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Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, which is expected to enable Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in refined products and even have surplus for export. Speaking at the occasion attended by Heads of State from Ghana, Togo, Niger, Senegal and a representative of the President of Chad on Monday, Buhari […]
Continue ReadingPassers-by and residents around Isheri, Olowora Road, Ojodu Berger area in Lagos woke up on Thursday to behold a strange scene in that neighbourhood. The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man was said to have been found in a car in the neighbourhood. One eyewitness, who spoke with Punch on the condition of anonymity for fear […]
Continue ReadingTwo weeks after a seven-storey building collapsed on Banana Island in Lagos state, a three-storey building under construction in the Apapa area of Lagos again collapsed on Sunday during a downpour recorded across the state. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have sealed the building which is at 45, Ladipo Oluwo Street […]
Continue ReadingParents of a four-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka Okoro, family and their neighbours are currently troubled over their inability to retrieve the boy’s body almost one week after he was swept away by flood in a Lagos community, Nigeria. The incident happened last week Tuesday when Okoro fell into a canal at Nobel Street and washed away […]
Continue ReadingA seven-storey building under construction has collapsed in the Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development confirmed Wednesday’s incident in a statement. It was also gathered that the incident occurred on First Avenue in the exclusive neighbourhood of some of the wealthiest Nigerians. Some […]
Continue ReadingA video showing some officials using their hands to manually ‘push a train’ on the recently commissioned Blue Line Rail in Marina, Lagos, Nigeria, has gone viral. Reports say the pushing came just a week after select citizens were invited for a test ride on the Blue Line Rail. After the video went viral, Twitter […]
Continue ReadingIt was a warm July 2018 evening in Pittsburgh. People from all around the world gathered in an apartment to discuss careers, dreams, and global issues. We introduced ourselves to each other. It was my turn: “Hi, I am Pelumi. I am from Nigeria”. My friend from the other side of the world suddenly developed […]
Continue ReadingA 20-year-old man identified as Sodiq Olayemi, has reportedly committed suicide in the Epe area of Lagos state on Saturday March 25. Sodiq’s body was found hanging inside an uncompleted building in the area. His father was said to have received a call from his wife that the deceased was found hanging in an uncompleted […]
Continue ReadingDuring lunch with a Fulani friend some weeks ago, he sounded so relieved that power was shifting to the south with the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next president. “It is now the turn of Yoruba people to be profiled and stigmatised. The captions would soon change to ‘Yoruba terrorists’ and ‘Yoruba […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be assassins have killed a husband and his wife in Allen Avenue, Ikeja area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Engineer Femi Egbeoluwa, the Sogunro of Ilaro-Yewa in Ogun State, and his wife were murdered in the early hours of Saturday, March 18, 2023. The killers were said to have gained entrance into their […]
Continue ReadingAt least 17 people were killed in various acts of electoral violence in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue states as violence, apathy, and disenfranchisement of voters marred Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Explaining the low turnout of the voters, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]
Continue ReadingIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of Lagos state. Segun Agbaje, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has issued a warning to traditional institutions ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. The warning is contained in a statement signed by Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso on Friday. There have been reports of some traditional rulers and traditionalists scheduling Oro rites in […]
Continue ReadingA school bus conveying children of ages one to five, summersaulted and injured the occupants on Thursday, in Lagos. The accident occurred in Surulere area of the state. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who witnessed the accident, reports that the bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median barrier and pulled off a concrete […]
Continue ReadingBeing a Press Statement by Balogun Akin Osuntokun, Director-General, the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation Good day gentlemen and ladies of the press. Kindly permit me, as the DG of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, to comment on the rising ethnic tension across the country, particularly. There has been a contrived ethnic tension in Lagos State since […]
Continue Reading*Matters Arising With The Battle For Lagos And The Purported Endorsement Of The Incumbent APC Governor Sanwo Olu In The 2023 Governorship Elections* Let’s be very clear here: the Igbos are not running for Governorship election in Lagos state. The Igbos are not in the struggle for ownership of any land, as I am yet […]
Continue ReadingGoods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire incident that occurred at Akere Spare Parts Market, Ajegunle in the Apapa area of Lagos State. The lifeless body of a 65-year-old security guard was also said to have been recovered near the scene of the incident. The Director of Lagos State Fire and […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Olabode George, has raised the alarm that there is a grand design to secretly eliminate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State. While speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George said if anything happens to Rhodes-Vivour, Nigerians “should know who […]
Continue ReadingA Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) chieftain who looks like Ladan Salihu has claimed that the votes Labour Party got in Lagos were allegedly reduced to favour the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking during an interview on live TV, the PDP chieftain revealed that results from their situation room showed Labour Party in Lagos had […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has floored the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. This was based on the collation of results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Lagos State collation centre in Yaba. Obi polled 582,454 votes to trounce the former Lagos State […]
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