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The Lagos Mass Transit Blue Line Rail Project’s first phase was officially launched on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. From Marina to Mile 2, the first phase is a 13-kilometer stretch with five stations: Marina Iconic, National Theatre, Orile-Iganmu, Suru-Alaba, and Mile 2. One of the six metro lines mentioned in the Lagos Rail Mass Read More…
A female police officer, Inspector Justina Omogbai, has been praised by IGP Alkali Baba for the professionalism she has shown while performing her traffic duties. CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the FPRO, issued a statement on Tuesday in which the IGP expressed his praise. Baba lauded Omogbai, a member of the Traffic Unit at the Sabo Divisional Read More…
Adam Farouk was given eight life sentences in jail on Tuesday by an Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Court for defiling eight students in his class. At the time of the offence, the students ranged in age from six to eleven. According to Justice Abiola Soladoye, the prosecution established the elements of the eight-count Read More…
A new 25-person Caretaker Committee was established by the National Leadership of the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday to oversee party operations in Lagos State. The committee will succeed the Caretaker Committee that was previously in place. While Mr. Akingbade Oyelekan, the LP National Legal Adviser, was inaugurating the committee at the party’s secretariat in Read More…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said on Wednesday that from January to December 2022, they responded to 1,682 incidents. This was contained in a statement from Lagos by Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who is the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA. Oke-Osanyintolu said that the collected data showed that there were new patterns in emergency situations Read More…
Blessing Oladeji, CEO, Octave Analytics in response to government corruption is vying for the Lagos Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the Young Progressives Party, YPP. He spoke to LM’s Nkanu Egbe recently. I think I went online and I tried to understand who you are; you happen to be in the tech environment, Read More…
The Lagos State Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has urged party members and supporters to take to the streets to rally support for the party’s candidates. It said that voters across the state are looking out for LP. The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Shokunbi, issued the directive while providing an Read More…
A police report says that in the early hours of today, hundreds of people pretending to be Yoruba Nation agitators upset normal social and business life in the Ojota area of Lagos. In a statement issued by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, through his Twitter handle, police from Alausa Division and the Rapid Respond Squad Read More…
Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos State Commissioner of Education, has challenged students and children across the state to build on their past achievements in the coming year. A statement released by Adefisayo on Sunday urged students to be prepared for the start of the second semester of the 2022–2023 academic year on Monday. For her, this Read More…
Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has urged Nigerians to keep praying for the peaceful and successful conduct of the general elections in February. Obasa offered the advice in his New Year’s speech delivered on Sunday in Lagos. The speaker emphasised the importance of continuing to pray for Nigeria, Read More…
