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A building under construction has collapsed in Lagos. Six people were rescued while two bodies were first recovered after the building collapsed on Wednesday. The death toll recorded in the collapsed building, which happened at Oriwu Street in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State, has now increased to four. This was confirmed in […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, February 25, 2025, a very toxic but innocuous advertorial was published in the Punch newspaper. It was authored by a group which called itself De Renaissance Patriots Foundation. Entitled Systematic Marginalization of Lagos State Indigenes, and signed by Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (rtd.) and Yomi Tokosi, the advertorial explains the legislative gangsterism currently going on in Lagos State, […]
Continue ReadingThe 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2023 general election in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has dumped the party. Jandor announced his resignation at a press briefing held at Liberty Place, Ikeja, in Lagos on Monday. His reasons for leaving the opposition party are not unconnected […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, has on Tuesday, acquitted popular musician, Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, in relation to the death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, better known as Mohbad. According to Channels TV, Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice issued by the Lagos State […]
Continue ReadingOver the years, a major received wisdom in Nigeria is that agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, its real foundation for creating employment, livelihood and opportunities. Truly, it was the case that Nigeria used to boast of a thriving agricultural economy in crop production, livestock, forestry and fishing, with every part of the country […]
Continue ReadingA two-storey building under construction has reportedly collapsed in the Ikota area of Ajah, Lagos State, Nigeria, resulting in the yet-to-be-determined number of deaths. The incident occurred at Mega Mall Estate, Mobile Road, Inikpa Villa, Ikota. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the collapse, with the Lagos Office Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, stating that the cause […]
Continue ReadingLagos State and the drama of its embattled lawmaker and ex-Speaker of its parliament, Mudashiru Obasa, appropriately answer to an idiom in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Insatiably curious about the mysteries of Wonderland, Alice had used the word, “Curiouser and curiouser” to express the mysteries of how she shrinks after drinking a potion. When […]
Continue ReadingThe people of Lagos should thank their stars that their state is not a country. If it were, it would have seen worse times than Gabon of the Bongo family. Even without being a country, Lagos already has big and small Bongos with each of them exacting worship from wayfarers and home-sitters. One of them is […]
Continue ReadingCelestial Church of Christ (CCC) has announced the sudden passing of its three prominent Pastors on the first day of the new year 2025. Evangelist Oladotun Elusanmi, Shepherd Olumuyiwa Michael, and Assistant Venerable Superior Evangelist Johnson Olajuwon, were announced dead by the church’s media head in a statement released on its website. Secretary of the […]
Continue ReadingMusic stars and some big names in the entertainment industry gathered at DJ Obi’s lavish house party to celebrate the joy of music and good company. The guests list featured a veritable who’s who of musical talent in Nigeria and other part of Africa, featuring Rema, Ayra Starr, Tems, Tyla, and Crayon, among others. The […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Afro pop superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, and American singer and actress, Chloe Bailey, have been spotted together in Lagos, Nigeria, drawing attention from fans and onlookers. Chloe was first seen getting into one of Burna Boy’s Aventador Lamborghinis. Later, the two were spotted at a nightclub in Lagos, enjoying the […]
Continue ReadingThe entire Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has been thrown into mourning over the sudden death of their Chairman, Oladotun Olakanle. He died at the age of 54. A yet-to-be-confirmed report said, Olakanle died in the early hours of Saturday, November 2, 2024, and fact as to the cause of his death is still […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro SAN, at a press conference on Monday, said, a bill for the enactment of the Administration of Civil Justice Law had been forwarded to the state House of Assembly for legislative process. Pedro said that when the bill was passed into law, litigation in […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Police Command has confirmed the sudden passing of Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Bolaji Olugbenga, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ijanikin Police Station. CSP Olugbenga collapsed in his office on Thursday evening and was pronounced dead shortly after. The Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent of Police (SP) Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident during a press […]
Continue ReadingJoy Kelvin, believed to be a sex worker, has allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man identified simply as Okafor to death on Monday morning, at about 5:30 am at the Jakande Housing Estate in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria. It was gathered that the late Okafor had brought Joy to his house to spend […]
Continue ReadingIn a memo, Nigeria’s Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFISB) has suspended two officers at the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre in Lagos. They were suspended following a voice note shared by Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, in which Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, claimed that after his conviction and sentencing […]
Continue ReadingNigerian queen of songs, songwriter, newscaster, veteran actress, producer and cultural icon, Onyeka Onwenu, who died on July 30, 2024, after a performance at an event, has been buried in Lagos on Friday, August 30, 2024. The 72-year-old singer who was last seen performing at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, honouring Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals, Stella […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties connected to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is investigating […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian lady identified as Sonia, has been declared missing by her friend, chrollo @tobi_adew. Taking to her X handle to announce her missing friend, @tobi_adew wrote: “My friend Sonia is missing. She boarded a bus from Lead City University going home to Lagos. She was last heard from by 1pm and said she was […]
Continue ReadingPersons believed to be miscreants have come out to threaten Lagos State residents not to participate in the hunger protest scheduled from Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 10. In a viral clip on Tuesday, individuals whose voices were the only ones audible were chastising market women and men in a Lagos market, urging them […]
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