•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...
•Obasa In response to the growing threats of kidnapping and other forms of insecurity in Nigeria, the Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the National Assembly to commence urgent constitutional amendment to allow for the creation of state police. At a plenary session today presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, [&helli...
Tragedy struck midnight into this morning as a gas explosion caused a fire outbreak in residential makeshift structures covering over two acres of land at Star Road, by Horizon Heights, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki area of Lagos State. The incident, which was attributed to negligence on the part of the occupants, destroyed properties worth millions o...
•Speaker Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly resumed plenary today with a call on colleagues of late banker, Herbert Wigwe, to sustain his legacies. Wigwe, the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, lost his life in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. He was with his wife, Doreen, son and Abimbola […]
•Bernard Sang Kenyan’s Bernard Sang has emerged winner of the Access Bank 2024 Lagos City Marathon. Sang beat about 80 other elite marathoners in the 9th edition of the race this morning to win the 42km race. He won the grand prize of $50,000. The Kenyan finished at 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 49 seconds […]
Lagos State Government has revealed that at least 250 organisations, including industries, worship places and night clubs have been sealed for noise pollution and other environmental infractions over the last three months across the metropolis. Recall that the religious houses shut included some branches of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
•Lagos City Marathon Lagos State government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the yearly Access Bank Lagos City Marathon coming up tomorrow Saturday, February 10, 2024 between 5.00am and 2.00pm. The state government said the following routes will be temporarily unavailable to motorists during the marathon: Funsho Williams Avenue from Stad...
An unidentified person was burnt to death, and three others are currently in hospital, following gas explosion, involving three vehicles with Liquified Petroleum Gas, LPG, at GM Julee gas station, Anibaba in Iba New Site, by Iyana School-Isashi Road, Iba, Lagos. The incident, it was gathered, happened about 10pm Tuesday night. It was gathered ...
•Lagos Port access bridge The Lagos State government has announced that traffic will be diverted at the Ijora 7Up end of the marine bridge from February 2 to May 10. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made this announcement in a statement recently. According to the commissioner, the decision to divert traffic is for compre...
•Victim A 27-year-old mother, Chidinma John, has cried out to Nigerians for financial assistance to treat her parents and brothers who were victims of the Ojokoro, Lagos gas explosion on Sunday afternoon. A 6kg cooking gas exploded at their residence at Olaniyi Bus Stop, Cele Street in Ojokoro, leaving her mother, Grace, 52, Father, Eyeribeh, ...

