Lagos State Government on Monday shut down all Chrisland Schools in the state indefinitely following an alleged sexual violation involving some pupils during an international trip. A statement by government announced the shutdown amid a controversy generated over an “immoral act” engaged in by students of the school during a trip to Dubai. Government, in […]
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There was heavy security at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge on Friday ahead of the resumption of toll payment on the bridge. It was gathered that no fewer than five security vehicles and many policemen have been stationed on the bridge. The Lekki Concession Company had announced that it would resume toll operations at the Lekki-Ikoyi […]
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Many people were reportedly injured on Monday, in Fagba area of Lagos, during a clash involving some loyalists of the newly appointed Chairman, Lagos Parks And Garages Committee Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as ‘MC Oluomo’ and National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, members. The incident reportedly occurred in a bid by the loyalists […]
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Shop owners at the scene of the fire incident try to salvage whatever they can at Apongbon market in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 23, 2022. – A morning fire on March 23, 2022 badly damaged a main bridge in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, razing dozens of shops and risking more traffic chaos in the city, […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Government has announced that the state will experience 243 days of 1,750mm of rainfall in 2022 and it has put measures in place to tackle flooding. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing on the 2022 […]
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Lagos police boss, Abiodun Alabi A suspected cable thief has been killed after hoodlums vandalised power cables at the Dangote Refinery in the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that about 20 hoodlums invaded the premises of the refinery through the lagoon and were vandalising the power cables when security […]
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The Iyaloja of Aromoleti Market on Lagos Island area of Lagos State, Mrs Rukayat Balogun, on Tuesday, begged the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government to shelve its planned eviction of traders under the Eko bridge. According to her, no fewer than 30,000 traders under the Eko bridge will be affected if the state government […]
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•Damage to bridge will subject motorists, commuters to hardship – Lagos Mrs Rukayat Balogun sat quietly staring at the corner where her shops, which housed goods comprising baking materials, once stood. She was so lost in her thoughts that she hardly noticed the presence of sympathisers. Having traded and earned a livelihood there for over […]
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A Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has discharged and acquitted a housewife, Mary Alilu, who was accused of murdering her husband, Kingsley Perewe, by cutting his neck and head. Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay cleared the housewife of the one-count charge of murder in suit LD/5944C/17. Mrs Alilu spent over four years […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday launched the ‘Lagos Ride Transport Initiative’, with 1,000 new GAC cars rolled out in the first phase. The taxi hailing initiative, operated on a lease-to-own basis, is a component of the government’s multimodal transportation blueprint, executed under the Traffic Management and Transportation pillar of the THEMES agenda. The initiative […]
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