Roads and houses were flooded and property destroyed in Lagos on Saturday after a downpour which lasted for hours. The rain witnessed in many areas of the state caught many residents and passengers unaware as they ran to shelter stands to avoid being soaked. Areas such as Ojodu Berger, Ikosi-Ketu, Gbagada, Surulere, Ikorodu and others […]
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One of the deserted streets during Lagos Task Force clash with Okada riders in Idi-Araba.. yesterday. Credit: Eniola Daniel The sound of gunshots rent the air yesterday, in Idi-Araba, Mushin, Lagos when commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders clashed with officials of Lagos State Task Force over enforcement of the state’s ban on their […]
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• It’s not true, police react It was a case of breaching procedural rules guiding rule of law in the country, as a senior police officer in charge of Area D Command headquarters in Mushin, Lagos State, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Aliko Dankoli, allegedly ordered locking up of a Lagos Magistrate. Dankoli had on […]
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With a combined manufacturing production value of N3.2 trillion in the second half of 2021, Lagos and Ogun industrial zones are responsible for 86 per cent of manufactured goods consumed in the country and exported. According to the latest data released by the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), of the N3.73 trillion worth of goods […]
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Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, emerged Lagos All Progressives Congress, APC, flagbearer for re-election bid in the 2023 governorship poll. The governor, a sole contestant, emerged candidate at the APC 2023 Governorship primary, held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly, Onikan Stadium, Lagos Island. Five delegates each from 245 wards across 20 recognized […]
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The Electoral Committee for APC Governorship Primaries in Lagos State has disclosed that only Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was cleared to participate. APC special state congress to select the party’s candidate for the 2023 governorship election held on Thursday. Alhaji Adamu Yuguda, Chairman of the five-man electoral committee, stated this to newsmen while reacting to allegations […]
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The Federal High Court, Lagos Division has restrained a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos branch, Alhaji Musilu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo and seven others from collecting union dues and levies from commercial drivers that are non-union members in all motor parks in Lagos State. The seven others are […]
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says instability in neighbouring African countries causing influx Govt not serious about ban, says security expert Amid security reports that some of those parading as commercial motorcyclists are indeed hoodlums and bandits, who have invaded Lagos, the State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, the Task Force, said it will intensify the crushing of seized […]
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Credit: Facebook Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Monday destroyed over 400 carts confiscated from pushers, who allegedly serially dump waste at unauthorised locations in the metropolis. The Managing Director/CEO, LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, told newsmen that the indiscriminate dumping of waste by the cart pushers was a clear violation of the environmental laws of […]
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The Lagos State Government has vowed to prosecute the missing developer, identified as Fumble, who was said to be in charge of the three-storey building that collapsed and killed four labourers on Alayaki Lane, Freeman Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State. It was gathered that the developer went into hiding after the building caved in and […]
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