Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested 71 suspected miscreants around railway-line in Oshodi, as part of efforts to rid the state of all criminal elements, especially those operating at notorious black spots.
Three trigger-happy Policemen attached to Soloki Police Station, allegedly shot a motorcyclist to death on Thursday, at Kilo, in the Surulere area of Lagos. The victim identified as Ademola Moshood was reported to have closed the business of the day and was just about a minute ride from his home before the fatal incident. Eyewitness accounts have it that Moshood…
A young man in his mid-twenties has been arrested in the Igando area of Lagos for impersonation of the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries (MFM), Dr D.K Olukoya. The suspect, Atanda Yusuf, a 27-year-old computer science graduate from Ekiti State University, was arrested by Operatives of Area D command of the Lagos State police command for…
Lagos State may yet be at the brink of building collapses according to the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG). On Monday, the BCPG alerted about the existence of 36, 000 buildings waiting to collapse in the State. This is coming in the wake of two-storey building collapse on Monday, March 25, barely two weeks after a three-storey building fell to…
A two-storey building collapsed on the Island metropolis of Lagos State on Monday, at midday. The building was already marked for demolition following the State Government's clampdown on deteriorating structures in Lagos, after the Ita Faaji three-storey building collapse on March 13. Eye witnesses say that occupants have been exiting apartments and shops located in the building. Some of them…
The Lagos State Government has reached an understanding with Techno Oil and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), to implement a scheme to make Lagos ``clean, green and healthy’’.
The Total School Support Seminar & Exhibition (TOSSE) 2013 will hold at the Ten degrees Event Centre, Billing way, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of June, 2013 from 10.00am.
No fewer than 120,000 pupils from public and private primary schools on Saturday sat for placement examination into JSS 1 in Lagos State.
Some beneficiaries of Eko Free Health Mission- sponsored by the Lagos State Government - on Thursday commended Gov. Babatunde Fashola for the initiative.
Eighty six ships are expected to arrive the Lagos ports between Feb. 12 and March 2, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. NPA in its daily publication, `Shipping Position,’ made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, indicated th...
Twenty one ships are waiting to discharge petroleum products at the various oil terminals within the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reported. NPA in its daily publication, `Shipping Position,’ made available to newsmen on Tue...
The Lagos State Gov., Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Wednesday, cautioned residents to desist from giving false information while processing land documents. Fashola gave the warning in a news release signed by Mrs Bola Akingbade, spokesperson, Ministry...
Mr Odeyinka Popoola, Manager of Festac Business Unit of the PHCN, on Wednesday said that the unit was being owed about N1.5 billion by customers. Popoola, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that it was unfortunate that...
Eighteen fuel-laden ships are waiting to berth and discharge their contents at the various oil terminals in Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said. In its daily publication, ``the Shipping Position’’, made available ...
The Nigerian Navy yesterday rescued retook an oil tanker, MT Abu Dhabi Star, hijacked off the coast of Lagos, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled as the navy arrived, a report by the Associated Press said. None of the sailors was...