Eight police officers in Lagos have been dismissed over “very serious criminal offences”, while six others were demoted in ranks, the state commissioner, Mr Imohimi Edgal said. Edgal, also said that 108 officers were disciplined for various offences from January to July, 2018 in the Lagos State Command. He made the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ […]
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At least five persons lost their lives in a boat accident on their way to the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Wednesday. Adesina Tiamiyu, general manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the incident. He said the agency received a distress call around 5.57 pm. Tiamiyu said a 20 capacity passenger […]
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Lagos state has deployed a task force of 2,271 personnel of security agencies and other stakeholders to remove all container trucks and tankers parked along Oshodi-Apapa road. Tagged ‘Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads,’ the Task Force involved the police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nigerian Security and […]
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Two persons died and many others were injured when a train hit a commercial bus at Pen Cinema railway crossing in Lagos State on Friday, authorities have confirmed. An eyewitness, Mr Raji Oladimeji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred when the bus driver was trying to make U-turn on the […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that efforts are being made to place bars on some Lagos bridges to prevent indiscriminate parking of tankers and articulated vehicles. Hyginus Omeje, the FRSC Lagos State Sector Commander, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. Mr […]
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The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday that consultations had begun for the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs. Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria that the ministry of works was going to hold a meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday to discuss how to manage traffic during the repairs. […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday night made the audience at Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Afrika Shrine laugh, when he joked that ‘What happens in the shrine remains in the shrine’. He was asked to relive some of his nostalgia of having been a patron of the Shrine when he worked in Nigeria at the French […]
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The proposed visit of President of France, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, has forced the Lagos State Government to effect traffic diversion and restriction of movement. The alteration is from noon to 12 midnight on July 3, around Alausa, African Shrine and Agidingbi axis in Ikeja. The state government will receive the visitor, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]
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The Lagos State Government has restricted movement of Fuel Tankers to designated trailer route. This is coming following the tragic tanker explosion on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which claimed lives and property. The state government also said it was now mandatory for all articulated trucks coming into Lagos to obtain the […]
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The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has paid a total of N37, 546 billion to pensioners since 2015. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade Onanuga, on Sunday in Lagos, the figure represented the total pension paid to 9,045 retirees of the state. […]
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