•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday said the state faces a deficit of about 40,000 doctors and another 40,000 nurses, while its health sector requires at least N100 billion above current budgetary provisions to meet the needs of its growing population. The governor also disclosed that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that senior professors in Lagos State-owned universities now earn less in monthly remuneration than secondary school principals in the state’s public service. The union described the situation as a reflection of the declining welfare of academics, while accusing the Lagos State govern...
•The protesters carrying placards The #TakeItBack Movement today staged protests in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country over worsening economic hardship, insecurity, inflation and what the organisers described as political repression under the Bola Tinubu administration. The protests, held under the banner of the “Festival of the Oppre...
•Scene of the building collapse in Ajuwon, Ogun /Lagos border town A two-storey building has reportedly collapsed in the Ajuwon area in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, a Lagos border town, leaving an unspecified number of people trapped beneath the rubble. The incident reportedly occurred near Bada Hospital, close to Ajuwon Bus Stop, ...
A fire outbreak has gutted a branch of Justrite Superstore along Akowonjo Road in the Egbeda/Alimosho area of Lagos State, destroying goods and property estimated to be worth millions of naira. Emergency teams from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) were promptly deployed to the sce...
•Students of the fake Lagos University during the raid by NSCDC The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Badagry Area Command, has uncovered a suspected fake university operating from a three-bedroom apartment in Ilado, Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, rescuing 106 youths allegedly recruited into the scheme. The Com...
•Cultists A 45-year-old suspected cult member has confessed that he and members of his gang opened fire on policemen during a failed reprisal attack in Oshodi, Lagos, claiming they mistook the officers for rival gang members. The suspect, Tosin Agbeyangi, who sustained a gunshot wound to his leg during the exchange of gunfire, is currently [&h...
•South Africa returnees alighting from Air Peace aircraft, today The final batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa amid rising xenophobic tensions has arrived in Lagos. The evacuees were transported aboard an Air Peace flight, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at about 11:28 a.m. The government had ear...
•Lagos flood Weather forecasts have shown that Lagos is likely to experience rainfall on most days over the next eight to 10 days, with showers and thunderstorms expected across several parts of the state. While some days may only see light rain, the forecast suggests there’s a good chance residents will have to deal with […]
•Late Lagos NURTW organising secretary, Toba Ajiboye The Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Council, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Ijaya, has died after he was shot by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Lagos. Ajiboye was said to have come under attack on Sunday night while returning home from his ...
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