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Police douse tension as hoodlums set Lagos market on fire

Nigeria, May 3 -- Police officers intervened in a clash between some youths and hoodlums in the Ile-Epo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a stateme... Read More


Fuel Scarcity: Police identify officer who shot man dead at filling station

Nigeria, May 3 -- The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified the police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Toheeb Eniafe at a petrol station in Obalende. Benjamin Hundeyin, the poli... Read More


Lagos govt discovers another illegal under-bridge settlement, begins demolition

Nigeria, May 2 -- Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has disclosed that another illegal settlement has been found under the Osborne bridge in the Ikoyi area of... Read More


Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Shoreline never belonged to Landmark - Umahi

Nigeria, May 2 -- The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said that the shoreline affected by the Lagos-Calabar coastal road never belonged to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Landmark Africa Group... Read More


Lagos govt demolishes under-bridge apartments where tenants pay N250,000 annually

Nigeria, May 2 -- The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, discovered some under-bridge apartments under the Dolphin Estate bridge in Ikoyi, Lagos. The apartments had 86 partitioned rooms, sized "10... Read More


Naira Abuse: Cubana Chief Priest opts for plea bargain

Nigeria, May 2 -- A Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday adjourned the criminal case instituted against internet socialite Okechukwu Pascal, A.K.A Cubana Chief Priest, due to the prayer for a plea bar... Read More


Pregnant woman, children, others injured as gas explodes in Lagos

Nigeria, May 1 -- Nine persons including a pregnant woman and some children sustained various injuries following a gas explosion in the Ajegunle area of Lagos on Tuesday. The Director, Lagos State Fi... Read More


How I collected $600,000 bribe from contractors for Emefiele - ex-CBN staff

Nigeria, April 30 -- A former director at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has testified against Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the bank, in the ongoing case at the Lagos High Court, in Ikeja. ... Read More


Flights diverted as fire breaks out at Lagos airport

Nigeria, April 25 -- The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has diverted all flight operations from the E wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) following a fire outbreak ... Read More


Lagos seals construction firm over sewage discharge into drainage

Nigeria, April 25 -- The Lagos State Government has sealed off Carrillion Construction's building in Victoria Island for the illegal discharge of sewage into public drainage via a pumping machine. Th... Read More