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perennial traffic gridlock witnessed in almost all parts of the City of Excellence called Lagos, it has been observed that government officials involved in the maintenance of roads constitute the major cause of traffic hold-ups in areas where they operate. Investigations carried out by Vanguard Metro showed that these officials always block major parts of […]
A man, Ade Olowopopo, has taken his two sons, Kunle and Mayowa Olowopopo, to court for allegedly assaulting their sister, Bisi Olowopopo, and for stealing his properties at Lakwe Lekki, Lagos State. The Olowopopos were arraigned on Monday before Magistrate O. M. Ajayi sitting before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court on five counts bordering on […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos has sentenced one Igwe Ambrose, a 65-year-old landlord, to life imprisonment. Ambrose was found guilty of inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children. He was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child. […]
Some users of the Bus Rapid Transit have lamented the shortage of buses and the long queues they experience daily while pleading with the government to provide more buses. Some commuters who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Monday claimed that the majority of Lagos State commuters use the Bus Rapid Transit as a result of the increase […]
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has faulted the claim by the Public Procurement Agency that his office got N2 billion to purchase rechargeable fans,… Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has faulted the claim by the Public Procurement Agency that his office got N2 billion to purchase rechargeable fans, rechargeable lights and fridges. Hamzat […]
The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, MPP&UD, and Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, on Saturday, demolished a distressed four-storey building at number 16, Oloto Street in Ebute-Metta area of the state. Meanwhile, 42 other buildings in Oloto and its adjoining streets in Ebute-Metta were also marked as […]
• Opposition parties kick against profligacy• Allegations scandalous, says Rhodes-Vivour• Official waste complicating state fiscal crisis Scrutiny over profligacy in statecraft and fiscal recklessness has shifted from the centre to Lagos, the supposed Centre of Excellence, and its peers at the weekend, as the state government was kicked for what its critics described as frivolous […]
A yet-to-be-identified man was injured in a crash that happened around 5 p.m. outward Apapa area of Lagos State on Sunday. The accident involved two trucks that collided leaving the two vehicles badly damaged. A video of the crash on the official X handle of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority showed the vehicles with […]
Some drivers in Lagos State have vowed to storm the streets again in protest of what they described as alleged extortions from park boys and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. PUNCH Metro reported last week that scores of drivers trooped out in the Egbeda, Ikeja, Iyana Ipaja, Agege, Yaba and Iyana-Iba areas of […]
The family of a seven-year-old girl (name withheld) has demanded justice over the alleged sexual abuse of the girl by one of their neighbours in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The aunt of the victim, Adeola Adesanya, disclosed this in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Thursday. Adesanya said the family was more pained by the […]
