BRT death: Lagos govt should pay Bamise’s family N100m compensation – Adegboruwa

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday, applauded the Governor Sanwo-Olu government over the arraignment of a Bus Rapid Transport driver, Andrew Omininikoron, a prime suspect in the gruesome murder of a passenger, Bamise Ayanwola. The senior lawyer, in a statement, also asked the government to apologise to the family of the […]

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Lagos diverts traffic as Buhari makes second visit

Lagos State Government on Monday announced the diversion of traffic with the provision of alternative routes for motorists for the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President will be making a second visit to the state for the inauguration of the new International Terminal at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja by the Federal Airports […]

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Computer Village relocation: Traders count losses

Shop owners in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos State have started counting their losses to the planned relocation of the information technology (IT) market to Katangow, a suburb. The traders lamented the cost of relocating to a new site at the beginning of the year, especially as they said they had just had renewed their tenancy. […]

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MC Oluomo clarifies tickets sale order controversy

Embattled Chairman of Lagos State Council of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has clarified the directive given to union’s members to sell tickets at motor parks. According to him, the tickets are the ones issued by the State Government pegged at N800. The Lagos State Government in January […]

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Dispatch rider got mother’s consent to take 10-month baby — Police

Lagos dispatch rider, mother and baby Lagos State Police Command on Monday disclosed that a dispatch rider, Williams Tadule, got the consent of one Lovina Biturs to take her 10-month-old baby away. According to the police, Tadule and Biturs were neighbours and the baby was fond of the rider. The police, in a statement, added […]

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Residents, transporters seek lasting solution to Lagos NURTW crisis

NURTW officials on duty Following the suspension of the chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, alias MC Oluomo, by the national body, there has been palpable fear that the disagreement between the two parties could degenerate into a major fracas among members. It was not surprising […]

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Crisis: Lagos backs MC Oluomo, suspends NURTW

Following the crisis engulfing the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union in Lagos State, the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Government has suspended the activities of the union from all parks and garages with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement late Thursday. The statement titled, ‘Lagos […]

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MC Oluomo, Lagos NURTW withdraw from national body

Following the suspension of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos Council Chairman, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), by the national body of the union, Akinsanya and all members of the union have withdrawn their membership from the national body. Rising from a meeting at the State Secretariat, Agege, Akinsanya said all […]

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Lagos NURTW chairman MC Oluomo suspended indefinitely, national body insists

Police beef up security across motor parks The National Union of Road Transport Workers has suspended its Lagos State chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, indefinitely. The National Public Relations Officer of the union, Chukwudi Asogwa, confirmed the suspension to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday. “Yes, it is true. The letter you […]

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed acting vice-chancellors for the two newly established universities in the state. While Idowu Okuneye, a professor of education, will serve as the acting vice-chancellor for Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Ijanikin, Oluremi Olaleye, a holder of PhD in Microbiology, will serve in the same capacity at the […]

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