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Photos: World class Ikeja Bus Terminal

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

e SEE MORE PHOTOS BELOW Metro By: adekunle Tuesday, March 27, 2018 All is set for the commissioning of the newly built world class Ikeja Bus Terminal by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration. President Muhammadu Buhari will lead other top dignitaries on Thursday, March 29, 2018 to unveil the iconic infrastructure. This iconic terminal is designed to […]

Panic as Yoruba, Hausa clash in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, March 18th, 2018

Afeez Hanafi Some persons were feared killed as Yoruba and Hausa youths clashed at Gida Panli, Kotomola, in the Ojota New Garage area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the clash broke out on Thursdayafter a Hausa youth reportedly beat up his Yoruba counterpart over a misunderstanding. Some area boys in the area were […]

I remain focused in spite of 2019 –Ambode

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, January 26th, 2018

I remain focused in spite of 2019 –Ambode — 26th January 2018 Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday said his administration would remain focused on its development plans and programmes in spite of the forthcoming elections. Ambode stated this when he declared open a three-day retreat for members of the state Executive Council and Body of […]

Lagos: Boy, 7, dies after mum allegedly pours hot water on him for losing N200

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, December 31st, 2017

A woman has been accused of killing her seven-year-old son by pouring hot water on him over a missing N200. An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ court on Friday remanded Mary Eze in Ikoyi prison for the alleged offence. The accused, 40, a petty trader, appeared before Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Oluyemisi Adelaja, on a charge of […]

‘Billions Stolen In Fashiola’s Ministry’

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Senator Dino Melaye has accused the Babatunde Fashola-led Ministry of Power, Works and Housing of spending monies not appropriated in its budget. Melaye raised an alarm on the ‘monumental fraud’ in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, yesterday, Melaye accused the ministry of spending monies not appropriated […]

Lagos opposes Synagogue, engineers’ ‘no-case’ submission on manslaughter charges

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State Government on Friday said it opposed the ‘no-case’ submission filed by the defendants in the case of the collapsed Synagogue Church of All Nations’ building, which killed about 116 persons in September 2014. The defendants in the case are the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and […]

How gunmen attacked a Catholic Priest in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, September 9th, 2017

BARELY two weeks after a Catholic Priest was kidnapped and brutally killed in Imo State, another Catholic Priest has been shot and wounded in Lagos. Identified as Reverend Father Daniel Nwankwo, the Police said the assailants waited for the priest to conclude his early morning mass before opening fire on him. A police statement said […]

Pictures: Drama as policeman tackles mad man on Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

Jesusegun Alagbe There was a mild drama at about 4pm on Tuesday when a mentally ill man stood in the middle of the road at Maryland Junction, Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway, impeding traffic flow. The man, who was wearing dirtytraditional attire and black sandals, obstructed motorists going towards the Ikorodu end of the expressway, ordering them […]

I am the rightful monarch of Lagos, Oba Akiolu tells court

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has insisted before an Ikeja High Court, on Tuesday that he remains the rightfully elected monarch of Lagos. This he disclosed at the resumed hearing of a suit challenging his right to the throne as Oba of Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 22, […]

Lagos arrests notorious land grabbing kingpin

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, June 16th, 2017

…Vows To Make State Unbearable For Perpetrators Efforts by the Lagos State Government to curb the activities of land grabbers popularly known as Omo onile received a massive boost on Thursday as the Special Task Force on Land Grabbing set by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode arrested one Kamorudeen Lamina alias Sir K Oluwo, a notorious […]