About three minutes after nursery, primary and secondary school students were evacuated from a four-storey building in Lagos, the structure collapsed. The building, located at 11 Adudatu Street, behind County Hospital in the Aguda axis of Ogba, houses Yemco Nursery, Primary and Comprehensive College. •The building before collapse It came down...
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, has risen to as high as N1,040 per litre in Lagos and N1,080 per litre in Abuja, following fresh adjustments by fuel marketers. The increase comes barely a day after the Dangote Refinery raised its ex-gantry price of petrol to N995 per litre, […]
•The Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts in Iganmu, Lagos (formerly National Theater) As part of efforts to combat corruption and recover misappropriated public funds, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over the sum of ₦279 million to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts, forme...
The Lagos State government will begin Phase One reconstruction and expansion works on Ogunnusi Road in the Ikeja Local Government Area tomorrow Friday and is calling for calm among residents and road users. In a statement, the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, asked motorists to remain patient and obey traffic sig...
The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has officially kicked off online registration for the 2026 Screening Test into Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools with boarding facilities, ahead of the 2026/2027 academic session. The exercise, coordinated by the Lagos State Examinations Board, began on Monday, Januar...
•Protesting union members and sachet alcohol Operations at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) were disrupted today after protesting union members barricaded the agency’s premises in Isolo. Staff who arrived early to resume duty were forced to remain outside the complex as members of th...
As the search for peace in the Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo continues, High Chief Linus lgbudu has emerged as the acting president of the organisation. He replaced Chief Sunday Ossai who was accused of “gross misconduct” and removed from office, reports Daily Independent. The organisation also set up a “Peace and Reconciliation Commi...
•Dangote truck accident The Lagos State Government has expressed grief over the death of a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officer and two others in a fatal road accident at the Badagry Roundabout, inward Seme, yesterday, Monday, February 23, 2026. In a statement, the LASTMA confirmed that the crash involved a fully loaded SH...
•Nigerian soldiers A 27-year-old fake soldier has been arrested by military police for defrauding several unsuspecting Lagos residents of their money and goods. The suspect, Kolawole Yusuf, was handed over to the police by the Provost Unit of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi, yesterday, where many of his victims id...
•Emergency team at work Following a fire outbreak at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, yesterday, which disrupted some part of operations, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says flight operations have resumed fully. Our crew captured smoke bellowing from the Terminal One area of the facility on yesterday evening...

