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…
2 confirmed dead in Lagos building collapse, search continues for survivors
Tragedy struck Friday morning in Lagos as a building collapse at 122 Herbert Macaulay Way, Ebute Meta, claimed the lives of two adults, one male and one female. Rescue efforts are currently underway, with hopes high for locating and saving…
Many injured as fire razes shanties in Ebute Meta, Lagos
Shanties at the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State are currently on fire. The PUNCH gathered that hundreds of structures were affected. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the fire started Wednesday morning at Kano by Coates Street, near Okobaba sawmill.…
Hundreds displaced in Ebute Metta fire
Hundreds of residents may have been displaced as fire gutted Kano Street in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos on Sunday night, destroying properties worth millions of naira. Although it could not be ascertained if lives were lost in the…