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2 confirmed dead as building collapses in Lagos Island (photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 11 July 2020 0

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed that two persons, a male child and an adult, were recovered in a building collapse Island which occurred around 3a.m on Saturday, July 11. READ ALSO:Abuja property owner dismisses allegation against VP’s daughter The agency also

Metro

FG reopens Apongbon Bridge on Lagos Island

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

Lagos – The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, says the rehabilitation of Apongbon Bridge on Lagos Island is completed and the highway will be opened to traffic on Wednesday. Kuti said on telephone that concrete repair works to address a major flooding problem on the 150 meters stretch of the road […]

Entertainment

Comedian LAFUP gears up for ‘Ibadan to the World’ show

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2019 0

…As Ali Baba, Kennyblaq, Woli Agba, Akpororo, others join line-up Lafup has announced details of his new show “IBADAN TO THE WORLD” coming up on Independence Day at Terra Kulture, Lagos Island. The comedian/compere is bringing captivating stories of his recent tour of different continents to the stage on October 1st 2019. Lafup, who started […]

Banking Business Insurance

FBN Insurance reports N902m paid claims in 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2019 0

Micheal Ajayi FBN General Insurance Limited, a subsidiary of FBNInsurance Limited has reported a paid sum of N902 million as claims for year ended 2018. The insurance company recorded a pay rise of N41 million as against N861 million paid in the previous year 2017. Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in […]

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Lagos State government begins manual demolition of marked buildings

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2019

The Lagos State Government has commenced the manual demolition of buildings marked on Freeman street at the Ita Faji area of Lagos Island. This follows the collapse of a three-storey building on Massey street in the same area, which caved-in on March 13, killing about nine people, while about 50 were rescued. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode […]

Politics

APC women vow to resist abuse, intimidation of women by party leaders in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), prepares for primaries across the states ahead of the 2019 elections, the Lagos Island Ward C I Women Leader and founder, Igbalaani Asiwaju Tinubu for Life, Mrs Wuraola Williams, has called for caution against actions of some party leaders to intimidate women seeking elective positions. Williams made the […]

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Allow us purchase electricity elsewhere, protesters urge EKEDC

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2018 0

The Association of Shop Owners at the Sura Shopping Complex, Lagos Island on Wednesday led a peaceful protest to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on the Marina, to demand freedom to patronise alternative power supply firms. The protesters who came out in black attire carried placards with various inscriptions, chanting songs to register […]

News Nigeria

Ambode’s wife empowers 50,000 pupils in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2018 0

Wife of the Lagos state governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, on Tuesday commenced the distribution of not less than 50,000 shoes and branded socks to primary one pupils of public schools across the state. In her remarks at the Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School, Ikorodu, Mrs. Ambode said the initiative was geared at boosting the morale […]

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NURTW crisis: LASG bans union activities in Lagos Island

Ihesiulo Grace 24 January 2018 0

Following the crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos Island Chapter, the State Government on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of all union activities on the Island indefinitely. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this shortly after the Security Council Meeting held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja

Crime

Police, LASG taskforce arrest 220 suspects in joint operation

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Joy Anyim The Lagos Police Command in a joint operation with the operatives of the Lagos State Task Force and other security agencies have arrested 220 suspected criminals in the Lagos Island area of the state. The operation which was tagged ‘Mother of all Raids’ was carried out on the instruction of the Commissioner of […]

News In Brief

Early morning gun battle in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

There has been an early morning gun battle between armed rival youth gangs around Isalegangan street near Itafaji market, Lagos Island. More to follow

News In Brief

Students leave exams, to fight in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

Rival youths gangs suspected to be students and candidates writing the GCE examinations are currently on rampage around Sura/Adeniji axis near Dolphin High School, Lagos Island. More to follow

News In Brief

Rival cults clash in Lagos Island

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

There are reports of sporadic and ongoing clashes between suspected cult groups on Lagos Island. The confrontations are said to be happening within the vicinity of Upper Campus and Tinubu neighbourhoods. More to follow.

Crime News

Two killed in Lagos Island revenge attack

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2017 0

Two fatalities have been recorded as suspected hoodlums from the Okepopo area of Lagos Island went on rampage to avenge an earlier attack on one of them from their counterparts from Onola. Daily Times ‎also learnt that one of the deceased persons was killed around Agarawu on Monday night, while another unidentified person was also […]

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Lagos seeks N1.5bn to distribute one million gas cylinders

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

    Lagos State Government yesterday said that it would need at least N1.5bn to enable it distributes Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG cylinders to 1 million homes in the state over a period of five years. The Government added that it would assist the Federal Government in the generation of power supply, adding that it […]