Tag: Lagos State
Police foil two bank robberies in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had foiled attempted armed robbery on two banks in Ikorodu Local…
Robbers Raid Hospital, Rape Nurse In Turns
Cyriacus Izuekwe An angry 18-year-old auxiliary nurse has accused the owner of a private hospital of negligence after robbers raided…
Ambode Rejects Posh Marina Residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has dumped the posh State House, Marina where the former…
Govern with fear of God, PDP tells Ambode
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday urged Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the new governor of…
Ambode sworn-in as Lagos State governor
Kazeem Ugbodaga At a grand ceremony at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode was sworn in today…
Lagos cancels sanitation for inauguration ceremony
The Lagos State Government has cancelled restriction on human and vehicular movement for the May monthly sanitation exercise coming up…
Monarch, 3 Others Arraigned Over False Accusation
Yusuf Mohammed For allegedly lying to the police, Oba of Ojokoroland in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area of Lagos State,…
Fresh Trouble For Kashamu Over Land Grabbing
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Embattled senator-elect of Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu is enmeshed in another mess as he has…
Fresh trouble for Kashamu over land dealings
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The embattled senator-elect of Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu is enmeshed in another mess as he…
Tribunal grants APC’s request to inspect election materials in Lagos
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday granted leave to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to inspect documents…
Ambode unveils official portrait
The Lagos State governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday released his official portrait, saying that he would want to be…
In Her Own Right: Eulogy To First Lady In The Centre Of Excellence
By Mac Durugbo The saying that behind every successful man there is a woman reverberated on Wednesday, May 13, 2015,…
Key lawmakers meet over Lagos Speakership tussle
Eromosele Ebhomele The current impasse faced by members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria over who should…
Jilted Man Lands In Prison For Breach Of Public Peace
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 47-year-old jilted man, Olu Alloh, has landed in prison after he was arrested and charged to court…
Lagos Assembly Honours Honest Airport Cleaner
Eromosele Ebhomele After many weeks of commending Miss Josephine Ugwu, the cleaner who returned the sum of N12 million in…
Motorcyclists, unions fracas under control, says Lagos Police
The Police in Lagos say it has successfully restored normalcy to the NNPC area of Ejigbo, a suburb where fracas…
LASU: An Open Letter To Ambode
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni After much consideration, I prevailed upon myself to pen this letter to you and I am making…
NSCDC arrests 60 vandals, seal 30 security companies in Lagos
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested over 60 suspected…
Why Eshinlokun May Not Be Lagos Speaker
Jamiu Yisa For one of the contenders to the speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni,…
Lagos to build housing estate on Makoko lagoon
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to build modern houses on Makoko waterfront to curb the decay…
‘Learn Revenue Generation From Tinubu, Fashola’
Eromosele Ebhomele If Nigeria truly wants economic survival, the Federal Government must partner with outgoing Governor of Lagos State, western…
Don’t relocate Mile 12 Market, Traders beg LASG
The Mile 12 Traders Association on Wednesday appealed to the Lagos State Government (LASG) not to relocate the market to…
Preacher Steals Car During Morning Round
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year old gospel preacher, Lucky David, ran out of luck when he was arrested and charged before…
442 Lagos Bus Drivers Take Cocaine —LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 442 commuter bus drivers in three motor parks in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have tested positive…
Lagos PDP reverse chairman’s sack
The Lagos State Chapter of the PDP on Monday described as null and void, the purported removal of its State…
Lagos Lawmakers-Elect Begin Induction
Eromosele Ebhomele As part of preparations for the commencement of the eighth session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
Lagos PDP Sacks Chairman
Jamiu Yisa The Executive Council of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has removed the party’s…
Woman Buys 2 Babies For N1.9m In Lagos
Yusuf Muhammed The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a 52-year old woman identified as Mrs. Olamide Bello…
Lagos House Where Crocodiles, Snakes Are Reared
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down a building in Ojodu-Berger area of the state in southwest Nigeria…
Fire injures 7, burns 109 shops in Lagos
No fewer than seven persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a Sunday night inferno which gutted more than 109…