Officials of the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) have visited a residential building in the Ikosi/Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state. In two tweets on Wednesday, the government described the house as a three-storey building located on Olabisi Balogun Street in the Ikosi-Ketu area of Lagos. Read Also: Update on Fire … Read more
A fire outbreak that started from Anambra plaza on Martins street has gutted some buildings at the Balogun market, located on Lagos island The inferno, according to eyewitnesses, has spread to about five structures and firefighters are currently battling it. Read Also: Court orders remand of former commissioner in Kwara state over money laundering Traders … Read more
A prosecution witness, Vivian Nduka, on Monday, narrated to a Lagos State Special Offences Court how an alleged rapist, Adelaja Oloyede, confessed to using charm on his victim. Nduka, a police officer, told the court that the victim reported that the alleged rape occurred when she was returning from church on December 10, 2017, Punch … Read more
At least two people have been killed in a renewed violent clash between rival groups in Coker-Aguda area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The violence which reared its ugly head again on Sunday night also left several people seriously injured, PM News reports. Read Also: BREAKING: Again, fire guts Balogun market, Lagos Operatives of Lagos Task … Read more
The popular Balogun market on Lagos Island is currently on fire. Read Also: US Flight From China Rerouted to Military Base Because of Coronavirus Eyewitnesses told newsman that the fire started from the building opposite Oluwole Car Park on Martins Street. Details shortly….
Sterling Bank Plc has partnered Lagos State Government to feed about 158,000 children in 32 public schools for five days in the Lagos Island area of the state. The bank disclosed this at an event to appreciate volunteers, who participated in the pilot stage of the project recently. Read Also: RRS Nabs Suspects Extorting People … Read more
The Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested seven suspects who allegedly use Point of Sale (POS) machines to extort unsuspecting motorists. The suspects were arrested after a complaint by one of their victims, that they extorted motorists along LASU-Igando Expressway by claiming to be on contract with Ikotun-Igando Local Council … Read more
Some residents of Lagos State on Tuesday hailed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s courage in banning commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in some local governments, highways and bridges. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government on Monday announced the restriction and ban of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local governments … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday launched the ‘HeForShe’ campaign aimed at enlisting the support of men in the fight for gender equality in Lagos. At the event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Sanwo-Olu said the campaign was a clarion call on the male gender to sign … Read more
Evicted residents of some slums in Lagos on Tuesday marched to the office of the governor in Alausa. The displaced occupants of Tarkwa Bay, Otodo Gbame, among other slums are venting their grievances over the ongoing demolition exercise along coastal lines. Speaking with our correspondent, Usman Ajagunna,the aggrieved residents said thousands of people have been … Read more
A 35-year-old woman, Ganiat El-Hakeem, on Monday appeared in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly pouring hot water on a 12 year-old girl. The police charged El-Hakeem, whose address was not provided, with causing grievous hurt. She pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. John Iberedem, told the court that the defendant committed … Read more
For five months now, residents of Itaji, a community off Haruna Street, in the Ogba area of Lagos State, have been living in darkness. Officials of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) have removed the transformer feeding the community, for the simple reason that some consumers refused to pay the bloated estimated bills, Sunnews Online … Read more
Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has announced that the LASU- IBA road will remain closed to vehicular traffic by 7am Sunday 2nd of February. Acording to a tweet on its official Twitter handle, “The completion date for the rehabilitation of LASU- Iba Road intersection with Badagry Expressway which commenced from Friday 24th January … Read more
The Lagos State Task Force on Land Grabbers (LSTFLG) has dislodged some unnamed persons suspected to be land grabbers from a portion of land measuring 1339.564 square metres situated on Iju Road in Agege Local government Area, in continuation of the zero tolerance posture of the Sanwo-Olu administration against land grabbing in Lagos State. According … Read more
The Lagos State Government will begin the enforcement of the law proscribing the operations of okada and tricycle riders in six local governments and nine local council development areas of the state February 1. The government, while directing security operatives to embark on total enforcement of the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law 2018, also ordered that … Read more
The Lagos State Level 3 Biosafety Laboratory, also known as the Lagos Biobank, built by the state government with support from the Canadian government to ensure effective management of infectious diseases, has fully commenced operation and has started receiving samples. Lagos State Commissioner for Health Prof Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this during his visit to … Read more
The Lagos state government has banned Motorcycles (Okada) and Tricycles (Keke) in the following six Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) Apapa LG and Apapa Iganmu LCDA, Lagos Mainland LG and Yaba LCDA Surulere LG, Itire-Ikate and Coker-Aguda LCDAs, Ikeja LG, Onigbongbo and Ojodu LCDAs, Eti-Osa LG, Ikoyi-Obalende and Iru/Victoria Island LCDAs, … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged newly appointed members of Lagos State Cabinet as well as Commissioners in the State’s civil service commission to kick off action immediately. The Governor said this on Monday at the Lagos House, Alausa during the swearing in of three new members of the State executive council, members … Read more
I spent almost all of last week on Lagos Island, witnessing a school feeding revolution in Lagos Island and seeing first-hand, the responses of ordinary people and children to the unusual acts of kindness they witnessed in the five days that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s ‘Snacks For Thought’ feeding program rolled around the region. When I … Read more
The police have arrested two suspected car thieves, Bamidele Adebayo and Hakeem Taofik, for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla car at the Shagari Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. It was reported that the suspects removed the car around 1pm from an unnamed church’s car park, while the Sunday service was ongoing. A … Read more