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Traffic would be diverted from the Maryland/Mende Underpass from Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, for the continuation of the Opebi/Ojota Link bridge construction. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oladeinde assures that alternative routes had been mapped out to ease movement during the course of Read More…
An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilogrammes of cocaine. According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs were concealed in cans Read More…
Two employees of a transport company, have been arrested by the Lagos Police force for allegedly attacking an officer on duty. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officers (PRO), in a statement confirmed the arrest on Friday. Hundeyin said that the offence was committed at 7:00 a.m. against one Insp. Rowland Uankhehi, on Read More…
Olabanji Aluko, a suspected fraudster, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged $17.5million advance fee fraud. Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested, at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, September 8, 2022. The suspect claimed he had set a meeting with a Read More…
Residents of Lagos state have been cautioned by the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) against the vandalism of government property, saying offenders will be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. Bisoye Coker-Odusote, the General Manager, LASIMRA, speaking at the organised press conference programmed to officially announce the third annual stakeholder’s conference Read More…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has said it discovered an illegal mining site during its midweek operations. Eweka Okoro, the State Agency Commandant, in a brief statement, said its agents were carrying out a search when they uncovered the location in the Ijede axis of Ikorodu. Okoro, while condemning the Read More…
Test ordered on distressed 1004 estate building Gbolahan Owodunni Oki, the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), has instructed owners/developers of buildings under construction that have surpassed the approved building plan to return to the original plan approved and granted to them by the state government. The LASBCA said that the Read More…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has said that, from next Thursday, Ladipo and Oyingbo markets would be shut down indefinitely. This is a result of irresponsible waste dumping, refusal to pay for waste services and general poor waste management situation at the markets. Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, LAWMA’s Managing Director/CEO, noted that the distasteful environmental Read More…
Lagos State Government on Thursday auctioned not less than 134 automobiles impounded for various traffic offences. The exercise was carried out at the headquarters of Lagos State Taskforce and Special Offences Unit, Bolade Oshodi, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area Residents flocked the venue to bid for various types of vehicles including cars, buses, and Sports Utility Read More…
Akin Isaac, a 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter. The convict was sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo following his plea bargain application, dated April 21. “In view of the guilty plea of the Read More…
