Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly has picked the form to indicate his interest in contesting for the Lagos State governorship in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Addressing newsmen today at the party’s state secretariat on Acme road, Ogba, Lagos, Ikuforiji said because he believes that the state…
Army Denies Burning of BRT Buses on Ikorodu Road
Accused of masterminding the burning of about four BRT buses in the early hours of Friday, July 4, at Onipanu area of Ikorodu road, Lagos, the Nigerian army had come out to deny the allegations. Rightman Ogeh, spokesman for the Army formation in Yaba, Lagos, while admitting that the soldiers from the unit were aggrieved…
Fire Guts 120 palm oil shops in Lagos
Not less than 120 shops used in storing palm oil were on Sunday razed by an early morning fire at the popular Daleko market in Mushin, Lagos. Rasak Fadipe, director, Lagos State Fire Service, said that the fire started at about 1am, while firefighters arrived at the scene at about 1.50am, stressing that they were…
Security Scare on Lagos Ibadan Express Road
Following an early morning speculation that members of the Boko Haram sect were going to attack Lagos, the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway today witnessed an unusually heavy presence of policemen drafted from the Area G and Area F police command in Lagos. The policemen who mounted a roadblock shortly before the long bridge on the approach…
Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Lagos Flouts Court Order
Lagos State government has flouted a Federal High court order prohibiting it from collecting tolls from motorists using the LEKKI-IKOYI Bridge. TELL investigation revealed on Friday that despite the Court judgment delivered on Thursday, March 27, Lagos authorities were still seen on the spot collecting the “Statutory” N250 from all motorists plying the suspension Bridge.…
Lagos Teachers to Face Competency Test
The Lagos State government has said that it is set to conduct assessment tests for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state. Announcing the decision, Olayinka Oladunjoye, Lagos State Commissioner for Education said the test was meant to verify and ascertain the competence of the teachers. Oladunjoye said the assessment would be…
Keke Marwa: New Business Frontier for Women
Driven by the need to make ends meet, many women have abandoned their traditional area of business to become commercial tricycle operators, which they consider more profitable Time was 7.30am, Tuesday, February 4, 2014, and Bose Ogunlana, 34, had just finished preparing her three children for school. She too was getting ready to leave the…
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