Tag: Lagos State
9ice, Others For D’Arch Lounge Opening
Top stars including 9ice, Wizkid, Reminisce, TDust and DJ Prince would be performing live as D-Arch Lounge makes its grand…
NEMA Builds Bridge To Pipeline Fire Site
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has commenced building a foot bridge in order to have access to the site…
Xmas: Crime Rate Rises
As Christmas and New Year approach, crime rate appears to have increased. Most of the motorcyclists with the backing of…
Fashola Seeks Partnership On Quality Education
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has urged individuals, clubs and corporate bodies to partner with the government to provide facilities…
Crisis Over Babasola Rhodes Estate
Novojo Farms and Fisheries Company Limited, an estate left behind by the late Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Babasola Rhodes,…
Timson Cup Final Holds Sunday
The final of U-15 Oba Gbolahan Timson Soccer Competition will hold on Sunday at the Sports Complex of University of…
Soyinka Wins Awo Leadership Prize
Professor Wole Soyinka has been named winner of the first ever Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership, instituted in honour of…
Okada Riders In Fresh Protest
Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…
Late DIG’s Siblings Fight Over Property
The siblings of the late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ganiyu Olanrewaju Dawodu, are fighting over property left by…
States Taking Advantage Of Local Govts — Fafunmi
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts, Saka Fafunmi, has accused state governments across the country…
Christmas: Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar
With a week to Christmas, prices of foodstuffs and other items have skyrocketed in major markets in Lagos, Lagos State,…
Lagos Assembly Fetes Christian, Muslim Staff
The Lagos State House of Assembly has held different services for its Christian and Muslim staff in the annual Outreach…
Ferry travel saves Lagosians traffic nightmares
It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to…
Ayo Elmar Gives Succour To Children
Nigerian-born female fashion designer, Ayo Van Elmar, has embarked on a charity initiative dubbed Sunshine Project. It is aimed at…
Lagos Impounds 6,972 Motorcycles In 3 Months
The Lagos State Government has impounded 6,972 motorcycles between September and November for plying restricted roads in the state. Lagos…
Fuel Theft: Pipeline Explodes In Lagos
An explosion occurred at the site of a vandalised NNPC oil pipeline yesterday in Lagos. Some oil thieves were feared…
Yuletide: Lagos Traders Blame Higher Food Price On Cost Of Transportation
One week to Christmas, prices of some food items have gone up in Lagos markets, the News Agency of Nigeria…
Conmen Target Lagos Lawmakers
Probably to reap their own dividends of democracy, fraudsters have devised several ways of swindling members of the Lagos State…
Fashola Gives N3.58b To 604 Retirees
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today paid N3.58 billion to 604 retirees of the state civil service. The money…
Okada Riders Fix Protest For Wednesday
Commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have vowed not to yield to the Lagos State Government’s…
Christmas: Second-hand Clothes Enjoy High Patronage
Few days to Christmas celebration, second-hand clothes, popularly referred to as “Okirika’’ or “bend-down boutique”, are enjoying more patronage in…
Give False Information, Spend 1 Year In Jail—AG
It is a criminal offence for a person to give information which he knows or believes to be false for…
Nigeria: Eko 2012 In Retrospect
For two weeks, the influx of people into Lagos State increased, traffic gridlocks went up, traders increased prices of their…
Fake Soldier Arraigned For Assaulting LASTMA Officers
A fake soldier, Kingsley Ighalo , 37, has been arraigned on a five-count charge at the Special Offences Magistrate Court…
Man Stabs Landlady’s Son To Death Over N50
The police in Lagos, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested an okada rider identified as Igali for stabbing a landlady’s…
Landlady Sues Dead Tenant
There was a mild drama at the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Tuesday when the court was told…
Patients Decry Orthopaedic Hospital Doctors’ Attitude
Patients at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, on Wednesday decried the doctors’ failure to give them prompt attention. They…
Athletes Wants Games On Annual Basis
The 18th National Sports Festival, NSF tagged “Eko 2012” held in Lagos State may have come and gone but some…
Panic Grips Cops Over Certificate Verification
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced verification of certificates of its men and officers. This has reportedly caused panic…
‘Jonathan Pushing Nigeria To Collapse’
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mufutau Egberongbe, has urged Nigerians close to President Goodluck Jonathan to…