Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, is the fourth cheapest city in the world.The Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday, 2018 Worldwide Cost of Living report released on Wednesday, Lagos ranked 130 of the 133 cities surveyed.In a separate report released on Tuesday, EIU had ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live in the world.Explaining the correlation between both reports, EIU [...]
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Aspirants vying for various elective positions under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos will face direct primary.Bola Tinubu, national leader of the party, announced this at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the party’s secretariat on Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos, on Tuesday.He said the party would immediately commence the process of registering new members, while the old members who had [...]
Musa Mustapha, nine, the youngest player at the ongoing Nigeria Open, says he will win the tournament in the future.Musa alongside his brother, Mustapha, 10, played their first international tournament on Wednesday in the U-21 men’s singles.The youngest players at the Nigeria Open 2018 hail from Borno state.Despite being overpowered by their older opponents in both their two group matches, the [...]
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria has elected Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the Lagos house of assembly, as its new chairman.The conference elected new executives at its 2018 second quarter conference held between August 3 and August 5, in Ikeja, Lagos.Obasa takes over from Isamaila Kamba, his Kebbi state counterpart.Reading the communiqué at the end of the [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, on Thursday met with maritime unions and stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the longing gridlock on Apapa-Oshodi expressway.Osinbajo had ordered the evacuation of trucks from the Apapa expressway.The vice-president inspected the state of the road after meeting with stakeholders and maritime unions in order to find a lasting solution to [...]
The Lagos state police command on Monday paraded some suspects, including Dorcas Adilewa, a 19-year-old girl who allegedly faked her kidnap to defraud her father.Imohimi Edgal, the state commissioner of police, said Adilewa planned with one Ifeoluwa Ogunbanjo, her friend, who allegedly provided her with a phone.According to Edgal, Adilewa called her father, Adilewa Taiwo, demanding N600,000 ransom while claiming that [...]
BY TOYE SOKUNBILagos is often depicted as a lawless city of faceless crimes on the front pages. And don't get me wrong, Lagos is scary. But that's because everything is transactional, so everyday interactions seem to be plagued with the potential for gain and the fear of loss.What the news won’t tell you is that the possibility of getting [...]
Four policemen attached to the special anti-robbery squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos state, have been dismissed over alleged robbery and other crimes.Adamu Ibrahim, the assistant inspector-general in charge of zone 2 command, approved their dismissal.According to Dolapo Badmus, the zone’s spokesperson, the dismissed officers are Adeoye Adekunle, Adekitan Adebowale, Agbi Lucky and Odighe Hehosa.She said the policemen were also charged to [...]
Borishade Adeniyi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cheiftain in Lagos, was on Saturday shot dead during a meeting of party members.Chike Oti, Lagos command police spokesman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.Oti said the shooting occurred at Igbosuku village, Eti-Osa LGA, where the meeting held.According to Oti, a fracas broke out between the factions loyal to Moshood Salvador, a [...]
At least two persons were killed after a commercial bus collided with a train in Lagos on Friday.The tragic incident occurred at Odejobi junction on the Old Abeokuta road.The passenger train collided with a parked commercial bus, forcing three hanging passengers to fall off the moving train at crossing at Pen Cinema, Iju Road.According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency [...]
The ‘Our Water, Our Right Coalition’ has commended the decision of some members of the US Congress to oppose the water privatisation projects being embarked upon by the Lagos state government.The coalition had alerted the public about the government's plans to "privatise most of the state's water system".Twenty-three members of the Congressional Black caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive caucus (CPC) [...]
The Lagos state police command says it has uncovered a printing press where election materials are being printed. Imohimi Edgal, the state commissioner of police, led some detectives to the printing press located at 13A and 13B, Oguntona street, Gbagada area of the state, on Monday.The police said it learnt from intelligence information that ballot papers meant for Saturday's governorship poll [...]
Lagosians have taken to social media to air their views on the rehabilitation of roads leading to the New Afrika Shrine, 24 hours before Emmanuel Macron, French president, visited the legacy building.Macron visited the Shrine on Tuesday to inaugurate the 2020 African Cultural Season.Reacting to the impromptu road upgrade, Lagosians urged Macron to visit other locations so the state government will [...]
The Lagos state government says the fuel tanker involved in an explosion on Thursday was carrying "twice its pulling capacity".Ladi Lawanson, the commissioner for transportation, made this known on Sunday at a news conference in Alausa, Ikeja.He said the investigation conducted by the state government indicated that the truck involved in the explosion was registered in Kano state and had [...]
The Lagos state government says there will be a partial restriction of movement on the Oshodi flyover to enable it advance the ongoing construction of the Oshodi transport interchange.Ade Akinsanya, state commissioner for works and infrastructure, in a statement on Friday, said the restriction will take effect from 10pm on July 1 to 5am on July 2.Akinsanya said construction work at the interchange [...]
Chris Olakpe, chairman, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), says the agency arrests at least 880 motorists are arrested on a daily basis over breach of traffic rules.Olakpe said each of the 44 zones of LASTMA make minimum 20 arrests daily.According to him, mobile courts hear and determine the cases and give fines.He said LASTMA had established a protocol unit to ensure [...]
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