Tag: Lagos State
Cricket: Lagos, Rivers Land In 2nd Round
Hosts, Lagos State, Rivers and Ogun have qualified for the second round of the cricket event of the ongoing 18th…
Motorcycle ban: Fashola arrests lawless policeman
Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday ordered the arrest of a policeman riding a motorcycle on Lagos/Abeokuta…
Accidents Claim 124 Lives In Lagos
Accidents have claimed 124 lives on roads in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria in the last 10 months, according to records…
Stunning Opening At 18th National Sports Festival
This year’s National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko 2012’, got off to a stunning start Tuesday evening, when the hosts, Lagos…
Constitutional Review: Fresh Case For Lagos Special Status
Lagos State, southwest Nigeria had been the Federal Capital of the nation since Nigeria attained nationhood in 1960. Lagos, with…
Lagos Assembly Begins Inspection Of LG Projects
The Lagos State House of Assembly has begun an inspection tour of all the 20 local government areas and the…
Danfo Driver Batters LASTMA Official
A commuter bus driver has allegedly battered an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, who was trying…
OKADA: 57 Councils Join ForcesTo Enforce Ban
The Chairmen of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas, LCDA, of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have…
Spreading Falsehood Will Never Work For You In Lagos, ACN Tells PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has described as tendentious, false and reckless the statement from…
Lagos 2013 Budget Not Achievable, Says State Assembly
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have described as unrealistic a major part of the financial projections in…
Adele Sure Of Kickboxing Gold Medals
Technical Director, Lagos State Kickboxing Association, Adegboyega Adele has restated the association’s determination to win gold medals in the event…
Lagos Can’t Be Dumping Ground For Okada —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says he will not allow Lagos to be a dumping ground for okada and…
Jilted Man Bathes Wife With Acid
A jilted husband identified as Okoye Gabriel has been arrested by the police at Ikotun Division in Lagos State, Southwest…
Woman Snatcher Stabbed To Death
A man has reportedly stabbed his rival to death in Lagos after he caught him with his lover making love.…
Lagos sets January for registration of residents
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has set January 2013 for the commencement of the registration of the estimated 21 million people…
Fruit Hawkers Invade High Court
A federal high court in Lagos has now become a veritable ground for fruit hawkers as they are seen in…
Lagos Will Make Games A Showpiece
As the rest of the country gather in Lagos State for the 18th National Sports Festival billed to begin later…
5 cops bag 25 year prison term for robbery
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today sentenced five policemen to 25 years imprisonment each for robbing…
Why Fashola, Amosun Failed To Resolve Ode Omi Crisis
Although, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, were able to resolve…
Ogun Allots 500 Hectares of Land To Lagos state
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta In furtherance to the southwest government plans for socio-economic and political regional integration, the Ogun state government…
Bus Driver Dies In Pit Latrine
A commuter bus driver plying Ikeja-Obalende route, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria fell inside a pit latrine and died this morning.…
Man Docked For Seeking Deliverance In Church
A 42-year old man, Akeem Abiola has been arrested in Lagos State southwest Nigeria for allegedly entering a church during…
Lagos Street Soccer: Organisers Give Winners N12.9m
In fulfillment of its promise, MTN Plc yesterday doled out N12.9million to successive teams in the season five of the…
Lagos Maternal Deaths Hit 1.1m
The maternal mortality rate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has hit 1.1 million annually, says the Lagos State Government as…
Man Stabs Lady For Snubbing Him
A businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbodo has stabbed a lady identified as Adaku Kalu and bit Grace Suwa after they snubbed him …
‘Sports Festival Not A Do Or Die Affair’
As the 18th National Sports Festival draws closer, Lagos State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Develpoment, Enitan Osodi, says the…
Police Arrest Monkeys, Minders For Theft
There was a mild drama at the weekend when the police at Ikotun Division, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, arrested three…
12 LASTMA Officers Killed In Lagos
At least 12 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have been killed in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria,…
Ikorodu youths protest bad road
Hundreds of Youths in Ikorodu Community on Saturday in Lagos state, western Nigeria held a protest over what they conceived…
Cook Bolts With Mistress’ N15m Jewellery
A 34-year old man from the Republic of Benin employed as cook has absconded with his employer’s jewellery valued at…