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Apapa gridlock to end soon – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed confidence in the ongoing efforts to permanently resolve traffic congestion in…
Clearing agent sent to prison over N10.4m fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Godfrey Ake who claimed to be a clearing agent at Apapa, Lagos, western Nigeria, has been arraigned before…
Apapa Customs Area 1 Command generates N23.4bn
By Falobi Moses The Customs Area One Command, Apapa under the leadership of Comptroller Egbudin Willy has told statkeholders at…
Coys relocating from Apapa due to gridlock, says association
Many companies are said to be relocating from Apapa in Lagos State due to the gridlock usually experienced by motorists…
Multi-million naira property lost in Sarafoam fire
Kazeem Ugbodaga Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed after fire razed down Sarafoam factory in Kirikiri area of…
APAPA – A NATIONAL MIRROR IS BROKEN
By JOE IGBOKWE When His Excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode appointed me the Chairman Wharf Landing Fees Collecting Authority, I was…
Shippers Association calls for closure of Lagos ports
Shippers’ Association in Lagos State, has called for temporary closure of Tin-Can and Apapa ports until the bad spots on…
Cultist, 33, remanded for allegedly fighting with weapons
Magistrate Aka Bashorun sitting at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded an alleged cultist, 33-year-old Peter Udoh, at the…
Unending Apapa Traffic Gridlock
There appears to be no end to the reign of terror being unleashed on motorists and residents of Apapa area…
Ambode meets Tank Farm owners over Apapa gridlock
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday met with tank farm owners in Apapa on how to resolve the perennial…
Petrol tanker drivers lament over Apapa quit order
The National Union of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) on Monday said that the Lagos State Government vacation order to its…
FG begins rehabilitation of Wharf, Apapa Road
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Godwin Eke, said on Wednesday that remedial work was being carried out on…
Fashola set to move tank farms from Apapa to Lekki
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said that his administration had concluded plans to relocate all tank farms…
Julius Berger working tirelessly to finish Apapa roads – FG
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke on Wednesday said that Julius Berger has began working at night…
Apapa Gridlock, Threat To Security
Kazeem Ugbodaga In the wake of nationwide insecurity, the Commandant of the Nigerian Navy Security, NNS Beecroft, Ovenseri Uwadiae, says…
Fashola visits Apapa again, decries FGs insensitivity
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the traffic gridlock in Apapa as a result of fuel and…
Police lied about Apapa fuel depot blast
Nigerian authorities, battling to stem an escalating Islamist insurgency, covered up a bomb attack in Lagos by claiming a blast…
Fashola Warns Tank Farm Owners To Be Vigilant
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following an explosion at a tank farm in Apapa area of Lagos, western Nigeria, last week, Governor Babatunde…
Deadly Blast: Lawmaker Wants Apapa Tank Farms Relocated
Eromosele Ebhomele The member representing Apapa Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, Mufutau Egberongbe, has…
Four dead in twin Apapa explosion
At least four people were killed after two explosions ripped through Apapa, Lagos on Wednesday night, with scores injured. According…
Worker Sets Colleague Ablaze Over N500
A man unleashed his anger on his co-worker for withholding his N500 after work. He fetched some petrol and set…
Woman Sends Husband To Prison
A housewife, Mrs. Roseline Ibrahim, betrayed her husband, Yahaya Ibrahim, and ran away after he stood surety for her at…
Jobless Graduate Stabs Friend
Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria are now battling to save the…
Apapa Cup Kicks Off
The first edition of Apapa Football competition kicked off last Saturday at the Apapa football pitch, Lagos. Mr. Muyiwa Jimoh, who…
Girl, 5, Foils Kidnap Attempt
A five-year old girl who was kidnapped at Ijora-Oloye, Apapa, Lagos, foiled an attempt by her abductor to take her…
Man Batters Lover Over Denied Sex
For denying him sex in a hotel room when he needed it most, a man, Chamberlain Opara has battered his…
4 Killed In Ijora As Tricycle Operators, Youths Clash
At least four persons have been killed and several others injured, with many property damaged following the crisis that broke…
WWTBAM Children Special: Ten-Year Old Pupil Wins N1m
A 10-year old student of King David Nursery and Primary School, Olodi, Apapa, Lagos, Anita Patrick, recently became a heroine…
Jilted Man Stabbed For Demanding Refund From Lover
A jilted man, Anthony Nwagbo, who resides in Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos, has been stabbed for demanding a refund of all…