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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that the population of the state is galloping above 24 million. The governor, who spoke at a round-table on infrastructure financing organised by the Harvard Business School Association of Nigeria (HBSAN) in collaboration with the State...

The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria says that its members in Lagos State will start wearing uniforms from Jan. 1, 2018 for security and effective service delivery. The National President of the association, Mr Isreal Adeshola, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohinmi Edgal has paraded parades masquerade arrested in Elere area of Agege Lagos. According to the police officials, the masquerades were apprehended for robbing members of the community and also causing breach of the peace.

Two huge rats have been recorded hanging from an exposed roof at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos. They seem to have fallen through the exposed part of the roof and clung desperately to some wires. Watch video below

Houses in Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos State, were submerged in water after an early morning downpour on Saturday. Many of the houses got flooded after a heavy downpour that kept residents indoors for more than three hours. The rain began around 5:00am and stopped just after 8am. Many shops and...

From Oshodi to Mushin, Orile, Ojuelega and other streets of Lagos State, child conductors dare to survive in a world of no food, no shelter and no family. Kemi Busari captures the weird experiences of these children and brings to fore their plight in a hostile society. A child conductor...

Find below a list of driving offences obtainable in Lagos, Nigeria and their corresponding penalties. 1. Driving without valid driver's license: Your vehicle will be impounded. For release of your vehicle, you must present confirmation that you have paid for a new license and also pay for...

A 19-year-old lady allegedly committed suicide following a quarrel with her lover at Alhaji Ede Avenue in Igando area of Lagos. The deceased, Uche Obiora, was said to have visited her lover’s home over the weekend. A source said quarrel ensued between them, over suspicion by Obiora that her...

Lagos is already Nigeria’s largest city, but it’s still growing and fast. The population of Lagos is predicted to increase by an astonishing 77 people every hour between 2010 and 2030, according to United Nations data, making it the fastest-growing city in Africa. Strong economic growth, led...

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Monday announced that, there will be power rationing in Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island and some parts of Ajah. This will commence from May 3. In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications Unit of EKEDC, Godwin Idemudia...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has appealed to Lagosians to bear with the government over the lingering shortage of fuel and power across the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the Governor said Lagos...

A 41-year-old woman, Antinlola Adeyemi, declared missing for about four days by family members, has been found dead in a deep well on Monday in Lagos. The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Fadipe Rasaq, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Rasaq said that the family had...

There was an explosion in Niger Biscuit, makers of Oxford biscuits and other confectionery in Apapa, Lagos State on Sunday. Although men of the Lagos State fire service and the Nigerian Ports Authority are working hard to put out the fire caused by gas explosion, the company has been badly...

About 10 persons were crushed to death on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday after an 18-seater Mazda bus collided with a truck opposite the Four Square camp, in the Ajebo area of Ogun State. Eyewitnesses said that those who died were initially taken to the roadside before they were taken...

Babatunde Ibrahim, twenty-eight years old suspect was arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, in Lagos, where he confessed that he had stolen over hundred mobile phones, adding that stealing had become part of him since childhood. Ibrahim, who was nabbed in Ikeja, where he told the...

Six people are reportedly killed while some policemen have been critically injured by hoodlums in a riot at the Lagos popular perishable market in Mile 12. Daily Trust reports that Ikorodu road was inaccessible from Ketu at the time of filing this report while trading is said to have been put...

Daniel Barnney, a Liberian, has been arrested for allegedly selling his son Emmanuel, to a 43-year-old woman, Ekah Richard, for N250,000. Barnney, one Pastor Samuel Osavitu and a worker at an orphanage, Alhaji Sunkanmi Adamu, are being quizzed at Festac Police Station over the matter. The...

A fatal accident happened this morning around Agric Bus Stop, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. According to online reports, one of the new BRT buses crushed a bike man, smashing his head to pieces in the process. See GRAPHIC photos:

Olajide Olaoye, a photographer reportedly damaged the scrotum of his 13 years old apprentice, Pelumi Fawibe while beating him with a wire for being stubborn. It was learnt that the boy had been living with the boss for three years before the incident happened on Sunday, February 15, at his shop...

The Managing Director (MD), Spectranet Ltd., Mr David Venn, on Wednesday said Nigerians would no longer pay for calls and Short Message Services (SMS), on mobile networks before the end of 2019. Venn made this prediction at an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos. He noted that with the...