Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have rescued two injured pedestrians hit by a drunk driver as they were crossing the expressway with their luggage. Mr Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, confirmed this in a statement yesterday. The statement was signed by Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, Dir...
•Fire incident Fire has been reported at the Mobil filling station at Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos State. •The burnt Mobil filling station As of the time of filing this report, security operatives have already arrived at the venue to divert both humans and vehicles away from the axis. The fire service operatives have also arrived […]
•Scene of the accident The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that two people escaped death today when a commercial bus rammed into a slow-moving articulated vehicle. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this to our correspondent in Lagos, said the two victims sustained various degre...
•Protesters Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere today extended an earlier order restricting protesters in Lagos to the Freedom and Peace Parks in the Ojota and Ketu areas of the state. Sonaike made the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro,...
•Protesters in Lagos The nationwide hardship protest has been suspended in Lagos by the organisers to evaluate the progress of the exercise and re-strategise. One of the organisers of the EndBadGovernance protest in the state, Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto, however, said protesters would not succumb to threats from any security operatives, repor...
•Protesters in Lagos Suspected hoodlums, otherwise known as Area Boys, today, chased away #EndBadGovernance protesters from the Freedom Park, Ojota in Lagos. The protesters were chased away after some of their leaders withdrew following the national broadcast of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who called for dialogue, reports Daily Trust. It was l...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted no less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of branded Nestle Cerelac baby food, with six containers in each package at the SAHCOL export shed of Lagos airport and at a courier firm in Lagos. […]
•#EndBadGovernance protesters around Gani Fawehinmi Park today, Sunday, August 4, 2024 A small group of #EndBadGovernance protesters gathered around the Gani Fawehinmi Park this morning, chanting solidarity songs, shortly after President Bola Tinubu’s address to the nation. The protesters said the president has not addressed core issues raised...
•Protests After two days of demonstrations across the country, protesters have again gathered in Lagos and Port Harcourt in Nigeria’s coastal state of Rivers as they continue to push for their demands. The demonstrations which began on August 1 in several cities are to draw attention to the challenges facing Nigerians with inflation figures re...
•Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called on the public to ignore the viral threat on social media X, demanding Igbo citizens to leave Lagos State in the next one month. According to the threat, all South-Easterners must vacate Lagos State, or face massive protests slated to hold from August 20 – [&hell...

