By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta A toddler, six-year-old girl and one other have been confirmed dead while six others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus marked FUF 109 ZD around youth camp on the Lagos -Ibadan expressway. The Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the incident to […]
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The Third Mainland bridge The Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to all traffic for three days from Saturday till Monday midnight to enable completion of repair works on the double-sized expansion joints. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement on Thursday, said the bridge repair work was being done […]
Senator Tinubu meets with some of her constituents The National Assembly Abuja Office of Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos Central Senatorial District has been burgled, with some critical items carried away, Nifemi Aje, a legislative aide to Senator Tinubu, has said. The statement said: ”The incident was discovered on Wednesday as her staff resumed work. It […]
Lawal heads to Ipebi After months of intrigue and meetings, former Lagos State Governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu have succeeded in his plan to to foist his former ADC, Gbolahan Lawal on Iruland as the new King. In the last few weeks, the race had been between Lawal (whose mother was an Oniru princess) against his […]
Following the death of the Chief Security Officer to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, AlhajiLateefRaheem, NCDC medics took the precaution of taking samples from his body for testing to actually determine the cause of death. Today, the test results are back andsamples tested positive for Covid-19. As a precautionary measure taken soon after the death of AlhajiRaheem; […]
The long-sought relief from choking vehicular gridlocks has finally come the way of residents in the Agege-Abule Egba axis of Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, commissioned the Pen Cinema Bridge and five arterial road networks in the area, formally opening the infrastructure for public use. The commissioning marked fulfilment of another campaign promise […]
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Truck crushes 2 at Idiroko
Scene of an accident The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Tuesday said that two persons lost their lives in an accident that happened along Atan-Idiroko road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of TRACE, disclosed that the accident happened around 9.30 a.m. Akinbiyi said that the truck with an unknown […]
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two persons for impersonating men of the Nigeria Army in Agbado area of Ogun State. A statement by the Police Command’s Spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta on Thursday stated that the two men, Joseph David and Adebayo Olanrewaju Ojoye, were arrested following a complaint from Mr. Paul […]
By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta Two young men in their twenties have been arrested by men of Ogun State police command for gang raping a 14- year- old girl (name withheld) at Owode Egba area of the State. The suspects are Michael Azeez 20, and Adeola Ogunseye, 22. According to a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said its men had arrested two travellers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with cocaine and heroin. Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju,spokesperson of the NDLEA, said in a statement in Lagos that one of the suspected drug traffickers hid cocaine in his boxer shorts and his […]