...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
Lagos State Government has disclosed that out of the 33 affected victims of the recent tragic gas explosion in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government area of the state, 11 fatalities wee recorded in the incident. This came as goverment has taken full responsibility for the medical expenses of the affected surviving victims. Commissioner for Health, Professor […]
Human rights activist, Femi Falana has demanded that the 317 people deported from Lagos State to Osun State must be relocated to Lagos. Falana made this demand in a statement made available to Vanguard on Thursday. Recall that last weekend, 317 Nigerian citizens of Osun State origin were rounded up in several parts of Lagos […]
The presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms says there is a need to increase the value-added tax (VAT) rate. Speaking at the policy exposure and impact assessment session organised by the committee, the committee chairman, Taiwo Oyedele, also disclosed that the VAT revenue-sharing formula would be reviewed. Oyedele added that the committee has proposed reviewing state […]
Some victims have narrated how the officials of the Lagos State task force threatened to kill them in Osun Forest after they were allegedly arrested in the Marina area of the state and later dumped at the forest in Ilesha, Osun State, on Saturday. The state government had vowed to clamp down on miscreants across […]
Gbenga Oluwafemi, suspected landlord renting out 86 apartments under Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, has denied receiving N250,000 per annum as rent for the underbridge apartment. In a video posted by News Central on its X handle, Oluwafemi, who is popular as “Mopol,” stated that there’s no estate chairman in Dolphin Estate who wouldn’t recognise him. […]
The present harsh economy in the country has made Nigerians come to terms with the fact that even the rich also cry. The effect of the continuous pressure on prices of goods and services, as a result of the current harsh economy, has punched holes, and almost sucking dry, the pockets of many Nigerians, leaving […]
A disagreement over a bet started a clash in the Ile-Epo area of Lagos State between Wednesday and Thursday morning, and many people are said to have lost their lives. Inside the Ile-Epo popular market located in Oke-Odo, Orile Agege, the clash that started like a harmless disagreement between a betting agent and a customer, […]
About ten people have been reportedly injured in Ajegunle, Olodi Apapa, area of Lagos in a gas explosion. Gbenga Omotosho, the Lagos State commissioner for information and strategy, who confirmed the incident via his social media page, said some gas cylinders were being off-loaded into a shop on Tuesday evening when the explosion occured. “A routine offloading of gas […]
A registered nurse anaesthetist, Prince Ovwiomodiowho, has accused a private hospital in Lagos State, R Jolad Hospital, Agege, of alleged negligence and failure to provide adequate care, which reportedly led to the death of his wife, Loveth and unborn son, already named Jason. The distraught man told PUNCH Healthwise, that his late wife started ante-natal at […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday, April 31. Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Soneye, the company currently has availability of products exceeding 1.5 billion […]
