Tag: Lagos State
Lagos: A Megacity And Its Mega Challenges
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The population of Lagos is presently in excess of 18 million. A mega city status is conferred…
‘Restrict Yourself To Areas Of Specialisation’
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has charged law officers in the country to restrict themselves to their areas of specialization…
Most Lagos BRT Drivers Are Not Fit —Lawmaker
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Bisi Yusuf, has…
2 Men Face Trial For Throwing Rival Into Well
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arraigned two suspects over the murder of…
Lagos PMAN, APDON Set To End Feud
Kayode Aponmade Sir Kareem Ayinde Olomide Osoba a.k.a. Kabiyesi, Governor-General of the Lagos State chapter of the Performing Musicians/Employers Association…
Fashola employs 265 health tech graduates, appeals to striking doctors
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, to call of its…
‘Lagos Not For Politics Of Poverty And Stomach’
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured Lagosians that it is ready and prepared to…
Student Unionism Has Been Destroyed
Sanai Agunbiade, the lawmaker representing Ikorodu Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly has become one whose contributions…
Man Rapes Neighbour’s 9-Year Old Daughter
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ilasamaja division on Monday, arrested a factory worker, Victor Nkoli for allegedly having carnal knowledge…
Lagos pays N1.78bn to retirees
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has paid N1.78 billion to 354 retirees being their accrued benefit for their service…
Environmental Degradation: 5 Companies, Shops Shut
The Lagos State government at the weekend shut down five companies, an oil bunkering depot and several shops across Lagos…
Orelope-Adefulire at the retreat of Lagos Ministry of Finance
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (left), the State’s Commissioner for Finance, Ayo Gbeleyi (middle) and Financial Consultant,…
Lagos APDON, PMAN At War
Kayode Aponmade Lagos State chapters of Association of Professional Drummers of Nigeria (APDON) and Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN)…
2015: Agitation For Gov In Ikorodu
Kazeem Ugbodaga The race for the 2015 governorship election in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, is beginning to gather momentum with…
Fashola Harps On APC’s Ideology
At two separate fora on Thursday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), deepened the emerging debate on the clear…
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…
‘Blame FG For Power Failure’
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts (State), Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, has…
LASU Crisis: Assemblyman Urges Understanding
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Technology of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wahab…
Tinubu urges politicians to provide good governance at grassroots
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday urged political leaders to provide good governance at…
Ekiti 2014: APC May Sue Over Abuse Of Human Rights
Eromosele Ebhomele National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday morning clashed with the chairman…
Bureau D’Change Agent Nabbed Over Fraud
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned a businessman,…
Man Remanded For Undressing Teenager
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 30-year old man, Ifeanyi Okafor has been remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri for allegedly pulling off…
Unpaid Guards Attack Man With Machetes
Two security guards in Frankazi Street, Bucknor-Ejigbo area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Frank Olise and Emmanuel Olise, have been…
Woman Injures, Chases Housewife Away From Home
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 38-year old woman, Anita Okumagba, has been arrested and charged before magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo, for…
Ritualists’ Den Discovered In Lagos
Damilare Okunola & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A ritualists’ den has been discovered in Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…
Traffic Jam Paralyses Lagos Roads
Adebobola Alawode Motorists and commuters were trapped in traffic for several hours today on Ikorodu Road, Apapa-Oshodi expressway, 3rd Mainland…
Fashola And The Audacity Of Courage
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Management thought leader, business entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and Harvard Professor, Dr. John P. Kotter , once submitted…
Ejected Police Widows Decry Ordeal
Joe Odum-John Over two weeks after some widows living at the barracks of the Mobile Police Unit 20, commanded by…
‘We Won’t Resume Until Our Demands Are Met’
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Lecturers at the Lagos State University, LASU, have vowed not to resume or teach the students of the…
We’re Coming To Take Lagos, Southwest —PDP
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday,…