State. LASEPA General Manager, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, made this know to newsmen […]Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has slated July 25 and 26 for Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) to register. Eight special centres have been designated for this purpose across the five Ibile divisions of the state. They are Ikorodu Central Local Government area (Ikorodu); Ability and Disability Centre, Ajara (Badagry); Old […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Government has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with the Lagos State Government on the 31km redline passengers rail service from Oyingbo, Lagos State to Agbado in Ogun State. Speaking after signing the MoU, the Secretary to Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, noted that the project was a significant achievement in the series […]Continue Reading
A building at Onipanu area of Lagos has reportedly collapsed. This is barely two weeks afer a church building under construction collapsed opposite Number 17, Cardoso Street, off Martins Street in Mushin. The incident occurred at about 1.07 am at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju but details could not be ascertained at press time. […]Continue Reading
A man, identified only as Kayode, has committed suicide after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house in the Oja-Amukoko area of Lagos State. It was was gathered that the victim’s mother, who had a stroke, was taken to the Ikorodu area for treatment. The suspect, who was put in […]Continue Reading
The Oniru of Iru Land, Oba Abdulwasiu Lawal Abisogun II, has alerted residents of Lekki to plans to attack the area by commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders. The caution was contained in a circular issued on Wednesday, titled, ‘Urgent security alert’, and signed by the Oniru Chieftancy Family Estate Office. The warning is […]Continue Reading
The Lagos State Police Command says it has extended invitations to the management of Chrisland Schools, parents and the pupils allegedly involved in sexual acts during a school trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this during a telephone interview with Punch. He said, “All […]Continue Reading
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a 25-year-old UNILAG student (name withheld) on the school campus. Justice Abiola Soladoye described Okechukwu in her judgment as a “pathological liar”, noting that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict […]Continue Reading