The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Sunday announced that the government would start the second phase of rehabilitation works on the Ogudu–Ifako Bridge in Kosofe Local Government Area on Tuesday, August 19, till October 1, 2025. It was learnt that the exercise would focus on restoring the bridge’s expansion joints inbound Lagos Island. This was…
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, otherwise known as the taskforce, has impounded over 600 motorcycles and arrested seven suspects during a routine week-long clean-up enforcement for compliance operations. The agency, in a statement sent on Sunday and signed by its spokesperson, Raheem Gbadeyan, stated that the operation, which commenced on Monday, August…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have killed a suspected armed robber operating from a refuse dump in the Abule Egba area of the state. A police source told reporters on Thursday that the suspect, identified simply as Blessing, was gunned down in the early hours of the day. According to the source, detectives stormed…
AS rains continue to pound parts of the country, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, yesterday, warned that heavy flooding will hit 198 local government areas, in 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from August 7 to 21, 2025. The warning came as the Lagos State government sympathised with Ikorodu residents affected by…
The draws for the annual 1XBET football competition which starts on August 12 took place on Wednesday at a colourful ceremony held at Radisson Blu, Ikeja. A total of 450 teams registered for the competition after which the technical body picked 64 teams that were later further reduced through two knock out preliminary games to 16…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged continued state-wide infrastructure development as he unveiled a network of roads in Badagry Local Government Area and Olorunda Local Council Development Area on Wednesday. Addressing residents during the event, the governor commended them for their support in the last local government election and restated the administration’s commitment to…
The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.” While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added…
The Federal Government has forecasted heavy rainfall over a five-day period that may trigger flooding across 19 states and 76 locations. The warning, issued on Tuesday by the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre of the Federal Ministry of Environment, called on stakeholders and residents to take urgent precautionary measures. This comes as devastating floods…
The Lagos State House of Assembly held a public hearing on Friday to discuss the Lagos State Correctional Service Bill 2025, which aims to transform the justice system from a punitive approach to one centred on reform, rehabilitation, and reintegration. It also aims to domesticate correctional centres, as it was delisted from the exclusive list…
For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.” Sitting in his modest Lagos home, leaning heavily on a walker, the frail…
