A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has accused the Lagos State Government of sealing off his property in Park View Estate, Ikoyi. Close aides of the ex-governor said the development was as a result of the criticism of Fashola by Kalu over the ‘deportation’ of 72 residents of Lagos, who are of […]
A 24-year-old patent medicine dealer, Ijezie Chidiebere, and two other men have been arraigned before the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. The incident was said to have taken place on August 3, 2013 in Orile-Iganmu, Lagos State. The police said Chidiebere and the other suspects (Okechukwu Ezea, 25 and Chikezie […]
The father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Alhaji Ademola Fashola, who died on Monday, has been buried. The deceased, 80, was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi, a private cemetery in the state. The governor’s father began his final journey at his residence on Ladipo Labinjo Street, Surulere, Lagos, where […]
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE AND OLASUNKANMI AKONI …No, Fashola should apologise to Obi — APGA LAGOS — All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, accused Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, of threatening the country’s unity and whipping up tribal sentiment by sensationalising the recent ‘deportation’ of some indigenes of the state from Lagos. The party in a […]
Policemen attached to the Badagry Police Division, Lagos State, and some hoodlums have been accused of killing a 25-year-old undergraduate of Delta State University, Ifechukwude Nwainokpor, and his friend, identified simply as Kazeem. An eight-minute video clip of the gruesome killing, which was made available to PUNCH Metro, showed the two victims handcuffed together. They […]
Some gunmen stormed a hotel in Ajah area of Lagos State on Sunday, 04 Hotel, killing the owner, identified as Olanrewaju Subair, and three others. The police authorities said one of the gunmen was killed in the operation which lasted for about an hour. However, two people died from a fire outbreak that was caused […]
In the absence of the usual compliment of effusive media adverts, the special interview granted a select group of editors was probably the most public event in the recent celebration of Babatunde Raji Fashola’s 50th birthday! In a rare commentary on himself, Fashola wittingly fielded questions with fluid unscripted responses; possibly, the only question parried […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, with a pledge that the N167bn project would be completed in 48 months. He inaugurated the project as thousands of road users were grounded for about three hours on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Abeokuta-Ore-Benin Expressway. The road users were prevented from accessing the […]
Unions demand sack of Jonathan’s cabinet By ADEWALE SANYAOLU and DENNIS MERNYI, Abuja As the warning strike of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) entered its second day yesterday, long queues were noticed in some parts of Lagos. Also in Abuja, long queues, which were noticed on Monday, increased, with fuel […]
The Lagos state PDP in a statement has kicked against the rumoured move to install Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu’s daughter as the new Iyaloja of Lagos. The statement. “This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos integrity. We are thus calling on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, not to sit on […]
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