Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the state’s red line rail project on February 29. According to a statement by Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, the governor made this known on Wednesday during the…
Lagos police raid criminals’ hideout, arrest 27
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the police, have arrested 27 criminal suspects in the Agege and Oshodi areas of the state. RRS confirmed the arrest in a statement posted on its official X handle @rrsLagos767 on Saturday.…
Dangerous cow rampage in Lagos leaves one man dead
Ubani Usman, a 30-year-old man, has been gored to death by a cow at the abattoir in Agege, Lagos State. The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday, August 30. According to reports, Ubani was standing close to the abattoir when the…
8 feared killed as flood submerges Lagos community
The whereabouts of a yet-to-be-identified mother, her baby and six other persons including a man identified simply as Umar, have reportedly been unknown after flood induced by a heavy downpour washed them away in the Agege area of Lagos State.…
Konga Food goes live, offers customers free, fastest delivery, other incentives
The management of Konga Food, the online food delivery arm of Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant, has assured Nigerian food lovers of exciting times ahead, beginning with the offer of 14 days of free delivery to mark its formal entry into…
Pandemonium as task force, transport workers clash in Lagos
Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday during a clash between officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency and transport workers in the Abule-Egba and Agege areas of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the transport workers were protesting the…
Lagos communities resort to self-help, keep vigil to check rising invasion by robbers
After a day of rage across communities in Agege, Alimosho, Ejigbo and Oshodi areas of Lagos State yesterday, the president’s broadcast at 7 pm which extended the lockdown by two weeks, heightened tensions as robbery attacks spiked in the mainland…
Lagos prosecutes alleged environmental offenders, fake LAGESC officer (Guardian)
The Lagos State Environment Sanitation Corp (LAGESC) at the weekend arraigned nine persons arrested for violating the environmental laws before the special offences court in Ogba. The violators were arrested during the joint operation exercise of LAGESC and the Lagos…
Cops rescue two robbery suspects from being lynched (Punch)
Two armed robbery suspects, Ganiyu Adebayo and Peter Ozobere, have been rescued by the police in the Oke-Koto area of Agege, Lagos, from being lynched by a mob, who beat and inflicted machete cuts on them. The mob, who were…
Agege stadium, secretariat road begs for rehabilitation (Guardian)
Commuters plying the Pen Cinema en-route Stadium road to Ogba are beginning the New Year carrying over the burden they have endured in recent years. While road users in other parts of Lagos are heaving a sigh of relief over…