Tag: Lagos State
Fashola’s Scandal: Tinubu is laughable, jittery, says PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described a statement credited to former Lagos State…
Sierra Leone hit Lagos on Monday for AFCON qualifier
The delegation of senior national team of Sierra Leone, known as the Leone Stars, will arrive in Lagos on Monday…
Boko Haram trying to hit Lagos – DSS
Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels Boko Haram are trying to extend their violent campaign across the country including Lagos, the country’s…
First batch of Lagos pilgrims arrive Medinah
Jamiu Yisa The first batch of Lagos state pilgrims to this year’s Hajj exercise have arrived in Medinah. The 540…
Lagos Sports Commission Endorses Kiddies Olympics
Taiwo Adelu The maiden Kiddies Olympics scheduled for October this year has received a boost with the endorsement from the…
Chief matron of Lagos Assembly found dead in office
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Matron of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Caroline Oriola, was reportedly found dead in…
Lagos alerts residents over impending flood
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has alerted residents living in the coastal and low line areas of the impending…
Ambode charges women to embrace vocational skills
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday urged women to embrace vocational and skill acquisition to empower themselves and…
Shut up and lick your wounds, APC tells Bode George
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked Chief Bode George to keep quiet…
Ambode pays N2.2billion to 658 retirees
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today presented bond certificates worth N2.2 billion to 658 retirees in the state.…
Kiddies Olympics: SUBEB sports director warns schools against mercenaries
Taiwo Adelu Sports Director of State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Lagos State, Mr. Olu Akapo, has warned schools taking…
Woman Loses N.5m To Money Doubler
Cyriacus Izuekwe A woman, Philomena Ajih, has lost N550,000 after she gave the money to suspected fruadsters locally known as…
We’re not behind demand for Fashola’s probe – PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied rumours that the party is behind…
Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions
In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…
Court Halts Coronation Of Ikorodu Monarch
Henry Ojelu Justice Olabisi Ogungbesan of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday halted the ongoing coronation ceremony…
Ambode approves N188.5m for scholarship awards
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved N188.5 million for the payment of 2014/2015 local scholarship and subsequent payments…
Fake Female Lawyer Docked After 10 Years In Practice
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have arrested a fake female a legal practitioner who has allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting…
Helicopter Crash: Ambode commiserate with victims
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has commiserated with the victims of the helicopter that plunged into the lagoon…
Helicopter crashes into Lagos lagoon
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that an unidentified helicopter has crashed into the Lagoon at the Oworonshoki…
MFM Pastor Sent To Prison Over Visa Fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor (Mrs) Joy Tongo of the Mountain of Fire Ministry, Yaba headquarters, has been charged before Isolo Magistrates’…
American NGO Set To Revive Volleyball In Lagos
Taiwo Adelu The game of volleyball in Lagos State is expected to receive a big boost as a Non Governmental…
Man Nabbed For Stealing In Church
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 32-year-old man has been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ court sitting in Ejigbo for stealing during…
Lagos denies sponsoring Hajj pilgrims
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday denied sponsorship of pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj as being speculated in some reports.…
Court Remands Suspected Cultist Over Death Of 2 Persons
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday ordered the remand in Ikoyi Prisons of an alleged…
3 Die In Lagos Auto Accident
Kazeem Ugbodaga A road accident has claimed the lives of three persons on Ajah-Epe road, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The accident…
Motorcycle Rider Kills Unidentified Female Passenger
Yusuf Muhammed A light complexion lady who recently hitched a ride on a commercial motorcycle popularly known as Okada from…
Lagos Sports Commission To Operate From Teslim Balogun Stadium
Taiwo Adelu The scrapping of Lagos State Ministry of Sports, Youth and Social Development by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in June…
Two dead as trailer, train collide in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Two persons have died after a trailer collided with a train on Monday night in Agege area of…
Lagos Traders Decry Police, NURTW Harassment
Market leaders from Araromi Oke-Odo market in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have sent an SOS to the Lagos…
Man Jailed One Week After Release From Prison
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year-old man freed from prison custody for criminal offence, has returned to the same prison one week…