It has been revealed that the Marine Beach Bridge in Lagos will not be totally closed to traffic while it is undergoing repairs, which began yesterday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, made the clarification in an interview with Lasgidi FM News Desk. Popoola said traffic on the bridge would be diverted for about…
The entertainment and tourism sectors in Lagos State have receive a major boost following the completion of the renovation of the Glover Memorial Hall on the Lagos Island. The facility, which is locate on Customs Streets of the Lagos, was first opened in 1887, and is the first host film shows and theater performances in Lagos. The…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State has ordered one Tom Godswill to be remanded at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling his sixteen-year-old daughter. The forty-seven-year-old man will remain in the Custodial Centre until March 22, when Chief Magistrate A.O Ajibade expects to have received an advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public…
Traders at the Computer Village in Lagos have welcomed the judgement that stopped the Iyaloja General, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, from imposing levies and fines on them. Some of the traders who spoke with Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma said they believe that the enforcement of the judgment would ensure peace in the market. Also speaking in a telephone interview,…
More details have emerged about the police rescue of an aged man and his equally aged wife, who were allegedly locked up in their house in Ejigbo area of Lagos by their children for over twelve months. Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma visited the family compound at Number 47, Maria Okor Street, Ejigbo, but was told that Surajudeen…
A Mobile Policeman has broken an arm and a leg after he was knocked off a bridge and into a canal at Oshodi area of Lagos. The Mobile Policeman, David Zabanayi, was knocked off the bridge on Airport Road, as he and other traffic enforcement officers tried to impound a car that drove against traffic. David Zabanayi…