There was tension inside the chamber of the Lagos State House of Assembly as officials of the Department of State Services confronted legislative workers on Monday. The DSS officials, dressed in black jackets and helmets and armed with weapons, struggled with the workers at the door. The situation led to pandemonium in the House. Punch/…
The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with Huawei Technologies, has deployed four new Intelligent Transport System sites to monitor and detect speeding and manage traffic flows. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this during a press briefing on Thursday, stating that the new installations would complement the existing Automatic Number Plate Recognition…
Four soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu in Lagos are feared dead, and others were injured after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. According to report gathered by newsmen, the driver rammed into the soldiers during their monthly road jogging outside the barracks in the early hours of…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. The lawmakers are accusing Obasa of multiple statutory and financial infractions. People Gazette reports that the lawmakers replaced Obasa by his Deputy Lasbat Meranda. Meranda, who represents Apapa Constituency 1, was also a former chief whip of the House. Daily Post/ Naomi…
The Lagos Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, has announced that the Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation Bill has been enacted to ban illegal organ harvesting. Mr Pedro said there are four additional laws, including the Consumer Protection Law, Lagos Enforcement Training Institute Laws, Victims Assistance and Witness Protection Laws, and Fire and Rescue…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has intercepted N2 billion worth of counterfeit alcohol packaging materials in Lagos. In a statement via its X handle on Thursday, NAFDAC said it stormed and dismantled illegal alcohol packaging operations at Article Market in Abule-Osun, Lagos State. According to the agency, during the…
In preparation for increased water transportation during the Yuletide season, the National Inland Waterways Authority has commenced the clearance of water hyacinths from Lagos water channels. In a statement released on Wednesday, NIWA noted that the initiative aims to ease transportation activities and enhance safety for waterway users. The Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, Sarat…
A fully loaded high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle overturned inside the dedicated BRT lane at Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, resulting in injuries to 10 passengers. According to an update from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the accident occurred shortly after the bus had departed from the BRT park at Iyana Ipaja. While giving…
The Lagos State Government says traffic will be diverted at Ikeja Along bus stop, between Ile Zik and Conoil Petrol Station, on the Oshodi bound lane from Saturday to Sunday. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi disclosed this in a statement. Osiyemi said the diversion would be between the hours of 12 midnight and…
Lagos State Government says it has not re-introduced the monthly environmental sanitation and is not starting any restriction of movement by the end of July. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab. Wahab described the viral social media news as fake and…