Fire has destroyed a bank building under construction on Adeola Odeku Street in the Victoria Island of Lagos State, injuring nine people. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the nine persons, all male adults, suffered burns and injuries; and were taken to an undisclosed hospital. “Investigation gathered atContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on a seven-month strike, and the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, stormed Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Monday, September 19. to put pressure on the government to end it. The student body had earlier threatened to halt operations atContinue Reading
There was chaos at the Ojodu area of Lagos on Tuesday, December 7, as between 13 and 17 school children reportedly after a truck reportedly suffered a brake failure and rammed into them, witnesses said. According to the eyewitness account, the children were returning from school when the incident happened.Continue Reading
A suspected hacker, Femi Salau, has been arrested by the police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State; for allegedly hacking into the system of a first-generation bank to defraud it of about N1.868bn. According to the police in a statement on Thursday, August 12, two Bureau De Change operators; who allegedlyContinue Reading
The Lagos State Government says the game is over for traffic offenders, especially with the menace and impunity of commercial motorcycle operators in the state. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, made the remark, on Thursday, November 19, at a news conference in Ikeja on traffic rules violation. Oladeinde expressed theContinue Reading
The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, carried out simultaneous raids on areas believed to be harbouring criminals and hoodlums, across the 14 area commands in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement issued in Lagos, said that 720 suspects were arrested, with various weaponsContinue Reading
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos State and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been involved in a war of words over calls on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to resign. The APC says Sanwo-Olu mains undaunted; adding that he would not be distracted from delivering on his social contract withContinue Reading
4wqrdwego recently confirmed that a pedestrian was shot in the mouth by a police officer in Lagos. This incident happened on Thursday afternoon, October 8 in Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos State. An eyewitness shared the incident on the micro blogging site, Twitter. Spokesperson of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, couldn’t immediately confirmContinue Reading