Family urges Sanwo-Olu to order corona inquest into hotelier’s death

To ascertain the cause of death of a businessman and hotelier, Alaba Bakare, his family has appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to order a coroner inquest. They are also asking the governor to order the release of the autopsy report conducted on his body at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) […]

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Lagos-Ibadan expressway: Oyo, Ogun police deploy personnel over kidnappings

Oyo and Ogun states Police Commands have deployed tactical teams on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over the recent incessant kidnappings on the road. The development is followed by the commands’ move to restructure and remodel their security architecture. According to a statement by the spokesperson for Oyo State Police Command, SP Adewale Osifeso, on Thursday, the […]

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Eko bridge closure worsens commuters hardship, forces vehicles off roads, hikes transport fares

Commuters trekking to their destinations. Photo: Cleopatra Eki LASTMA pledges free flow of traffic around Apongbon Lagos residents and traders have lamented the closure of Eko (Apongbon) bridge, saying it is impeding free flow of traffic and subjecting them to untold hardship due to their inability to access places of work and shops freely. The […]

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Lagos issues fresh update on flooding for Ikoyi, Lekki, VI residents

Flood; Photo: Sciencealert Lagos State government, on Monday, issued a fresh update to all waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be wary of backflow due to the high tide in the Lagos Lagoon. A statement by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water […]

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Arrest attackers of Jandor, Akindele’s campaign train, PDP tells police

One of the attacked vehicles APC denies sponsoring violence, blasts PDP Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, yesterday, urged the police to fish out miscreants that disrupted the campaign tour of the governorship candidate of the its party, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, and his Deputy, Funke Akindele, in Badagry. Jandor and […]

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PDP will amend unpopular market policies in Lagos – Funke Akindele

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Ms Olufunke Akindele, says the party will amend market policies that are not popular with traders in the state. The popular Nollywood Actress made the pledge on Thursday when she took campaigns to some notable markets in Alimosho area of the state. Lagos state […]

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MC Oluomo leads millions in walk for Tinubu

Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (Aka MC Oluomo) is leading millions of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to embark on a Solidarity Walk in support of APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The rally tagged five million man […]

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MC Oluomo holds five-million-man Lagos rally for Tinubu

MC Oluomo, supporters hold rally for APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos State. The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, defied the heavy rain on Sunday to hold their five-million-man rally for […]

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Lagos fixes October 6 for BECE resit

Lagos State Examinations Board has fixed October 6, as the new date for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) resit. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Orunsolu Adebayo, Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement noted that the examination earlier scheduled for September 28, had been postponed […]

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Lagos monarch who faked own kidnap jailed 15 years

Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Tuesday, sentenced the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of the state, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15 years imprisonment for faking his kidnap. The convict was first remanded on July 16, 2017, by an Ogba magistrate’s court, Ikeja, for faking his kidnap. Mutiu […]

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