•Lagos residents protest blackout Frustration over persistent blackouts boiled over in Lagos today as residents took to the streets to protest the “epileptic” electricity supply across the state. A viral video circulating on social media today showed a group of protesters, primarily young Nigerians, marching through the Fadeyi area of Lagos. T...
•Police tear-gas protesters Pandemonium broke out as men of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command, in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, fired teargas, today, to disperse hundreds of protesters participating in the peaceful demonstration against demolitions of Makoko and Iyana-Oworonshoki areas of the state. The incident took pl...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu and scene of residents scooping diesel from a fallen tanker in Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged residents of the state to prioritise their safety. The governor spoke in reaction to a viral video showing some residents scooping diesel from a 33-litre tanker that fell on the Liverpool Bridge in [&hel...
•Residents trek to work Residents of Ikotun, Ejigbo, Isheri, Bucknor, and Jakande areas of Lagos were stranded for over five hours today following the total closure of the Isolo Bridge for emergency repair works. The unexpected closure caused severe traffic congestion across adjoining routes, leaving thousands of commuters trekking long distan...
No fewer than 11,397 Lagos residents across 20 local government areas will be reached in a new HIV survey launched by the Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and international partners. The Nigeria State-Level Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Impact Survey (AIS), unveiled yesterday at a town hall meeting in ...
•Housing estate The Lagos State Government has once more cautioned against the collection of tenancy agreement fees beyond the stipulated 10 per cent and has asked residents to report such abnormality to the authorities. At the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja, the Special Adviser to the ...
Cart pushers and scavengers are there to collect waste where and when PSP operators in Lagos fail. However, the attendant cases of theft where the former group operate has left residents of the state calling out for solutions, reports Nigerian Tribune. Some residents in Lagos State have expressed concerns over the increasing rate of manhole [&...
•Blackout Customers of the Ikeja and Eko Distribution Companies will experience a shortage of power supply for three days due to the occurrence of a transmission line snap between Towers 420 and 422 on the Omotoso-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line on Saturday, March 9, 2025. In a statement, the GM, Public Affairs Unit, Transmission Company [&...
Following the incessant power outage and vandalisation of electricity cables in Epe town, Lagos State, concerned residents have called on government wade into the situation and restore power supply. The residents have also commenced a 30-day online protest, calling on Ikeja Disco to act fast and restore electricity to the entire Epe Division, ...
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