A United States-bound flight, which departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos this morning, returned to base over a medical emergency. The flight UA613 departed Lagos for Washington D.C, but made an air return about 30 minutes into the flight due to a seizure incident by a 64-year-old male passenger onboard shortly afte...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Repair work on the Ogudu–Ifako Bridge in Kosofe Local Government Area will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, September 3, following adjustments to traffic management arrangements by the Lagos State Government. The project, which had been suspended two weeks ago, was halted after severe gridlock and security inciden...
The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ), has expressed serious concern over police brutality against Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by police officers at the Ikeja Police Command in Lagos State. According to IPC-SPJ Hub, Oju...
•Scene of the incident The Iyana-Isolo area of the ever-busy Apapa–Oshodi Expressway in Lagos was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon after a fully loaded tanker overturned and burst into flames. Commuters and passersby watched in horror as the tanker reportedly skidded off the road, rammed into a commercial bus, and toppled into a roadside ...
•Domestic violence Lagos State government has revealed that its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) received a total of 8,692 cases between August 2024 and July 2025 through both physical walk-ins and the Virtual Referral and Response Service (VRRS). The State Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), said ...
Nigerian TV and film producers gathered in Lagos last Friday, for YouTube’s first-ever TV/Film Day, a one-day workshop designed to equip the country’s top storytellers with new strategies for reaching global audiences in the digital era. Hosted at Google’s Lagos office, the event brought together broadcasters, production companies, and Nollywo...
•Flood The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted floods in eight states of the country between today and Saturday. The states likely to experience floods, according to the agency, are: Niger, Kogi, Benue, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River and Ebonyi, reports The Nation. The weather outlook released yesterday by the Agency reads: “O...
•Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State Police Command has announced that the Nigeria Police Force Explosives Ordnance Disposal – Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit will be conducting an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) simulation exercise at the Eko Atlantic City tomorrow, Thursday, August 28, 2025. According to a stat...
A United States-based Nigerian nurse researcher, Omobolanle Agboola, has identified income insecurity, transportation challenges, and social isolation as major drivers of poor health across Nigerian communities. Agboola, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, argued that poverty significantly affects Nigerians’ physical and mental hea...
Traders at the popular Alaba Rago Market in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State have appealed to the state government for compensation over the losses they incurred following the demolition of the market. The exercise marks the second demolition to hit the 45-year-old food, livestock, and scrap metal market, reports Daily Trust. In May [&...
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