Air Peace has announced delays to some of its flights on Tuesday following heavy rainfall in Lagos. In a statement signed by Osifo-Whiskey, the airline’s spokesperson, the carrier said weather conditions disrupted operations across its network. “Dear Esteemed Customer, Due to the heavy downpour of rain in Lagos this morning, some flights across our operating […]
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s 2023 governorship candidate, has ruled out the possibility of aligning with President Bola Tinubu’s political machinery to become the governor of Lagos. Rhodes-Vivour made the statement on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, dismissing the idea outright while citing a difference of agenda and purpose. “No. I will rather go and focus […]
BY EMMANUEL ABARA BENSON On any given weekday back in the 1970s-1980s, the Oregun by-pass in Ikeja would be a beehive of industrial activities. Trucks rumbled in and out of sprawling warehouses, even as the air carried with it the busy clatter of machinery. Shift workers streamed through factory gates that never seemed to close. […]
The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the state government against actions capable of fuelling ethnic tension, warning that the recent renaming of some streets could undermine unity in the state. The party specifically condemned the renaming of the popular Charly Boy Street in Bariga, which was recently changed to […]
Olajide Ademola, Lagos A Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Chukwudi Nnadozie has accused the police of unjustly targeting his nephew for incarceration. Nnadozie told journalists that trouble started after the police arrested Mr Dumokeke Pascal over his membership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. He said the nephew managed to escape and ran to his house […]
Ayodele Olatunji, Lagos A human rights activist of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community (LGBTQ), Mr Bello Umar has alleged endless persecution of the LGBTQ community in Nigeria. He spoke in reaction to a recent incident in Lagos State, where a mob clubbed to death a suspected homosexual. Addressing journalists, Umar lamented that […]
Abiodun Olawale, Lagos A man identified as Agbaje Ismail has been shot dead as hoodlums raided a street in Lagos suburb. The incident, which occurred at No. 14 Sam Fadiya Street in the Abesan Estate Area of Lagos, was carried out by unidentified gunmen. The Lagos State Police command confirmed the shooting, stating that investigation […]
Olufemi Kayode, Lagos The family of one Babatunde Isaiah has cried over the whereabouts of his wife and child. It could be recalled that on March 24, 2023, Babatunde reported at the Ifako Police Station in Lagos State, of the disappearance of his wife and child without trace. A crime diary extract signed then by […]
The Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Lagos State, Mr Lucas Koyejo, has advised residents in the state to speak out whenever their rights are violated. Koyejo gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, on Friday, on the sidelines of a road walk to mark the International […]
Benjamin Omoike National leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has stated that the merger of coalition of parties into APC in 2013 could not have been successful without the valuable effort of former interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande. Tinubu, however, described Akande as […]
Philip Clement, Abuja The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning & Urban Development (MPPUD) with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and the German Government within the framework of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) has carried out Building Energy Efficiency Code (BEEC) awareness creation workshops for Building Professionals’ Bodies and Academia, and […]
*Closes school till next year *To offer counseling sessions for traumatised students Benjamin Omoike The Lagos State Government has sympathised with parents and students over the accident that occurred in the Ojodu axis of the state, noting that two students were confirmed dead on the spot, while the remaining 12 students, seven females and five […]
*Opens 2nd Lagos real estate marketplace conference, exhibitions Benjamin Omoike Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, expressed disappointment over the activities of some government officials who were accused of sabotaging efforts of government in regulating the real estate sector in the state, saying he would, henceforth, ensure that such officials are booted out […]
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that the military, the Police and other security agencies in the country are not rivals. According to a statement issued by the Lagos Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, CP Odumosu said the police and the military are members of the same big family […]
The prosecution team of the Lagos State Government has told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that one of the witnesses set to testify against Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, is scared to testify in court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that state counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule, made the disclosure on Friday […]
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, on Tuesday, reassured the public that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos is structurally okay and safe for use. Popoola, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, urged Nigerians to disregard rumours that the bridge was shaking, as speculated on […]
Illegible statements served on the defence counsels on Tuesday stalled the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, at a Lagos High court in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS). Defence counsels complained that the statements contained in the proof of evidence served on them were all illegible and that the audio interviews of the defendants were also inaudible. They […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo expressed sadness over the collapse of a high-rise building under construction on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Nov. 1. The vice president also condoled with families that lost loved ones and relatives in the ‘horrible tragedy’. Osinbajo’s sympathies were conveyed in a statement by Laolu Akande Senior Special Assistant to […]
*Dead body of developer, Osibona, retrieved from rubble Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared three days of mourning over the collapsed Ikoyi building, which occurred on Monday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Thursday by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, said no fewer than 32 persons were believed […]
The Federal Government has resumed the payment of its Household Uplifting Programme-Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP-CCT) stipends to 10,985 beneficiaries in Lagos State. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Unit, Lagos State Cash Transfer, Mrs LOla Orimoogunje, on Thursday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Household Uplifting […]