Business activities under Obalande bridge, Lagos, last week; Photo: Eniola Daniel Squatters under Lagos State bridges have defied order of the federal and Lagos State governments to vacate the facilities. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had ordered all occupants and traders under all the bridges in Lagos to vacate within seven days after the March 23, 2022 […]
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The Deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Funke Akindele has revealed how her numerical strength on social media will help her defeat the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election. Funke is making the remarks in reaction to a statement made by APC that she (Funke) had nothing […]
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Chief Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state during the visit on Thursday in Lagos. Photo: NAN Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured that the state has concluded plans to host the most colourful edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture […]
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Seven people, including three siblings, died as a result of the flood occasioned by heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday in Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday evening. It said the seven deaths were recorded at Oke Isagun, Orile-Agege, Lagos and Akute in Ogun State. According to NEMA’s Lagos Coordinator, Ibrahim […]
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A female adult has reportedly escaped death at the scene of a building collapse which occurred at Number 15, Oke-Arin Street, Ilupeju/Palm Grove in Lagos State. The abandoned two-storey building reportedly collapsed to ground Zero in the early hours of Wednesday, July 13, 2022. It was learnt that the incident occurred due to aging of […]
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A building at Onipanu area of Lagos has reportedly collapsed. This is barely two weeks after a church building under construction collapsed opposite Number 17, Cardoso Street, off Martins Street in Mushin. The incident occurred at about 1.07am at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju but details could not be ascertained at press time. The […]
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Thirteen more bodies have been recovered from the ill-fated boat sailing from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, a suburb of Lagos, on Saturday, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Confirming this casualty figure in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, the agency’s Zone Coordinator, South-West, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, said that a total of 17 bodies […]
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Four bodies have been recovered from Friday’s boat mishap at Ojo area of Lagos. The four bodies, part of passengers in a W19 fibre boat carrying 16 passengers were recovered at Mile 2 area on Saturday. The boat capsized on Friday night. General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, confirmed the recovery […]
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Emergency responders have rescued three persons from a Lexus Jeep that was swept away by a heavy flood around Oyatoki area of Agege, Lagos State. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said that the incident involved […]
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Boats at the LASWA Yard, Five Cowries Terminal, Ikoyi, Lagos Barely three days after the unfortunate boat accident around the Ikorodu area of Lagos State leading to the death of two passengers, another boat accident occurred on Friday night around the Mile 2 area. Mrs Sarat Braimah, Lagos Area Manager, the National Inland Waterways Authority […]
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