Ten years after the commencement of the 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, life is set to return to the axis as the Lagos State Government today flagged off the continuation of the road construction that experienced low activities in the last four years. Performing the flag off, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat stated … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday engaged members of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) in a bid to consolidate institutional support for the attainment of its livable city goal. Receiving members of the Institute on a courtesy visit to the Ministry at Alausa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, … Read more
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday identified adequate remuneration packages for doctors and other professionals in the health sector, as well as the provision of key infrastructure as necessary incentives to tackle brain drain in the medical profession which, she says, is a major issue plaguing the country. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who … Read more
Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives has said that the various cooperative societies in the State, within the last three years, have received claims of N350 million since the State Government instituted insurance package for cooperators across the State. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Omobolanle Ogunmola, who disclosed this on Tuesday … Read more
The Lagos State Government, through the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, LSMPWB, is set to hold a one-day seminar for the 2019 intending pilgrims to the holy lands of Makkah and Madina on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television (LTV), Agidingbi, Ikeja by 10 am prompt. According to the Executive Secretary of … Read more
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday took a position on the federal government’s plan to establish RUGA settlements in some states of the federation. With an emphatic negative reaction to the proposal by the Buhari-led APC federal government, Akeredolu maintained that the state was not interested in making land available for RUGA Settlements. … Read more
There was another bloody clash between the Aiye and Eiye Confraternities on Sunday evening in Badagry, Lagos State has left one person dead. Reliable Sources revealed that the deceased, simply identified as Kenny, was shot at Ahovikoh Quarters, Sango Iledudu, Badagry at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. It was gathered that the father of the … Read more
The operatives of Lagos Rapid Response (RRS), a unit of the Lagos Police Command have arrested a pick up driver who specialize in buying stolen construction materials from site workers in Lekki area of Lagos and reselling them. The suspect, Hassan Abubakar. 32, was arrested while driving a white pick-up van with a registration number … Read more
Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa States capital were greeted with anxiety following the razing of the State-owned radio station on Tuesday morning. The fire, which started on Tuesday morning at about 7:30 am destroyed a critical section Bayelsa Radio, which is located along Azikoro Road in the state capital. Confirming the incident, the Commissioner for … Read more
A four-year-old boy, who was identified as Ritse Micah, has been reportedly killed and dumped in an open well in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Late Ritse Micah was a nursery two pupil at ECWA Nursery and Primary School, Garaku, before his horrific murder. It was gathered that the child was reportedly murdered … Read more
The Magajin Garin Daura (District Head of Daura), Alhaji Musa Umar , who was kidnapped on May 1st,2019 has been freed. The spokesman for Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah confirmed this development on Tuesday morning. He said “Magajin Garin Daura has been rescued. Congratulations to the entire people of Daura and Katsina state in … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday has re-arraigned the former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged fraud of N6.9billion. Details later
Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected relations to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose network is accused by Ankara of carrying out an attempted coup in 2016. Ankara blames Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, for masterminding an attempted coup in July 2016. Gulen has … Read more
Family members of some of the victims of last weekend’s boat accident in Lagos are blaming the boat’s helmsman for the accident that led to the death of many of the passengers According to Punch, the accident occurred at Egbin, near Ijede in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, with family members of victims pointing … Read more
Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo has arraigned a 57-year-old man, identified as Khalil Babalola, who allegedly reneged on a promise to pay back a loan obtained to travel to Saudi Arabia for the lesser hajj in 2013. The defendant, who is facing two counts of stealing and obtaining unlawful credit, was said to … Read more
It was an awful day, on Monday for the Nigeria Police Force as it lost six of its personnel to unknown gunmen in Bayelsa and Rivers states, while a station was set ablaze in Imo State. In the attack, some gunmen invaded a police station in Agudama, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and … Read more
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has so far recovered eight bodies comprising seven males and a female after Saturday’s boat accident at Ikorodu. LASEMA’s Public Affairs Officer Kehinde Adebayo who disclosed this on behalf of the agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyetolu, this afternoon, stated that rescue operation was … Read more
A petroleum tanker accident in Ahumbe village along Alliade- Makurdi federal highway in Gwer East Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, yesterday claimed 60 lives with several others injured. An eyewitness, who identified himself as Austin, said the tanker was carrying fuel from the eastern part of the country, heading to Makurdi when it … Read more
Labour unions in the public service on Monday said they had started mobilising workers against the delay by the Federal Government to implement the new minimum wage signed into law on April 18. The unions, under the aegis of the Trade Union Side (TUS) of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), said in … Read more
The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force, said they have arrested 77 suspected criminals, including sex workers during a midnight raid in some parts of the state. Chairman of the task force, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed this in a press statement signed by Adebayo Taofiq, Head, Public Affairs Unit. He said that the mid-night … Read more