The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a $45.8 million biosecurity and response system for five of Nigeria’s major international airports to strengthen the country’s capacity to detect and respond to infectious disease threats. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this while briefing journ...
•Scene of the accident Four people, including a commercial bus driver, have died, while 13 passengers sustained critical injuries after a truck rammed into a fully loaded bus on Alaro City Bridge in Epe, Lagos State, today. Among the injured were market women reportedly travelling to a village market in the area, reports Daily Trust. […...
•One of the containers A mother and her child have been killed after two trucks, laden with 20ft containers, overturned at Mile 2, by Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos State. The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Taofiq said the victims were trapped ben...
•Some of the bottles The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered a residential building in Lagos where empty bottles of alcoholic beverages were stored for suspected use in producing counterfeit drinks. The agency said its Investigation and Enforcement Directorate discovered more than 100 sacks of empty bottl...
•Police officers The Lagos State Police Command has detained four police officers and disbanded their tactical team following the circulation of a viral video allegedly showing personnel harassing a young man in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this on t...
•Police officers The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old butcher, Selim Ayodele, over the alleged stabbing to death of his 26-year-old colleague, Ibrahim Wasiu, following a disagreement at their workplace in Alagbole, Ogun State, a border town near Lagos. The incident reportedly occurred on October 18, 2026, after the two men ...
•An emergency responder at scene of the incident, today One person has already been confirmed dead and three others injured after a building collapsed in the Fadeyi area of Lagos State. The incident occurred on Akinola Street, off Ikorodu Road, today morning, reports Channels TV. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said that ...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Lagos State motorists could obtain renewed driver’s licences in 10 minutes and new licences in 30 minutes under an automated system scheduled for launch in 2027, the state government has said. The Permanent Secretary of the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) Rasheed Muri-Okunola, disclosed t...
•The suspect The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered an illegal herbal product manufacturing facility in Agege, Lagos State. The agency disclosed this in a statement published on its verified X handle yesterday. According to the statement, the operation followed a report published by The Guardian concerni...
•The suspect Some patients and hospital staff members at the P and G Hospital in Abule-Egba, Lagos State, on Saturday, foiled an alleged attempt by a woman to steal a newborn baby. It was learnt from the Lagos State Police Command yesterday that the suspect had been detained and would be arraigned after the conclusion […]
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