Tag: Lagos State
Father, Daughter Burnt To Death
Oluwasanmi Joseph A man identified as Mr. Mathew Adewoye and his 8-month old daughter, Deborah, have been burnt to death…
Akiolu Blames OBJ For Poor Lagos Infrastructure
Kazeem Ugbodaga Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo is to blame for the poor state of…
100 Beggars Arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe At least 100 beggars were arrested by the Lagos State government on Wednesday for constituting public nuisance on…
LASU Students, Activists Storm Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Hundreds of aggrieved students of the Lagos State University, LASU, as well as a coalition…
Petrol Price Increases As Scarcity Looms
Eromosele Ebhomele Against the government regulated price of N97 per litre, most filling stations in parts of Ogun and Lagos…
Lagos to jail false emergency callers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has signed a bill into law stipulating three years imprisonment…
Fashola Signs Anti-Smoking Bill Into Law
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola has signed a bill banning smoking in public places in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, into…
2 Women, Baby Shot Dead In Mushin Gang War
Kazeem Ugbodaga The gang war in Mushin area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria has escalated as suspected cultists invaded a…
APC may not extend membership registration, says official
Dr Garuba Abari, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Membership Registration Committee in Lagos State, on Saturday said the party…
Man Batters Policeman, Tears His Uniform
Umoh-Obong Kingsley There was drama at Cele Bus Stop, Shasha, a suburb of Akowonjo in Alimosho Local Government Area of…
Travails Of Egan/Igando Housing Scheme Subscribers
On Monday Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola inaugurated the Lagos State Housing Ownership Mortgage Scheme, HOMS, at the Banquet Hall of…
Abiola’s wife joins 2015 race for Lagos governoship seat
Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday declared that she would contest the…
Lagos sets the pace in issuing e-C of O
Lagos State has set the pace in Nigeria, being the first state to issue an electronic certificate of occupancy to…
Akute’s Makeshift Roadside School
Right beside Akute Bus Stop, the border town that links Ogun State and Ojodu in Lagos State, an unusual spectacle…
Trader Killed At Ladipo Market
A trader has been stabbed to death as fresh crisis has erupted a Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Mushin,…
Fashola sued to provide school funding details
A human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola to…
Lagos To Deploy Additional 1,000 Security Cameras
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is to deploy additional 1,000 Close Circuit Television security cameras, CCTV, to beef up…
On Fashola’s Top Global Thinkers Listing
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recent listing of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola among 100 Top Global Thinkers for 2013…
Stripped Women: Police Raid Ejigbo Oba’s Palace
The police have raided the palace of the traditional ruler of Ejigbo, Oba Murufu Ojoola, to arrest nine suspects in…
Stripped Women: Ejigbo Oba Goes Into Hiding
The traditional ruler of Ejigbo in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Oba Morufu Ojoola, has reportedly gone into hiding following attempts by…
Man Rapes Pupil, Gives Her N100
Ajobless man, Joseph John, 25, has been arrested by the police at Ilasan Division, Lekki, Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…
Consolidating The Gains Of Lagos State Security Trust Fund
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, and indeed West Africa, has massive security challenges. This…
Waste Takes Over MM Airport staircase
Waste has taken over a staircase at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. P.M.NEWS learnt that many travellers and airport…
Lagos Assembly Passes N489.6b Budget For 2014
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has approved the sum of N489. 690 billion as budget…
2015: Africa’s Richest Woman, Alakija’s Posters Flood Alausa
Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, the richest African woman is eyeing the Governorship seat of Lagos State, western Nigeria to replace Governor…
9 Burnt To Death In Fuel Tanker Explosion
At least nine people died last night when a petrol tanker conveying 33,000 litres of premium motor spirit, PMS, somersaulted…
Lagos Under 13 whipped by FCT Abuja team
The Federal Capital Territory team on Tuesday in Abuja whipped favourites Lagos State 5-1 to win the 2013 NFA U-13…
Lagos Bus Drivers Shun Registration
At least 90,000 commuter bus drivers and conductors have shunned Lagos State Government’s capturing of their data. The government had…
Bus Driver Crushes Motorcyclist, Passenger To Death
A commuter bus driver Thursday crushed to death a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger at Alagbole, a border town between…
2 Kids Burnt To Death, Graduate Commits Suicide
Two children were burnt to death last night when a candle light razed their parents’ home at 12, Adebari Street,…