By OLASUNKANMI AKONI & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO By the time Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, finally signs into law the new bill that will repeal and re-enact the road traffic law and make provisions for road traffic and vehicle inspection in the state, motorists and commercial motorcyclists, popularly called “Okada” including bullion van drivers, might […]
LAGOS State government, on Monday, commenced the demolition of the large Makoko waterfront slum. It will be recalled that the state government, on July 12, had warned Makoko residents that the structures they had mounted on the waterfront were not only illegal, but also constituted environmental nuisance. According to information gathered, a letter from the […]
July 13, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu A popular television presenter, Alhaji Razaq Gawat, has been abducted in Lagos, PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday. Gawat, who is the anchorman of an Islamic TV programme during, E didè e ji sari, which is broadcast on Nigerian Television Authority Channel 10, was reportedly abducted around Apongbon end of […]
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, EVELYN USMAN & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO LAGOS—Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Ojuelegba, Surulere area of Lagos State when students allegedly from Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, took to major highways and went after officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, wounding at least four and abducting one in the process. The […]
THE Federal Government may have indefinitely suspended the proposed repair work earlier scheduled to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge today, thus putting the controversy with the Lagos State officials over the matter to an abrupt but temporary end. Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Charles Nseobong Akpabio, yesterday disclosed in […]
There was confusion in Ilaje community in the Bariga area of Lagos last weekend as two rival cults – the Downtown Boys and Shaggy Boys – engaged in a violent struggle for supremacy. Eyewitnesses recount that sporadic gunshots rent the air as the clash raged for several hours at a stretch. CRIME DIGEST gathered […]
Some Lagos residents have resorted to selling used imported cars at every available space to make ends meet, writes ADEMOLA OLONILUA Driving around the city of Lagos recently, one could not help but observe that car marts have sprung up in virtually all parts of the mainland. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations show that most of the […]
Third Mainland Bridge Olaolu Olusina Contrary to reports that the Third Mainland Bridge would be partially closed during the period of repairs which will commence by July 1, Lagos State Government has said traffic will only be diverted during between 12 am to 12 noon when repair work is being carried out. The Commissioner […]
IN its determination to further ensure safety of lives and free flow of traffic, the Lagos State government has directed that with effect from Friday, June 15, 2012, all commercial bus drivers operating within Ikorodu and its environs, especially those loading and discharging passengers indiscriminately at the town’s roundabout, should desist from such an illegal […]
Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that in spite of the security challenges in the country, the Nigerian environment remains suitable for local and foreign investments. Speaking while playing host to an Austrian business delegation led by that country’s Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Mr Michael Spindelegger, the governor submitted that, “in terms […]
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