Traders and consumers in Lagos State are expressing relief following a recent drop in the price of beans, which had seen a significant rise in previous months. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, foodstuff traders and residents shared their satisfaction with the recent price adjustment. EDITOR’S PICKS PDP Declares Ethiope … Read more
The Lagos State Government announced on Monday that it had impounded over 448 vehicles for violating Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane regulations between January and August 2024. In a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq, revealed that the vehicles were apprehended in various locations, including Ikorodu, Maryland, … Read more
• Raids conducted across strategic locations, including Berger, Festac, and Lekki • Chairman Jejeloye: “No room for illegal Okada operators in Lagos State” • Appeal to Okada riders to seek legitimate means of survival or relocate Eko Hot Blog reports that, in a resolute move to restore order on Lagos roads, the Lagos State Taskforce … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion at the Alagba ramp inwards Lagos Abeokuta Expressway from Thursday, 24th August, 2023. The government announced the development in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos Ministry of Transportation, Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola, on Wednesday. He said the move was made … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has said reports of imminent attack in Lagos communities is false EKO HOT BLOG reports that nothing will be left to chance, according to the Lagos State Police Command, in protecting the state from reported impending terrorist assaults on towns along the Lagos boundary. One Deyemi Saka … Read more
News Agency of Nigeria said fuel supply improves in some retail outlets it monitored on Friday in the state were opened and dispensing fuel. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, is improving in Lagos State, after days of scarcity of the product. Some petroleum products … Read more
At least, five persons have been feared killed and many others injured in a multiple accident involving about 10 vehicles in Lagos. The accident was reported to have occurred at Alumorufu in Iyana-Ipaja along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was gathered a truck laden with beer bottles collided with a bus carrying worshippers of a Pentecostal church … Read more
The Ipaja Division of the Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the brutal murder of a 2-year-old girl. The little girl was was reportedly dumped inside a hole with her head crushed with a big stone by an unknown person. Residents who are still in shock over the girl’s death said that police … Read more
There was panic at the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos today as a guy went into a deep sleep in a commercial bus. It is still skeptical whether the incidence happened before or after the journey as the driver and some passengers of the bus tried waking him up with multiple taps and slaps, all … Read more
There was so much panic, traffic jam when an unchained container on the truck fell from Iyana Ipaja bridge, landing on a yet-to-be-identified woman’s leg and cutting her foot off. The incident which happened at about 6:30pm made passers-by scamper for safety for the fear of being victims. Reports had it that the woman was … Read more
A young school pupil has been killed after being hit by a stray bullet during a clash by police and commercial motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada riders in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos. Policemen trying to disperse the protest, which has since been hijacked by hoodlums, fired bullets in the crowd, hitting and killing … Read more