An adult male is unaccounted for in the seven-storey collapsed building in Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos, which happened on Wednesday. The building caved in when some of the construction workers on site had closed for the day. According to the situation report by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, “a …

A seven-storey building under construction has collapsed in Banana Island, Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The incident happened on Wednesday around past 3 pm. It was gathered that building caved in when some of the construction workers on site had closed for the day. Some of them were however injured as a result of the collapse. The spokesperson for the …

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the deployment of three new permanent secretaries and the redeployment of three others in the Lagos State Public Service. The new permanent secretaries are Mrs Olushekun Olayide, Mr Obadina Akinbode, and Mrs Akanbi Ganiat. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, …

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo on Thursday said that Chrisland High School, Ikeja, has been placed on probation for one academic session by the state government to monitor adherence, to safety policies and guidelines. Twelve-year-old Whitney Adeniran died recently during the school’s Inter-house sports competition, held at Agege Stadium, and the autopsy report gave the cause as …

The Lagos State Waterways Authority on Monday took its waterways safety awareness campaign to the Ipakodo Ferry Terminal;  Baiyeku, Ibeshe, and Ijede jetties in the Ikorodu area of the state. The campaign is to improve waterways safety ahead of the rainy season and to enlighten ferry passengers about waterways safety rules and regulations. According to a statement signed by the …

The Lagos State Government has announced that from 1st April 2023, the existing 50 percent discount on the fares of buses owned by the state would no longer apply. In a statement by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) on Tuesday, the government said that fares of state-owned buses would return to their original rates by Saturday, 1st April. …

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Kamarudeen Adeniyi, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged forgery and stealing in the state. The defendant is facing four-count bordering on forgery, stealing, malicious damage, and a breach of public peace. The police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime …

Tope Akinusi, 35, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center on Monday by an Ikeja Magistrates’ court in Lagos State’s Ogba district after it was claimed that he attempted to steal from the Gospel Faith Mission International Church in the state’s Ayobo district. The Magistrate, Mrs L. A Owolabi, made the remand order after the defendant who is facing two-count …

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of a journalist, Olusegun Oduneye, three days after he was kidnapped by gunmen at Mobalufon, in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday, said after the journalist was kidnapped on Thursday, the abductors …

Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters  Cards (PVCs)  in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, cutlasses, and Indian hemp. the startling …