The Lagos State government continued its crackdown on illegal settlements on Monday by demolishing shanties built along a drainage channel in the Adeniji Adele area of Lagos Island. The state commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video of the demolition shared on X.com on Monday. His caption read, “Operatives of …

The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, said it has dislodged occupants of 84 rooms constructed under Eko Bridge at Elegbata, on the Lagos Island. According to a statement in Lagos on Monday by the agency’s Spokesperson, Mr Lukman Ajayi, LAGESC’s Corps Marshal, Major Olanini Cole (rtd.) said that one person who allegedly built an eight-room toilet and …

An unidentified ambulance driver lost his life on Sunday after colliding with a truck near TREM Church, inward Gbagada, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, Lagos. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at about 1:30 am, and involved an ambulance with registration number JBD-405HA, and an articulated truck with an unknown registration number. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s posturing during an interview on national TV recently threw up images of a man superintending over a state with bragging rights to deep treasury. Should this be taken for arrogance or a predilection to intimidate less endowed sub-nationals? Not at all! Remember, however, a popular saying: “If you’ve got it, flaunt it!” True to …

Following the recent death of Akwa Ibom State’s First Lady, Mrs. Patience Umo, the state Liaison Office in Lagos has opened a condolence register at its Victoria Island office. According a statement on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the state Governor (Lagos Liaison), Mr. Michael Effiong James, this is to afford residents of the Southwest zone the opportunity …

In its efforts to reduce the rate of building collapses, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has evacuated some residents from a dilapidated building in the Gbagada area. In a statement on X.com on Friday, LASBCA said that the residents were evacuated due to the “critically distressed” state of the house. The statement read: “In its ongoing efforts to mitigate …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted drugs valued at N22.7 billion in separate operations at Lagos and Rivers seaports. The seizures included over 32 million tramadol pills at Lekki Deep Seaport and 1.4 million bottles of codeine syrup at Apapa and Port Harcourt ports, in a major blow to transnational drug cartels. Femi Babafemi, spokesman …

As part of measures to mitigate the recent fuel price hike and the economic hardship being experienced in the country, the leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Youth Province 1, in Lagos, has announced the provision of a free three-month transportation programme tagged “Free Bus To Work Powered By RCCG Youth Province 1”, for Lagos and Ogun State …

Several people were injured, while others are still missing following a tragic boat accident that occurred on Monday, 7 October , 2024. It was gathered that two unregistered passenger boats collided in the middle of the lagoon near Imore Town, Lagos. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Command said the mishap resulted in the capsizing of both boats, each …

A 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has allegedly stabbed his newlywed wife, Olajumoke, to death at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred on Friday after a heated argument between the couple. The Lagos State Police Command, while confirming the incident in a statement by its spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on …