3 dead, 5 vehicles, 2 motorcycles burnt as tanker explodes in Ogun

At least three persons have been confirmed dead while several others were injured in a petrol tanker explosion around GTBank, IBB Boulevards in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Tuesday morning. Five vehicles and two motorcycles were also burnt in…

*COVID-19: NIMC shuts down as crowds besiege Lagos offices for NIN registration (Punch)*Yuletide: FRSC deploys 1,200 operatives to Lagos (Vanguard)

COVID-19: NIMC shuts down as crowds besiege Lagos offices for NIN registration (Punch) The National Identity Management Commission has shut down its offices in Lagos State as large crowds gathered there on Monday in a bid to register and obtain…

*Gas pipeline leakage causes panic, disrupts commercial activities in Lagos (Guardian)*Presidential Task Team on Apapa Ports dismisses corruption allegations (Thisday)

Gas pipeline leakage causes panic, disrupts commercial activities in Lagos (Guardian) Eighteen months after a major tragedy was averted at Ibafo on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, when an excavator operator working for Julius Berger mistakenly ruptured a gas pipeline buried on…

*Burnt Igbosere High Court is Nigeria’s oldest judicial building (Nation)*Panic as police, LASTMA abandon Lagos roads (Guardian)

Burnt Igbosere High Court is Nigeria’s oldest judicial building (Nation) To stakeholders in the justice sector, the burning of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, Lagos by hoodlums under the guise of #EndSARS protest last Wednesday, was the height of hooliganism…

*How we swap real phones with fake ones – suspects (Vanguard) *Flood sweeps away two children in Lagos (Punch)

How we swap real phones with fake ones – suspects (Vanguard) Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have smashed a syndicate that specialized in advertising telephones on an online marketplace- Jiji.com, only to…

*Residents rescue boy from abuse, hand over suspect to police (Guardian) *Curfew: Police detain Lagos doctor as pregnant woman, baby die (Punch)

Residents rescue boy from abuse, hand over suspect to police (Guardian) Residents of Union Estate in Ilamoshe, Oke-Afa, Ejigbo area of Lagos, at the weekend, rescued an 11-year-old boy from persistent child abuse and human rights violation meted out to…

*Fallen containers: FRSC impounds 208 trucks in Lagos (Punch) *Lagos East bye-election: Voting in progress as Gbadamosi, Oyefusi, others battle for PDP ticket (Tribune)

Fallen containers: FRSC impounds 208 trucks in Lagos (Punch) Lagos State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Ogungbemide, has said the command made 368 arrests over trucks with unlatched containers in the last two weeks. Ogungbemide told the…

*ICPC nabs 25 suspected driving licence fraudsters in Lagos (Punch) *UNILAG: Special visitation panel begins sitting on monday (Vanguard)

ICPC nabs 25 suspected driving licence fraudsters in Lagos (Punch) The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested 25 officials of Vehicle Inspection Office, Federal Road Safety Corps, Motor Vehicle Licensing Authority, and other persons in connection…

*Lagos opens boarding houses as schools resume next week *(Nation) How container-laden truck killed my 27-year-old daughter – Mother (Punch)

Lagos opens boarding houses as schools resume next week (Nation) The Lagos State Ministry of Education has approved for its boarding schools to receive SS3 pupils resuming next Monday. In a statement announcing the resumption of schools for SS3 and…

*Third Mainland Bridge repairs: FRSC allays fears as motorists queue for switchover (Guardian) *Third Mainland Bridge: We’re observing traffic situation, says Lagos commissioner (Punch)

Third Mainland Bridge repairs: FRSC allays fears as motorists queue for switchover (Guardian) The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday reiterated that motorists plying the Third Mainland Bridge should stop all fear and agitation over the partial closure of…

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