A petrol tanker burst into flames in the early hours of Thursday, October 29, 2020, and destroyed several other trucks packed by the roadside around the Mile Two area of Lagos. The incident happened around 1AM, and the fire was put out after several hours by a combined team of emergency responders. The General Manager of the…
The Lagos State Government has approved the full reopening of all markets across the state on daily basis. This brings to an end the operations of markets for foodstuff and non-foodstuff on alternate days; the measure which was put in place during the gradual easing of Covid-19 lockdown. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Doctor…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Shooting of EndSARS Protesters in Lekki has adjourned sitting after entertaining one petitioner on its opening session. The Panel had fixed four petitions for hearing on its maiden sitting at the Lagos Court of Arbitration in Lekki but three of the petitioners were not present to…
Some warehouses around Amumo in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have been looted. Eyewitnesses said sacks of grains and cartons of noodles were removed from some of the warehouses on Old Ojo Road and Monkey Village However; it turned out that some of the looted grans and packed of noodles were marked as marked Covid-19,…
• Kings College evacuated • Hoodlums take over Ajah • Curfew weighs down on residents Several public and private buildings have been set on fire or vandalized by hoodlums in the city of Lagos. The incidents happened Wednesday, October 21, 2020. The headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority on Lagos Island was affected, as well as two…
The Lagos State Government has suspended all official activities for three days due to the violent turn of the EndSARS protests. Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU has also directed that all flags at public buildings should be lowered in solidarity with the protests. Governor SANWO-OLU made the announcement in a state broadcast moments ago; a day after soldiers opened…