Tag: Lagos State
Lagos Shuts 429 Houses
To stem the tide of collapsed buildings in the state, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has revealed that 429…
Passengers Stranded As Fares Double
Barely a few days to Christmas celebration, some passengers travelling out of Lagos State, western Nigerian, are stranded because of…
4 Jolly Friends Die In Auto Crash
Barely one week to Christmas, four friends returning home after enjoying themselves at a night club in Ikeja died in…
Police Demolish 500 Houses In Lagos
More than 500 buildings were destroyed this morning at Polome Village/Community, Mowo Phase II Badagry, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on…
Most Beautiful Girl In Eko, Others For Ikeja City Awards
The 8th edition of Ikeja City Awards will take place on Sunday 15 December at De Hall Event Centre, Ikeja,…
Fashola launches law enforcement institute
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Tuesday launched a Law Enforcement Training Institute. He also presided over a ceremony…
Landlord Plucks Out Tenant’s Eye
A landlord who damaged one of the eyes of his tenants will know his fate tomorrow at the Ejigbo Magistrates’…
Nigerian Pilgrims Abscond In Israel
Five Nigerian pilgrims who went to Israel for this year’s pilgrimage have absconded. Two were from Lagos State while the…
Battered Wife Divorces Husband
The president of Agege Customary Court, Lagos State, Mr. E.B. Shokunle, has granted divorce to a woman who had complained…
Lagos And The Crusade For Road Safety
By Mamud Hassan Contrary to stereo-typed opinions being expressed in certain quarters that accidents are acts of God, most accidents,…
20,000 Driver’s Licences Abandoned
At least, 20,000 driver’s licences are yet to be collected by their owners at the Ojodu office of the Federal…
Fashola Bans Skating On Expressway
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to arrest and prosecute Mr. Michael Ekundayo, an official of the Lagos…
Fashola receives report on collapsed buildings
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday received the report of the Tribunal of Enquiry on incidence…
Land Speculator Shot Dead
Policemen at the Agbado Police Division in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, have recovered the corpse…
4,900 Suspects On Trial In Lagos Courts
At least 4,900 inmates are currently undergoing trials in various courts in Lagos State, says the Controller of the Lagos…
Curbing Lagos-Ogun Border Robbery Attacks
The spate of armed robbery attacks in residential areas in border towns in Lagos and Ogun states in recent weeks…
Woman Delivers In Tricycle
A 28-year old herbal concoction hawker, popularly known as Paraga seller, Basirat Ogundeji, has been delivered of a baby girl …
Markets To Be Shut Tomorrow For Oba Akiolu’s Birthday
Traders in Lagos State, western Nigeria, are apprehensive that markets will be shut tomorrow for the 70th birthday celebration of…
Chemical Knocks Off 25 Students, 2 Teachers
Twenty-five students and two teachers of Ogba Junior Grammar School in Ogba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, were on Thursday evening…
Fashola Receives Wrestlers’ Award
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State has received an Intercontinental Good Governance and Peace award from the Local Organising…
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Traffic Violation: Fashola Declares War Against Military, Policemen
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has vowed to prosecute policemen and military officers violating the state’s Road…
Cholera Hits 7 States, 80 Dead
An outbreak of cholera, a disease that causes unrestrained stooling and vomitting, has hit Lagos and six other states in…
3 die in cholera outbreak in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three persons have been confirmed dead as cholera outbreak hit Lagos. The Lagos State Government in a prompt…
Fashola commissions Alausa power plant
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has commissioned the 10.4MW Alausa Independent Power Project, IPP, built at a…
Ngige at fund raising dinner unfolds agenda
The All Progressives Congress Candidate in the November Governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Dr, Chris Ngige,…
Fashola: Nigeria must punish those behind aviation woes
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to mete out appropriate…
Generator Fire Kills Father, 2 Children
A 50-year old Togolese and his two children were burnt to death at the Ikotun area of Alimosho Local Government,…
Williams succeeds Ogunlewe as Lagos Head of service
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs. Josephine Oluseyi Williams as the 17th…
Lagos gets set to turn waste into electricity
(Reuters) – One thing Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos, one of the world’s largest, generates in abundance is trash. Now it…
Ndigbo And The Development Question
By Mac Durugbo Whatever else is ascribed to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) in terms of…