•Hajj The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has extended the deadline for payment of Hajj fare from January 31 to February 10, 2025 in line with the directive of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). The extension was made public by the Board Secretary, Mr. Saheed Onipede, in a statement released by the […]
•Macdonald An hotelier and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites, Ejigbo, Lagos, simply identified as Macdonald, has been arrested and paraded by the Zone 2 Police Command for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old secondary school boy. The suspect denied using the boy for rituals but admitted to having se...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has condemned reckless driving of a truck driver, whose excessive speed led to a serious accident at the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos, leaving a LASTMA officer injured. In a press release uploaded on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, LASTMA stated that the incident occurred while the...
Following a verbal altercation between Kenya Airways staff at the transfer desk and a Nigerian passenger, identified as Omisore, the lady in question has arrived in Nigeria. Omisore has successfully arrived in Lagos after safely boarding a Kenyan Airways flight to the country, after a viral video captured the incident that has since drawn cond...
•Sanwo-Olu and Drogba The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, welcomed African football icon and former Chelsea FC star Didier Drogba to the Lagos House, Marina, today. The courtesy visit was part of an engagement between Team Drogba and representatives of the E1 Racing Team with the Lagos State Government. This was made known in a [&hel...
It has not been a thing of joy to the residents and business owners of Ojodu, Akiode and Berger areas in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos and environs, as they have been thrown into total blackout for six days running. The power outage which started on Wednesday has remained as at the time of […]
•Soldiers Four soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu in Lagos are feared dead, and others were injured after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. It was gathered that the driver rammed into the soldiers during their monthly road jogging outside the barracks in the early hours of today, […]
•Cows The number of cows slaughtered daily in Lagos State has dropped from 5,000 to 3,000, according to the Lagos State Butchers Association. The association’s patron, Alhaji Bamidele Kazeem, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent today in Lagos. Kazeem said the decline was due to the country’s ongoing socio-economic challenges,...
•Lagos building collapse Two persons have so far been confirmed dead and five injured after a two-storey building collapsed in Lagos. The incident occurred last night at Mega Mall Estate, Mobile Road in Inikpa Villa, Ikota, Ajah, reports The Nation. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), a distress call was received that...
•EFCC operatives A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Lagos Division of the anti-graft agency has slumped and died. It was learnt yesterday from a video being circulated online that the officer who was not in uniform slumped and died in an undisclosed part of Lagos State on Sunday, [&he...

