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  • Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu cast her vote at about 8.40am. She was the first to do so at her polling unit on Lagos Island. More reports later. Story by Dejo Oyawale
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    Few Voters on Parade in Lagos

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The polling unit at the gate of INEC office, Yaba, Lagos, started the business of the as early as 8am, no any delay as voting materials arrived earlier, and people have started coming out gradually to exercise their franchise by voting the candidate […] More

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    Many Injured as Bus summersaults on Third Mainland Bridge

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow   Several persons yesterday sustained various degrees of injuries when a commercial bus somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. According to eyewitness account, the accident occurred because the driver was said to be speeding beyond the limit. Meanwhile, no casualty was […] More

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    Lagos PDP Asks Ambode to Declare Assets Publicly

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Akinwunmi Ambode,the state governor, to publicly declare his assets. The PDP said the governor should make the public declaration of his assets on or before June 29, 2015. Ambode was sworn […] More

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    Lagos, Others Defend Huge Pension For Ex Governors, Deputies

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Lagos State Government has justified the enactment of laws prescribing pension for former governors and deputy governors of the state. The state government insisted that contrary to the contention of the plaintiffs who are challenging the law, through a suit before a […] More

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    Multiple Accidents On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A trailer loaded with goods is currently on fire at the Sapade area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway according to eyewitnesses. Elsewhere, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, a red car also went up in flames around the Ogudu area of Lagos at about 10.30am on […] More

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    Ambode Comes On Board

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Akinwunmi Ambode, governor, Lagos State, has reiterated his readiness to operate an open government. The governor, who said this shortly after he was sworn-in by Funmilayo Atilade, Chief Judge of Lagos State, at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, May 29, 2015, as the […] More

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    Four Convicted For Stealing Petrol

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Four men have been convicted and sentenced to 24 years jail term for stealing petroleum products in Lagos. They were sentenced on Monday by a Federal High Court in Lagos for stealing petroleum products belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The […] More

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    Lagos Not Immune to Economic Realities- Fashola

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow   Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has said that the state is not immune to the current economic realities that have made it impossible for some state governments to pay salaries of workers. Fashola spoke on Wednesday at the public lecture of the […] More

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    US Envoy Says Free Press Promotes Healthy Democracy 

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Jeffrey Hawkins, United States Consul General has emphasized the relevance of free and independent press to healthy democracy in Nigeria.“We all know that a free press is essential to a healthy democracy.  Not only during elections but every day, every week, every month, and […] More

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    10 Docked For Torturing Three Women

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Lagos High court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has remanded 10 people in prison custody for allegedly torturing 3 women over accusations of stealing pepper at Oba Morufu International Market in Ejigbo, Lagos. The suspects are: Isiaka Waidi, 61, the Market Leader; Jimoh […] More

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    Lagos Health Insurance Bill Awaits Governor’s Consent

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed the state Health Insurance Bill into law. The law makers said the scheme applied to all residents of the state, including employees in the private and public sectors, the self-employed and the unemployed. The […] More

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    NSE Partners CECP to Walk Against Cancer

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, in partnership with the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, CECP, is set to embark on a fun-filled five-kilometre walk, run and jog competition on May 16, 2015 in Lagos. The initiative, according to Bola Adeeko, head of NSE’s corporate […] More

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