Properties worth several millions of Naira were on Friday destroyed when fire gutted the Owode Onirin iron rod market along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. According to a source, the incident occurred in the evening when the fire started in one of the shops in the market. Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said that …

Violent protests and other forms of reactions are witnessed in some areas as many Nigerians kick against the Naira notes swap policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sporadic gun shots were heard along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway as the situation worsens. In lbadan, the Oyo State capital, residents again expressed their displeasure on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 12 suspects for allegedly dealing in petroleum products and hard drugs. The suspects were paraded by the NSCDC Commandant in Lagos State, Usman Alfadarai on Wednesday, at the agency’s office at Alausa, Ikeja. In the statement, NSCDC spokesperson, DSC Abolurin Olumide said: “The anti-vandal unit of the command …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi has charged political parties to shun electoral violence by acting within the dictates of the Electoral Act 2022 in the forthcoming general election. Alabi made the statement during an event tagged “Stakeholders Meeting on Election Security”, organised by the Lagos State Police Command in the Ikeja area of the state. The stakeholders’ …

Experts in Lagos State have recommended a plan to manage faecal sludge. At a workshop in Eko Hotel and Suites, Executive Secretary of Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LAWARCO), Mrs Funke Adepoju said that the state would attain Sustainable Development Goal  Six – Clean Water and Sanitation for all. Organized in collaboration with Faecal Sludge Management Alliance, Netherlands, the theme …

The Lagos State Government has advised students in schools across the state to shun bad gangs and cultism and exhibit diligence in their academics. The guidance was given, according to a statement on Tuesday, during the monitoring and compliance exercise on school resumption for the second term across the state by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo. Adefisayo, who …

Nigeria has recorded 13 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lagos and Edo States, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). A weekly epidemiological data from the agency showed that Lagos reported 12 new cases of COVID-19, while Edo reported one between 31st December, and 6th January. This has increased the total number of confirmed cases …

For the first time ever, Nigeria will join the world to commemorate the International Day for Happiness on 20th March. The special day, designated by the United Nations, will be marked by the Happiness Centre in Lagos and will have as headline guests Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, wife of the Lagos State Governor, and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji …