$2.5bn Dangote Fertiliser plant commissioned by Buhari in Lagos

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned the Dangote Fertiliser Plant in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Buhari inaugurated the multi-billion dollar facility on Tuesday at an event well attended by many political, traditional, and religious leaders, as well as key members of the private sector from various parts of the country. They include […]

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Prime suspect in the ‘owambe’ party petrol souvenir arrested, arraigned in Lagos

Officers of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested and arraigned the prime suspect who distributed kegs of petrol as souvenirs at an ‘owambe’ party held at Havilah Events Centre, Victoria Island, La on March 4, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement signed and released by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State […]

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Newly promoted FIRS female senior staff assassinated in Lagos

Senior female staff of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)  Mrs. Ibironke Oluremi Adefila (nee Jobi), was brutally murdered by persons suspected to be assassins in Lagos, Nigeria. Mrs. Adefila was said to be on her way to work in the early hours of Friday, January 28, 2022, when she was accosted by the heavily armed […]

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SWAT team accused of extorting N550,000 from a civilian at gunpoint in Lagos

The SWAT team that occupies the Adeniji base of the defunct FSARS has been accused of harassing and extorting civilians like the defunct SARS officials did. This was made known by activist, Segun Awosanya aka Segalink. He alleged that the SWAT team, made to replace SARS after the End SARS protests, have taken to harassing […]

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Kanuri Origins of the Tinubu Family in Lagos, By Farooq A. Kperogi

There is probably no “indigenous” Lagos family that is more famous than the Tinubu family. But, although the family is now clearly culturally Yoruba, its ethnic provenance is traceable to what is now Borno State, according to Lagos historians, underscoring the historical and sociological inaccuracy of notions of ethnic purism in Nigeria. The patriarch of […]

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Housewife allegedly kills husband during argument in Lagos

One Motunrayo, a housewife, has allegedly killed her husband, Alaba Bakare, alias Bama, in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State, Nigeria. There were reports that the couple had an argument at their house, which degenerated into a fight. Motunrayo was alleged to have plugged a pressing iron, which she used to inflict burns on her […]

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Housemaid vanishes with madam’s two year old son in Lagos (Photos)

A family in Lagos state is currently in search of their two-year-old son, Praise Otojareri, who was allegedly taken away by their house help simply identified as Favour, on Sunday, December 19. Mr. Moses Otojareri, the father of the missing boy, said sometime in November, a man who his wife knows very well came to their house […]

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Lagos earmarks N5bn to kick-start monthly rental policy

In what looks like a win-win situation for both real estate investors and tenants if the rules of the game are strictly adhered to by all stakeholders, the Lagos State Government has mapped out strategies to kick-start monthly rental policy in the state. To show the seriousness it attached to the new scheme aimed at […]

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Eight children found dead inside a parked vehicle in Lagos (Video)

Eight children were found dead inside a parked vehicle at 18 Adelayo street, Jah Michael bus stop, along Badagry Expressway, Lagos State on Saturday, December 4. It was gathered that the children aged four to six years old, had entered the parked Lexus SUV vehicle to play, mistakenly locked themselves and subsequently suffocated to death. […]

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Virgin couple: 29-year-old groom, his 28-year-old bride wed as virgins in Lagos (Photo)

A 29-year-old man, Pastor Oghale Ighele, and his bride, Dr. Clementina Agbate, 28, got married recently as virgins. The couple exchanged vows at the Holy Spirit Mission at Marcillina’s Place, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, where the officiating Minister and Presiding Bishop, Charles Ighele, revealed to the guests that both the bride and groom were virgins at […]

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In the jungle called Lagos, By Lekan Sote

Lagos is not just the place of the “indecency, lies and immoral acts of a typically rustic, countryside lady who went to Lagos and became sophisticated” as chronicled in Niyi Oniororo’s novel, Lagos Is A Wicked Place, the stuff of Onitsha Market Literature that Chinua Achebe described as “chronicles of social problems of a somewhat mixed-up, but […]

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Ikoyi building collapse: Is Lagos ready for reforms now?, By Abimbola Adelakun

The Monday collapse of the 21-storey building under construction on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State is one too many. With an undetermined number of people still trapped under the rubble, so much is unknown yet. In the coming weeks, some of the truth of the official negligence that led to such a gigantic structure becoming […]

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21-storey building collapses in Lagos, 9 rescued alive, 20 bodies recovered

At least 20 people have been confirmed dead in the 21-storey building that collapsed on Monday on Gerrard Road, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The building crumbled around 2pm when workers were on the site. Earlier reports revealed that 10 people were feared dead when the incident happened, as many others were […]

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Police arrest 2 suspects who lured woman from Lagos to Oyo, beheaded her, dismembered her body

Oyo State Police Command, Nigeria, has arrested two suspected ritualists, Ismaila Wasiu and Mutairu Shittu who allegedly murdered a woman identified simply as Mujidat. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Adewale Osifeso, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, October 27, said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence received from residents of Ayekale, Saki Area […]

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Security agencies rescue man who attempts to jump down from mast in Lagos

A man reportedly attempted to jump down from a telecommunication mast at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State on Tuesday morning. Reports say, the man who climbed to the top of the mast around 8.30am, but was rescued by a combined team of policemen, officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and those from the Lagos State […]

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Compere MC Eve dies in a car crash in Lagos, Nigerians mourn

Nigerians are currently mourning event host, Evelyn Adewunmi, popularly known as MC Eve, who died untimely in a car crash. The host, famously called The Energy Goddess, was said to have been in a car with her boyfriend on October 12, when they were involved in an accident along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria. The boyfriend, […]

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Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith kidnapped by gunmen in Lagos

Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), has been kidnapped by masked gunmen in the Ajah area of Lagos State, Nigeria. AVM Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr. Musiliu Smith. The retired General, who is currently the Chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited […]

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