Joe Igbokwe, the Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, has tied his achievements to his decision to move from his home state to Lagos. He said if not for Lagos, he would have been chasing lizards in Aba, in Abia State, as a practicing native …
Read More »Driver, conductor detained after herders killed Lagos resident
The Lagos State Police Command have arrested the driver and the conductor of a commercial bus linked with death of a cow in Agemowo, Badagry area of Lagos. Two yet-to-be-identified cattle herders on Monday reportedly stabbed a man to death in protest against the killing of a cow around the …
Read More »Lagos community panics over streetlight under high-tension cable
Some residents and business owners on Daddy Savage Street, in the Fagba area of Lagos State, have accused a yet-to-be-identified contractor of putting their lives at risk after installing a streetlight directly under a high-tension cable. During a visit to the community, PUNCH Metro observed that the streetlight was installed …
Read More »Lagos hotelier laments as EFCC’s raids ground business
The Chief Executive Officer, Lakers Lounge Hotel and Bar, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Oladimeji Ogunfolaju, has lamented the loss of his business after several raids by security agencies, especially men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Speaking with our correspondent on Thursday, Ogunfolaju said customers had stopped visiting his business …
Read More »Lagos PDP optimistic of victory with Okowa
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed optimism that the party will win the 2023 general election with the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The Chairman of Lagos PDP, …
Read More »Firm conducts free medical checks for Lagos residents
Daily-Need Industries Limited has given relief in form of free medical outreach and donation of essential food items to residents of Mushin and environs in Lagos. The exercise, which took place at the Primary Health Centre, Mushin, was part of activities marking the firm’s 50th manufacturing anniversary. It featured collaboration …
Read More »Only 6,382 PVCs Have Been Collected Out Of 34,242 Registered In Lagos – INEC Reveals
As the 2023 general elections draws nearer, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the low rate of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) collection. The electoral umpire said only 6,382 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) out of 34,242, have been collected by their owners from the Commission’s Headquarters in Lagos …
Read More »Security guard arrested in Lagos for allegedly defiling, impregnating employer’s teenage daughter
The Lagos state police command has arrested a 20-year-old security guard, identified as Samuel Maikasuw, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his employer’s teenage daughter. It was gathered that Maikasuw served as a gatekeeper at the house of one Fadiji, who was a “surrogate parent” to the 15-year-old victim. He’s said …
Read More »Lagos drops charge against school bus driver accused of defiling three-year-old pupil
The Lagos State Department of Public Prosecutions, on Wednesday, dropped the defilement charge filed against a former school bus driver, Kingsley Okwumbu. Okwumbu, a former school driver of Beehive Nursery and Primary School, Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos, was accused of defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. Meanwhile, the Lagos …
Read More »Lagos robbers attacking motorists on Deeper Life bridge caught
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected traffic robbers, Alaba Ibrahim and Hammed Ibrahim, for dispossessing motorists of their valuables in the Gbagada area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspects were …
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