A good number of commuters and motorists who ply the Iyana-ipaja, Alakuko and third mainland bridge in Lagos state have openly condemned the heart wrenching attacks and outright extortions meted out to innocent road users by these miscreants. Some of the aggrieved motorists also noted that these attacks commence as soon as vehicles break down…
Various traders in Lagos markets are crying out because of the multiple levies they pay to government; they lamented on the near extortion they go through everyday especially traders in Balogun Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area. When interviewed by news correspondents, some traders (names withheld) revealed that they were forced to pay…
Residents of Igbaja Street, in the Bariga area of Lagos State, have cried out to the government on the devastating status of the only connecting road between them and other parts of the vicinity. They described the road as a colossal disaster due to its dilapidated state which has now greatly affected movement within the…
The untimely demise of a 39-year-old woman, Lilian Nwarache, who was said to have given up the ghost after ingesting tons of insecticide has been confirmed by the Lagos State Police Command. The sad event took place in the Iwaya area of Lagos State, the woman was reported to have suffered from an undisclosed prolonged…
Officers of the Nigerian army, attached to the 81 Division, on Monday prevented a woman identified as Mrs. Francesca Spark from killing herself after she jumped into the Lagos Lagoon. The Army made this known in a statement released on Monday morning by the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old motorcycle rider, Idris Agunbiade, to 21 years imprisonment for armed robbery. Justice Sherifat Sonaike sentenced Agunbiade after she found him guilty of the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery. The judge said that the sentence should run…
A video of a young Nigerian lady crying on her way to work in Lagos state has broken the internet. According to the caption of the video posted on X by Yabaleft, the lady wrote: “Going to work in Lagos knowing you got home by 11pm yesterday, slept at 12:30am and leaving by 4:30am in…
Tragedy was averted on Thursday as Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority rescued some passengers after a container-laden truck rammed into their commercial bus in Marina area of the state. The incident which occurred during the morning rush hour left some of the passengers injured with varying degrees of injuries The Director, Public…
The Yaba Overpass bridge commissioned today, is one of the four bridges that the state government has lined up for commissioning. The remaining overpasses waiting to be commissioned are at Oyingbo, Mushin, and Ikeja The occasion kicked off with the arrival of Governor Sanwo-Olu arrived at about 12.20 p.m., and he was received by his…
About five persons have been reportedly injured in an accident that occurred around the Redemption Camp area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a vehicle allegedly belonging to ADRON Homes and Properties somersaulted due to the unfortunate explosion of the vehicle’s tyre. An eyewitness identified simply as Quadri disclosed this to news correspondents. According to Quadri,…
