•Building collapse One of the construction workers trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building at Idi Araba in the Mushin area of Lagos State has been recovered dead. The one-storey building, which was under construction, came down around 3:30pm yesterday, reports The PUNCH. This is coming less than one month when another uncompleted tw...
•Cemetery covered with green grasses without gravestones Located along the ever-busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Isasi cemetery is a place where the dead find little peace. Overcrowded and neglected, this burial ground tells a haunting tale, as bodies are laid to rest in shallow, one-foot-deep graves, many without markers or dignity, their britt...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a warning to the Lagos State Government and the Dangote Refinery over the alleged recruitment of 89 unskilled labourers from Katsina State to work at the company’s $28 billion facility in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The NLC, through its Lagos State chapter, described the action as a violat...
•Lagos Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood The Lagos State Police Command has debunked speculations surrounding a viral video showing 89 ‘suspicious’ young men arriving in Lagos and gathering in Ibeju-Lekki. The Command confirmed that the individuals are legitimate workers recruited from Katsina State for employment at the Dangot...
The chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile, has revealed that the Labour Party currently operates under three separate factions in Lagos State. This division, she noted, has complicated the commission’s ability to effectively engage with the party ahead of the forthcoming local gover...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially released the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship candidates for the July 12 local government elections in Lagos State. Last week, the APC conducted primaries at its Ikeja headquarters to select candidates for the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas, reports The Nati...
•Bags of rice There is tension in parts of Lagos and Ogun states over rumours that there is deadly rice in circulation. Parents and relatives send voice messages to their loved ones, warning them against buying or consuming rice at this time because a foreign trader had invoked the spirit of Ogun deity after her […]
•Ayodele Adio The candidate of the Youth Party in the upcoming Eti-Osa Local Government Area Chairmanship election, Ayodele Adio, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) carried out a political MMM with its local government primary elections in Lagos State. MMM was a Ponzi scheme in Nigeria that rose and crashed in 2016, dashing [&he...
Nearly 30% Lagos civil servants sent overseas for training have failed to return, the government revealed today. The startling disclosure was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, during a press briefing. Ayantayo said the state’s efforts to build a more effective and globally exposed workforce...
•Policemen Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have mounted roadblocks on the road leading to the All Progressive Congress (APC) state secretariat on Acme Road in an attempt to restore peace. Since yesterday, protesters have been coming in their number to express their grievances over the results of the local government primaries election, ...

