The Federal Government has commenced the free conversion of petrol and diesel-powered commercial vehicles to compressed natural gas in a bid to cut the cost of transportation nationwide. It started the exercise in Abuja and Lagos, urging commercial transport owners to key into the scheme by bringing their vehicles to be converted, stressing that the…
Lagos State is at the centre of a significant cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said. The latest data via the NCDC website stated that as of week 25, Lagos state registered 104 new cases out of the country’s total of 113 reported cases for the week….
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, has called for the collaboration of public transport bus operators as the state aims to improve its commuting experience. Giwa said this in a meeting between the Ministry of Transportation, the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority and bus operators on the Bus Reform Initiative…
The Lagos State Government said it had traced the spike in cholera cases at the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state to unregistered tiger nut drink ingested by affected persons. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, made this known in an interview with newsmen. The recent outbreak…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday. Narrating how the arrest was made, Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said its officials had raided Emerald Hotel,…
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested Joshua Olawuyi, a suspected internet fraudster, for allegedly obtaining a vehicle under false pretences and stealing N30 million. Umma Ayuba, the Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. She said that the command, under…
President Bola Tinubu has left Lagos for Abuja, where he is slated to oversee the inauguration of projects carried out by the Federal Capital Territory Administration. President Tinubu, departing from the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, received a send-off from Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Chief of Staff to the President,…
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has given traders and shop owners within the Oshodi markets up to July 31st, 2024 deadline to remove all extensions and attachments built on shops or face demolition. The General Manager, LABSCA, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, gave the ultimatum during an advocacy and sensitization…
Tragedy struck late Sunday night when the driver of a fast moving Mercedes Benz, a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, with two occupants were burnt to death after ramming into a stationary truck. The incident happened at Mandilas Bus Stop, Iyana Isolo, off Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. An eyewitness, Mr. Abdulfatai, Wasiu, attributed the fatalities to over speeding…
A medium range aircraft Embraer 145 belonging to a premium services provider Xejet Airlines has skidded off the runway and plunged into the grass areas of Runway 18Left of Lagos Airport. The aircraft with 52 passengers and the crew members on board departed Abuja Airport before the incident at the runway of Lagos Airport. According…