Traditional rulers, elders, indigenes, and stakeholders of Eti-Osa have rejected a proposed bill before the Lagos House of Assembly, which seeks to move Eti-Osa from Lagos Division to Epe Division. The Oniru of Iruland, Oba Gbolahan Lawal, will lead a team to present their position to the State Assembly during a public hearing on the bill on…
Traders at the Alade Market in Shomolu are still waiting from assistance to restart their businesses. This comes two weeks after a fire disaster destroyed over one hundred shops at the Alade Market in Shomolu. Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma visited the burnt market and spoke with some of the trader, who complained that they have been facing…
Seven hundred and forty-four Covid-19 patients in Lagos have recovered after going through community-based treatment. However; Lagos State has added eighty-six new cases of the coronavirus in the last twenty-four hours. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the latest confirmed cases in an update on its Twitter handle. The NCDC said the new cases in Lagos…
Repairs have started at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, where soldiers allegedly opened fire on EndSARS protesters on October 20, last year. The Lekki Tollgate was first closed on October 12, 2020, as the EndSARS protests, which started in Ikeja area of Lagos, spread to other parts of the city. The move to reopen the Tollgate comes…
The Lagos State Judicial Panel has heard a new petition involving one Akinmade Akinrolabu, who is blaming the police for the death of his wife. Akinrolabu appeared before the Panel without the help of a lawyer and to testify how his wife developed complication after she watched as he was being beaten by policemen. The Petitioner claimed…
A man has jumped off the 7th floor of one of the high-rise buildings within the One Thousand and Four estate in Victoria Island. The incident happened yesterday following a raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that some residents informed the agency about the incident.…