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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, June 17th, 2016
Lagos: Kingpin of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Sylva advertisement TOP HEADLINES CBN finally frees naira, value to be determined by market forces • To appoint primary, secondary dealers Lagos: Kingpin (PICTURED) of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Flexible exchange rate: What experts are saying Dogara orders investigation of three Reps over […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Toluwani Eniola The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to sack the executive secretaries appointed to head the local government areas of the state. The PDP said using executive secretaries to head the councils was contrary to Section 7 of the 1999 Constitution which made provision for only […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2016
Samson Folarin All hell broke loose on Wednesday on Olaleye Street, in the Iponri area of Lagos State, after an armed robber shot dead a leader of the Oodua People’s Congress, Sanjo Akintoye, during a failed attack. PUNCH Metro learnt that the robber, who came on a motorcycle with another suspect, expended his bullets on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Health, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
Lagos records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa — 4th May 2016 • Ambode nominates ex-CJ to replace retired LASIEC chairman Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in December 2015 carried out the first successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa as well as successful Cochlear Implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
•Expect more criminals—Okada riders •Why we want them off Lagos roads Govt By Mike Ebonugwo, Theodore Opara, Olasunkanmi Akoni&Bose Adelaja Time was 6pm at the traffic-busy, indeed chaotic, Mile 2 area of Lagos. A mammoth horde of fuel tankers and other articulated trucks has as usual taken over every inch of driving space, thus impeding […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oil Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Fuel queues at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Akinpelu Dada and ’Femi Asu The scarcity of petrol got worse in many parts of the country on Monday despite assurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that the situation would improve. Lagos, which traditionally receives more product than other parts of the country, was […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Ambode orders repair of Lagos-Badagry Expressway — 1st April 2016 •Says $1.65bn Lekki seaport ready in 2019 By Oluwole Farotimi Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to immediately embark on extensive repair on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in order to improve driving experience of motorists in the area. General Manager […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Olaleye Aluko The police in Lagos have arrested a commercial bus driver, identified only as Akeem, and his conductor, Sodiq, for allegedly robbing and raping a 22-year-old lady in the Costain, Iponri area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akeem and Sodiq, along with two others still at large, had picked the victim, Mercy (pseudonym) […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
The police in Lagos have arrested a chief in the Ijegun area, identified only as Ajiroba, for allegedly assaulting a bread seller, Bukola Olasunkanmi, in the Isheri-Oshun area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Olasunkanmi, who was seven-month-old pregnant, was allegedly flogged several times by the chief and his thugs because she mediated in an […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Samson Folarin Flogging: Suspended Lagos principal, teachers may face trial Indications have emerged that the Lagos State Government may prosecute the principal of Eva Adelaja, Mrs. C.O. Coker, the school’s vice-principal, Mrs. Balogun and four other teachers said to have been implicated in a child brutality case. PUNCH Metro learnt that the state […]
