Many residents have been reportedly stranded following about six-hour rainfall that submerged many houses in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos. The rain which started around 6am today in most parts of the metropolis, took over streets and bridges, reports Daily Trust. The flood also impeded vehicular movement. The most affected commu...
•Scene of the incident Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, today, promptly assisted a heavily pregnant woman in the safe delivery of a baby boy after she unexpectedly went into labour while waiting to board a bus at Onipanu, Somolu Local Government Area, of the state. The incident it was gathered happened […]...
•The suspects A domestic worker, Blessing Effiong, has been arrested by operatives of the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 2, Onikan, for allegedly stealing her boss’s $51,000 (approximately N81.6 million). Blessing was arrested with her husband, Bassey Effiong, by detectives of the Zonal Criminal Investigation Department (ZCID), who tra...
•Packs of styrofoam containers filled with food The Lagos State Government will tomorrow, Monday, February 19 commence the full enforcement of the ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam food containers all over the state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Friday while meeting wit...
•Lagos CP Fayoade visits school girl shot with teargas canister The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered a detailed investigation into the incident of a 12-year-old Aminat Alege allegedly hit by a teargas canister fired by officers of Dopemu Division. The officers allegedly fired the teargas while responding to p...
Chairman of Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos, Mr Fuad Atanda-Lawal, has approved 100 per cent pay rise for the medical doctors attached to all the primary health centres in the council area. Atanda-Lawal made the announcement yesterday after extensive deliberations on the need to ensure that all residents of the co...
•Speaker Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the government to support Amina Alege, a 12-year-old student of the Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Lagos State, who suffered an eye injury after she was allegedly tear-gassed by the police. The incident occurred on Friday, February 9, 2024, in front of a mosque […]
•Scene of the explosion There was pandemonium as a yet-to-be-ascertained number of shops with goods were destroyed in a fire that occurred late last night when a gas tanker caught fire along the Agbado Road in the Toyin area of Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. The Director of the Lagos State Fire […]
•Speaker Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the dollar. As at today, a dollar hovered between N1,474 and N1,500 and the lawmakers, at plenary, advised the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on some bold steps to take […]
•Lagos PPRO Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State Police Command has alerted residents of Oworonshoki, Alapere, Ogudu and Ketu areas on the return of one-chance robbers. Lagos Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a terse statement on his verified X handle, said the Force will increase checks in these areas which may result in some delays [&h...
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