It is was a sad afternoon in Lagos, as a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state collapsed on Monday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, at lead 50 persons, including the owner of the building are believed to be trapped under the rubble. Meanwhile, Emergency responders rescued two persons from the site of a […]
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Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.) in Lagos State. Smith, a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith, was kidnapped in the Ajah axis of Lagos on Monday, according to the Punch. According to the report, the retired […]
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Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has joined the lengthy roll of Nigerians and Nigerians in the diaspora, aliens and diplomats alike, who have felicitated with the President Mohammadu Buhari/APC-led Federal Government for the giant strides it has continued to record in critical areas of governance especially, the revival of the nation’s moribund rail infrastructure, covering a […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary is to engage the Nigerian Governor’s Forum and all relevant stakeholders with a view to ensuring judicial financial autonomy. The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Luke Onofiok (PDP-Akwa-Ibom), made this disclosure during a meeting with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Abuja. Newsmen reported that JUSUN […]
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The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has said Lagos state is the seventh fastest-growing city globally, with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Nigeria. The commission noted also that out of the 36 states and FCT, Lagos state had N398.7 billion IGR as of 2018, N1.2 trillion budget in […]
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The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Sunday disclosed that the total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge would be lifted at midnight of Jan. 31, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the contractor was able to complete the repair works on the bridge on […]
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Olamide Erinfolami, the widow of a police inspector who was shot dead during the #EndSARS protest, has accused her late husband’s colleagues of killing him. When she appeared before the Lagos state judicial panel on Friday, the widow said Ayodeji Erinfolami, a police inspector, was shot dead while trying to quell the #EndSARS protest at […]
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The Lagos State Government has reiterated its call on residents to avail themselves of the free COVID-19 testing services offered at approved public laboratories across the State. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Strategy listed the four locations as Lagos State Bio-Bank (Located inside the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba); Lagos University Teaching […]
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The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) is to embark on a three-day warning strike from Dec. 7, to protest the deplorable state of access roads to seaports in Lagos State. In a communique it issued on Saturday in Lagos, MWUN said that the situation was no longer tolerable. The communique was signed by the […]
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The Nigerian Army’s legal team representing it before the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses has said the panel lacks the power to sanction its clients over the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. Kehinde Akinlolu, a Senior Advocate […]
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