At least four persons were feared killed after a train crushed a tricycle in Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday.
The incident occurred around 6:45am at Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb.
It was gathered the tricycle carrying passengers had attempted to cross the railway when it got trapped and was eventually crushed by the locomotive train.…
Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred around 11am, saying that it was caused by excessive speeding which led to loss of control.
He noted that the commercial bus with registration number DDA 729 XA , after losing control, hit a culvert and summersaulted, adding that the driver and the bus conductor
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An Ikeja High Court has dismissed a suit seeking to oust Rilwan Akiolu, as the Oba of Lagos.
Justice A. Candide-Johnson held that the claimants, Prince Adedoyin Adebiyi and Prince Rasheed Modile, two members of the Lagos royal family, failed to prove their case.
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Indigenous gas & power portfolio company Axxela Limited has put into operation its Greater Lagos IV (GLIV) gas pipeline network and the newly renovated Elegbata Sports Complex.
Greater Lagos IV (GLIV) is Axxela’s gas pipeline network, developed by its Gaslink Nigeria Limited subsidiary in partnership with the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC).
Spanning from Ijora through Lagos Island’s Marina axis, the multi-million dollar pipeline will supply gas to commercial and industrial off-takers along its route, and already has First Power and Island Power among its customers.
The firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Rasheed Olaoluwa, said: “This occasion demonstrates our continued …
A woman and a young boy were injured yesterday when fire swept through the Hausa community in Orile-Agege, Lagos.
They are at the Agege General Hospital.
The fire, said to have been caused by power surge, raged for several hours, destroying shops, houses and goods.
The Lagos State Governor-Elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday described recent collapse of buildings in the state as most unfortunate.
But he praised the swift actions taken by the current administration in the state to address the problem.
The Governor-Elect spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari/Jubril alongside the Deputy Governor-elect, Femi Hamzat.
He said: “It’s an unfortunate incident. Incidentally when I was in government before, I used to be the Vice Chairman of the building collapse committee. It was something that happened about 8-10 years ago, which was what led to the creation of an agency …
Five more structurally defective Lagos Island buildings were yesterday brought down by the Lagos State Government.
This brings the number of demolished buildings to 13 since Friday when the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) started the exercise to prevent another disaster after Wednesday’s incident on Massey Street, Ita-Faji, Lagos Island. Twenty people were killed; forty-five others were injured when the four-storey building collapsed. Most of the dead were children.
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development Prince Rotimi Ogunleye described the exercise as a holistic response to the challenges posed by derelict structures and unapproved schools.
LASBCA Acting General …
Rescue workers called off the search for survivors on Thursday, with the death toll at nine and the number of injured who were taken to hospital at 37.
But Lagos State health commissioner Jide Idris said the final toll was now higher.
“Twenty people were killed and 45 people were treated in
Following the building collapse at Baden Private Primary School at no 10 Dagara Street, Itafaji area of Lagos Island, six persons, including a pregnant woman, have been confirmed dead, while 59 persons have been rescued alive.
Many of the pupils rescued by first responders were rushed to the Marina General Hospital. As expected, parents have stormed the school in search of their children.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged members to work for the victory of the Lagos State governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and 40 House of Assembly flag bearers at the Saturday elections.
By Odumodu Gbulagu
I have learnt to be neutral, but very firm and objective when it has to deal with ethnicity and bashing of a particular ethnic group.
My reasons are not far fetched:
Nigeria is a very volatile place, and you can’t condemn a whole people just by the action of a handful of their likes.
Even when the majority of that particular people are saying the same thing, there are a percentage of that people who hold a different view.
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned Sen. Tokunbo Afikuyomi, saying he is not a member of the party in the state, but a member of the Accord Party.
The party said the clarification was necessary in view of Afikuyomi’s activities to undermine the APC in Lagos.
It claimed that his activities were targeted at promoting opposition politicians in the process leading to the governorship election.
In a statement signed by the APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Joe Igbokwe, the party said it was aware of Afikuyomi’s activities and his pretension of being an APC member.…
