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Following the ban on the use of styrofoam and single-use plastic by the Lagos State Government, some food vendors in the state have resorted to the use of nylon bags in packing food for their customers. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE reports Local food vendors operating in different parts of Lagos State are in a quandary as the […]
VICTOR AYENI writes about the dark art used by drug traffickers to plant illicit drugs on innocent passengers who are unwittingly used as couriers to convey incriminating items to foreign countries A mild drama ensued on January 16, 2024, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, when an unnamed traveller accosted an airport […]
Agatha Tuotamuno was not born deaf. One Saturday in 1986, two days after her sixth birthday, she felt a tingling sensation in her ear that made her uncomfortable. According to her, it was as though there were tiny stones in her ears and she shook her head tirelessly in an attempt to get it out. […]
Cases of burglary are on the increase in Ijede community in Ikorodu, Lagos. For a long time, residents have become afraid of going to church on Sundays because while in Service, their houses are burgled. Week days are not spared these days. One Sunday, a resident who couldn’t avoid attending Church Service, decided to go […]
Barely three weeks after the Gbagada kidnapping incident went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, insecurity has taken another turn in the Alapere area of Lagos State. Some of the victims shared their encounters with robbers in the Alapere area of the state while receiving medical attention at a Lagos hospital. One of the […]
Pandemonium erupted at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, as pupils of the school protested the demise of one of their colleagues who was allegedly flogged to death by a teacher. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday when the deceased, identified as David Babadipo, was allegedly flogged by the teacher whose […]
The Ogun State Police Command has said one 37-year-old woman, Bilikisu Kazeem, was killed while some others were kidnapped during an attack along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The incident reportedly occurred at the Bamboo area, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway inward Lagos. Among those kidnapped was the chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the […]
The General Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Babatunde Ajayi, talks to VICTOR AYENI about the recent ban on styrofoam in the state and the agency’s plans to tackle pollution across the state Last week, the Lagos State Government announced a ban on the distribution and use of polystyrene (styrofoam) and other […]
Some members of the iReign Christian Ministry, Lagos, on Friday, expressed shock as the church’s founder and senior pastor, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo (Feyi) Daniels, was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for raping a church member. The members of the church, which is located at 1a Gbolade Adebanjo Crescent, […]
The Lagos State Government through the state Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has sealed off a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and six other establishments over noise pollution. LASEPA also sealed Dominion City Church, Red Bar, Farm City, The Odyssey Apartments, Acuma Event Centre and Fortunes Shortlet Apartment. Recall that the agency […]
