Category: Lagos State

Two men were crushed to death on Tuesday while fighting on the Oshodi-Oke inward Gbagada Expressway, Lagos State. The victims were reportedly fighting on the expressway when they were both crushed by an incoming vehicle. Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the Nigeria Police, Lagos Response Unit […]

At least persons were confirmed dead and five others critically injured on Tuesday morning after two vehicles collided in Lagos. The accident, which occurred around 3am at Alaro City inward Epe, involved a passenger bus carrying 23 men and a tipper conveying sand. It was gathered that two persons escaped unhurt. While the Federal Road […]

CP Alabi meets with area commanders…on Monday; Photo: Benjamin Hundeyin Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, held a security meeting with all Area, Squadron and Tactical Commanders in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known via a tweet on Monday. Sharing photos from the […]

The Police Command in Lagos State has placed its operatives on red alert over alleged plans to attack the state by suspected gunmen. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. According to him, the command is not unmindful of intelligence reports suggesting that Lagos State could […]

Omotayo Sanyaolu, the Senior Special Assistant on Tertiary Education, Youths and Students Affairs to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State is dead. As gathered, Sanyaolu died in a lone auto crash in the Maryland area of the state during the early hours of Friday around Army Cantonment, Maryland, Ikeja. Confirming the incident in a statement, […]

Two male soldiers and a female civilian have died in an autocrash which occurred at Obadeyi, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos State, in the early hours of Friday. The accident involved a truck and a Mitsubishi saloon car with number plate RNG 396 AA. Eye witnesses’ account said the truck was driving carelessly when it rammed […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared Tuesday (today), Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as work-free days in a bid for all public workers to register for and collect their Permanent Voter Cards before the deadline date of July 30, 2022. The state Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, disclosed this in a statement on […]

General Manager, LASTMA), Mr. Bolaji Oreagba Many Nigerians have slammed slammed the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, over the incident which led to the death of a hypertensive Bureau De Change operator, Modibo Usman. They said the death was avoidable. As of 8pm on Monday, there were over 70 comments on this paper’s website, […]

The family of a Bureau De Change operator, Modibo Usman, has been thrown into mourning after he died from shock following an encounter with two officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in the Surulere area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Modibo, who was hypertensive, was being conveyed by his son, Mustapha, […]