Tag: Lagos
Lagos shuts Shoprite over breach of safety law
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Safety Commission has shut the multi-billion multi-national shopping outlet, Shoprite located at the Ikeja Shopping…
RRS smashes dollar counterfeiting syndicate
Kazeem Ugbodaga Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Friday arrested five members of a 15-man syndicate specialising in dollar…
Man loses belongings over wife’s N4k bank debt
Cyriacus Izuekwe It was a sad experience for Segun Adeyemi after he discovered that his belongings were carted away by…
Tears as Lagos gives N5m to man who lost 4 kids in mudslide
Kazeem Ugbodaga Tears flowed at the Lagos State Secretariat as the state Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday presented a…
Ambode woos Commonwealth investors to Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday stepped up his government’s campaign for direct foreign investment in Lagos, by…
Golden Eaglets coach, Amuneke bags chieftaincy title
Cyriacus Izuekwe For his feat in the just concluded Under 17 World Cup football competition in Chile where Nigeria won…
Robbers smash baby on the road while robbing mom
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Shasha division have arrested two men on a motorcycle after they smashed a 2-year-old baby…
Police in Lagos kill 5 suspected robbers in shootout
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday killed five suspected armed robbers and arrested one with bullets wounds.
Ambode repairs 280 roads, to fix 189 others
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it has rehabilitated over 280 roads since Governor Akinwunmi Ambode came to power…
Lagos targets end to HIV/AIDS 2030
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is targeting an end to the dreaded HIV/AIDS pandemic in the state by 2030…
Bizman dies after losing N36m to partner
Cyriacus Izuekwe An Onitsha businessman, Ikechukwu Ezeanyagu, has died in his room after he allegedly lost N36m to his business…
Federation Cup final: Lobi promise ‘Baptism of Fire’ for Akwa United
As Nigerian football fraternity converge on Lagos for the FA Cup Finals on Sunday, all eyes are on the two…
Fashola the link between Lagos and FG, says Ambode
…vows to uphold good governance Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday described his predecessor and Minister of Works, Power…
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Nigeria dismisses world’s worst airport rating
Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria’s Port Harcourt…
Diamond bank loses regional office over fraudulent transaction
Akin Kuponiyi Justice Atinuke Oluyemi of Lagos High Court, Ikeja, western Nigeria, has barred Diamond Bank Plc and Ablag Company…
Commissioner seeks data bank for churches, mosques
The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef has called for the establishment of religious volunteer scheme and…
Bank customers in Lagos continue to register for BVN
Five days after the expiration of the deadline for the registration of Bank Verification Number (BVN), banks in Lagos are…
2 escape death as storey building collapses in Badagry
Kazeem Ugbodaga Two persons escaped death when a storey building under construction collapsed in Badagry area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
TAMING LAGOS TRAFFIC CHAOS
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Like every cosmopolitan city across the world, Lagos also experiences gridlock. The gridlock, widely referred to as…
EVOLVING NEW STRATEGIES TO COMBAT INSECURITY IN LAGOS
Ayo Afuwape No significant change can be seen or experienced if the same method is being used to perform the…
Man arrested for mounting illegal toll gate for extortion
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police have arrested a man who allegedly erected a toll gate and was using it to extort…
ITF set registration deadlines for Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis
Taiwo Adelu Players willing to play in Futures 3 of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship have been told…
14 ships arrive Lagos with petroleum products, other goods
Fourteen ships laden with petroleum products and other goods arrived in the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said…
Man attacks friend in hotel room, flees with N800k
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ajao Estate have arrested an Aba businessman, Onungwa Loveday, 31, who allegedly attempted to kill…
5 arrested for hitching a ride on train
Cyriacus Izuekwe Five men have been arrested and charged before Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court for hitching an illegal ride on…
Lagos appeals judgment on LG Caretaker Committees
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it has appealed the judgment of a Lagos High Court which had declared…
Invest in Lagos, Obasa begs German companies
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday appealed to German companies to invest…
Lagos to fight criminals, traffic with helicopters
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode says his administration has concluded plans to procure three helicopters next month…
Man arrested for selling another man’s house
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 43-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly selling another man’s house valued at N7m in Shasha area…
Lagos to prosecute owners of stray animals
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has once again reiterated its commitment to prosecute owners of domestic animals and pets…