•Miracle Adereti The family of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Miracle Adereti, has called on the police to locate the whereabouts of their daughter who was kidnapped by an unknown gang in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. Miracle was said to have been kidnapped while returning from school on Friday, December 1, reports The PUNCH. It […]
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged members of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) to always uphold the virtues of honesty, integrity and trust as components of their practice. Dr. Obasa said these three virtues, if practised with a deep sense of patriotism, would [&hell...
•Tanker explosion A diesel tanker went up in flames at the Ojota (Lagos) inward interchange in the early hours of today. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), via X(formerly Twitter) where it stated that its personnel had been deployed to the scene. At the time of this report, the […]
•Lagos LagRide Scheme The Lagos LagRide Scheme is currently embroiled in an ongoing controversy following the decision of Ibile Holding Company, an investment arm of the Lagos State Government, to withdraw vehicles from its investing partners who legally leased the vehicles from the Lagos State Government on a four year repayment plan. This is...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday failed to reopen the runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, which it promised to achieve by the end of the month. This is despite the huge inconveniences the foreign airlines are going through since March 11th 2023 when the runway was shut [&helli...
The Lagos State Government took enforcement action today against street hawkers and handcart pushers in different areas of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a statement, with some of those arrested being interrogated and prosecuted. “As I instructed, Special Squad O...
•Olofin and Oba Ewuare II The Olofin of Isheri and Adimula of Awori Kingdom, Oba Sulaimon Bamgbade, today said the Aworis were the first settlers in Lagos. Bamgbade urged the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to retrace the origin of the Benin Kingdom to Ile Ife, like the Aworis have always done, reports The […]
•LASTMA officials Chika Chima, a Nigerian resident, has come forward with a distressing account of extortion and intimidation he experienced at the hands of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials at Apple Junction. This incident sheds light on growing concerns about the behavior of some LASTMA officials and their alleged a...
Nigerians have continued to experience scarcity of Liquefied Natural Gas or cooking gas, shooting up prices across the country. The scarcity and the high cost of the product have been reported in Lagos, Kano, Maiduguri, among others, reports Daily Trust. Gas dealers have, however, assured that the scarcity is temporary as it was triggered by [...
•Street beggars Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly today discussed the idea of a law to curb street begging across the State. The law, if it comes into existence, would also penalise encouragement of street begging by residents. In this way, it would be an offence to give money to a street beggar. […]

