Tag: Lagos State
Declare June 12 Democracy Day, Ambode Tells Buhari
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…
Ambode Has Begun Well
By C. Don Adinuba There is no state governor who will be watched in the next four years as Akinwunmi…
Man Rapes His 14-Year Old Daughter
Josephine Odum-John A 14-year-old SS1 student in a secondary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, western Nigeria, has narrated how her 49-year…
Man Locks Wife Inside Room For 7 Months
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 20-year old housewife, Mercy Ekeh, has narrated how her husband, Kelechi Ekeh, 30, forced her to marry…
Ambode declares June 12 Public Holiday
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday declared Friday, June 12 as a Work Free Day in commemoration…
Heavy Downpour: Lagos warns residents of flood, urges them to relocate
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has warned residents living in the low line (flood plains) areas to relocate immediately…
Lagos Fire, Articulated Vehicles And Roadmaps
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Being a cosmopolitan city and the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, incidence of fire disaster is not…
Lawmaker Withdraws Case Against Eshinloku
Jamiu Yisa A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hakeem Masha has withdrawn his case against current…
The Task Before Obasa And The 8th Assembly
Monday, 8 June, marked a new era in the history of the legislative arm of Lagos State. It was the…
NURTW injects 100 new buses to BRT in Lagos
Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the Chairman, Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), said the union…
Lagos, Global Poverty And Wealth Creation
By Michael Oputeh It is a as a result of the harsh reality of the danger of poverty, if allowed…
Fake Testimony Lands Woman In Police Net
Yusuf Muhammed A 25-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Blessing Emeka Eze who has been going from one church to another…
Ambode Dumps Siren
Kazeem Ugbodaga Like his predecessor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has shunned the use of siren, saying he does…
Lagos Speakership: How Oshun, Eshilokun, Tejuoso Lost Out
Eromosele Ebhomele Ordinarily, if the principle of zoning was followed, Moshood Oshun, the most ranking member from Lagos Central Senatorial…
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Obasa Elected Lagos Speaker
Eromosele Ebhomele & Kazeen Ugbodaga Fourth term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and representative of Agege Constituency…
Another fuel tanker falls in Lekki, Lagos
Another fuel tanker fell in Lagos Sunday morning, June 7 on Lekki-Epe expressway. This comes after two fuel tankers fell…
Ambode laments Idimu fire disaster, calls stakeholders meeting Monday
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday visited the scene of a petrol tanker explosion which consumed 34…
34 houses, 70 shops razed as another tanker explodes in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 34 houses and 70 shops have been razed in Lagos as another fuel tanker fell and…
Ambode approves group life insurance compensation for police
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Friday approved an upward review of group life insurance compensation for officers and…
Scarcity: DPR investigates petroleum products depots in Lagos
The Department of Petroleum Department (DPR) might have commenced investigation on erring petroleum products marketers following the subsisting national energy…
Lagos Street Gang Kills 5 Youths
Kazeem Ugbodaga Barely 24 hours after the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, issued an ultimatum to residents in possession of…
Kashamu Hid In Toilet For 6 Days
A Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, wanted by the United States government for alleged drug offences, hid in his apartment’s toilet in…
‘I Didn’t Order LASTMA To Stop Arrest Of Contravened Vehicles, Motorists’
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says he did not at any time direct the stoppage of arrests of…
Ambode Plans Summit On Lekki, Apapa Traffic Gridlock
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says he would convene a traffic summit in the next few weeks to address traffic…
Now That Ambode Has Come
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “Ambo o, Ambo, Eko sese bere ni o Ambo o” (we are coming, we are coming, the…
Ambode’s Riot Act To LASTMA, KAI
The riot act read to officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI,…
Man Sells Son For N300k
Josephine Odum-John The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly selling his 2-year-old…
Ambode gives ultimatum to miscreants
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday presided over the inaugural Security Council Meeting, where he issued a…
Lawmakers Pick Obasa As Lagos Speaker
Jamiu Yisa & Eromosele Ebhomele The race for the Speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly seems to…
Housewife Docked For Killing Doctor
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year-old housewife, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, who stabbed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, her husband’s younger brother, to…