At least 30 people were injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju Ishaga, Lagos State on Thursday. It was learnt that 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed. Among the buildings affected are X and Y Event Center, a church, and a plank market. An eyewitness, Ikechukwu, said, “We just heard a loud […]
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Panic gripped residents of Lagos and Ogun boundary communities on Thursday following an explosion and massive fire. The explosion, which was heard as far as Harmony Estate and Obawole, Ogba, Iju as well as Akute in Ogun State, was said to have occurred around 3:30pm around Balogun Bus Stop in Ishaga, Lagos State. It was […]
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To ensure compliance with coronavirus protocols, the Muslim Community of Lagos has embarked on a sensitisation and inspection tour of Lagos mosques to enlighten people on the needs to contain the spread of the pandemic in the country. Speaking during the tour, the Chairman, Committee on COVID-19, Dr. Naheem Adesina Ekemode, said the inspection became […]
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The illegal slaughter slab at Oke Rube area of Alimoso Local Government Area dismantled by the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance team of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday in Lagos Lagos State Government has dismantled an illegal slaughter in the Oke Rube axis of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
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Ogun State Government has approached the Federal Government for authorisation to rehabilitate, reconstruct and commercialise the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, along with Lagos State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. He also said the state requested for rehabilitation of the […]
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The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) on Thursday demolished over 150 illegal shanties, kiosks and shop extension around Arewa Community Central Mosque popularly called (Mosalashi Alhaja) in Agege area of Lagos. Speaking on the exercise, the Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police stated […]
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Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife have now recovered from COVID-19 after one month. in isolation. He gave an explicit narration of his experience from how he contracted the virus down to the survival. Read below his full account: “Thank God I am back at my duty post! […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says worship centres in the state will reopen effective August 7, 2020. Worship centres had been shut in the state since March as part of measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 had okayed the reopening of churches and mosques […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the increase of the fare of the government owned bus service, Lagos Bus Services Limited, LBSL, by about 46 per cent. A statement by the Assistant Director, Corporate Communication, at the Lagos Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, said the increase would take effect from August 1. The […]
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Police Constable attached to Ikoyi Division, Risikat Balogun and two children were on Saturday killed while nine other persons were in critical condition after two buildings collapsed in Lagos. The incident occurred at 16 and 17 Freeman Street, Lagos Island around 2am. Witnesses said a defective three-storey building was the first to cave-in, adding that […]
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