Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Sunday, said the state will demolish the popular Jankara and Bombata markets on Lagos Island as part of measures to address perennial flooding in the area. The governor, who disclosed this during an inspection tour on Lagos Island, hinted that Pelewura Market will soon be brought down after consultation with…
Four persons were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday when a luxury bus rammed into a truck. Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. She said the truck did not stop after the…
The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, to death by hanging. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced the ASP after finding him guilty of the murder of the pregnant lawyer. Harrison held…
Following the suspension of the nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the NLC, Jigawa State chapter has commenced negotiation with the state government on its demands which included six months wage award. The state chairman of the NLC, Comrade Sanusi Alhassan Maigatari revealed this while speaking to newsmen on the progress made on…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday adjourned further proceedings in the case filed by the embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, till October 16 for a ruling on some applications to decide whether to continue sitting on the case or not. This followed the application of Aiyedatiwa’s counsel, which…
