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General Politics, Lagos, Top Stories
Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Confusion hit hundreds of intending passengers at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, on Thursday after a mid-day fire erupted at a section of the building. The inferno, which caused a thick cloud of smoke to invade the terminal building, forced air travellers and airport officials to scamper to safety around the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
There has been an upsurge in the number of men of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army who break the Lagos Traffic Law, PUNCH Metro investigation has revealed. Our correspondent who monitored the situation last week observed that the uniformed personnel rode both registered and unregistered motorcycles on restricted roads. Some of the roads […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 10th, 2012
A man suspected to be an okada rider was on Saturday evening electrocuted to death in Ejigbo, Lagos State. The deceased, identified as Oche Samuel, was said to have met his death at the shop of a motorcycle mechanic in the area. It was learnt that the deceased had taken his bike for repairs before […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola said post-civil war generation of Nigerians has moved beyond the sad episode and has resolved to ensure that the union of various ethnic groups in the country live in harmony. The governor said this in his speech at the 2012 Achebe Colloquium on Africa in Rhode Island, United States of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has accused the Federal Government of underfunding security agencies in the state. The governor said although security was the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government in the constitution, it (Federal Government) had failed to provide adequate equipment for security operatives, especially policemen, to function well. Fashola, who spoke on […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
By OLUWOLE FAROTIMI The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola yesterday arrested a police officer, identified as Ebahan Johnson, who violated the new traffic law by riding his 100 CC commercial motorcycle popularly called Okada on the Agege Motor Road, Ikeja. The governor accosted the police officer on the expressway during an inspection tour of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Five men were on Sunday night arrested at the Sagamu area of Ogun State in connection with the assassination of a former chairman of Ikeja Local Government, Lagos State, Mr. Toyin Hamzat. Hamzat was also a former special adviser on health to Governor Babatunde Fashola. It was learnt that he had just dropped a female […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, November 18th, 2012
Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday, explained the introduction of Chinese language as a subject in schools while thumbing-up, with statistics, the all-inclusive security policy being implemented in the state. He spoke at a gathering on the Lagos Television premises in Ikeja, in commemoration of his 2,000 days in office. He also told his audience, which included former […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
The Lagos State Government is working on a number of options to engage genuine commercial motorcycle operators, recently thrown out of jobs as a result of the implementation of the new traffic law, in meaningful ventures. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, dropped the hint in Lagos on Wednesday, stressing that the move was […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
What exactly happened to Dr. Olawunmi Thorpe, an Ogun State indigene, who died a homeless man, may never be known. To passersby and residents, who saw Thorpe everyday in the rubbish dump beside the rail line at Fagba Bus Stop in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, he was a deranged man. But what […]