Lagos – The Lagos State Government says it has begun payment of compensations to the 16 traditional land-owning families
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COVID-19 – Lagos Discharges 37 Patients
COVID-19 – The state’s Ministry of Health disclosed this on its Twitter handle, saying the discharged patients were 19 females and 18 males. it said, “COVID19 Lagos patients; 19 females and 18 males including a foreign national; an Indian were today discharged from our Isolation facilities at Yaba, Onikan and Eti-Osa to reunite with the […]
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Robbers stab doctor to death a day after graduation in Lagos
Urueye was reportedly robbed of his valuables and stabbed by hoodlums who cornered him along Idi Araba road, where LUTH is located, late on Thursday. He died hours later after efforts to save his life in the hospital failed. The tragic stabbing happened just a day after Urueye graduated from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) […]
Mangoro residents on rampage as police shot dead another youth in Lagos
Some residents of Mangoro/Onipetesi community in Lagos on Sunday went on a rampage blocking the Oshodi/Abeokuta expressway in protest against the killing of a youth in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the angry residents blocked the major roads with tyres and woods after a youth was allegedly shot dead by […]
“Prepare for better times ahead”, Sanwo-Olu promises Lagosians as he receives Certificate of Return
Lagosians should prepare for better times ahead”, Sanwo-Olu roared through a malfunctioning microphone, after he received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Yaba, Lagos office of the electoral body on Friday, March 29, 2019. Sanwo-Olu received his certificate alongside Deputy Governor-elect, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, on a humid, sweltering […]
APC wins state assembly supplementary election in Lagos
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC conducted supplementary election in nine polling units of the state constituency on Saturday. The commission had declared the March 9 election in the constituency inconclusive, because of over-voting in the nine polling units, covering two Registration Areas (Ward). APC wins in Khana/Gokana federal constituency Prof. Rasheed […]
Report of another collapsed building in Lagos is inaccurate
Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) were reported to have been demolishing another house beside the building when the incident happened with many believed to have been trapped. The Lagos Island building that collapsed while it was being demolished However, when the Pulse team visited the scene of the reported collapse, it […]
Lagos government confirms 20 died in school building collapse, 45 survived
The Lagos State government has revealed that a total of 20 people died in the three-storey building that tragically collapsed on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The building, located at Massey Street, Opposite Oja, Ita-Faaji, collapsed around 10am on Wednesday, trapping almost 100 people, many of them children as it housed Ohen Private Nursery and Primary School. The […]
Meet Agbaje and Sanwo-Olu, governorship candidates who want to lead Lagos
Lagosians will head to polling units on March 9, 2019 to choose a new Governor who will take over from Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode whose four-year tenure expires on May 29, 2019. Here are the profiles of the two major contenders in the race: Jimi Agbaje Jimi Agbaje is running for Governor of Lagos for a […]
Tinubu Bans Ajimobi From Appearing At APC Governorship Rallies
APC’s woeful outing in Ajimobi’s expected stronghold has prompted protests from party leaders, with Bola Tinubu, the National leader, now personally overseeing the campaigns in a desperate bid to prevent a potential surrendering of the governorship to the PDP. Abiola Ajimobi, the outgoing Governor of Oyo State, can no longer attend governorship campaign events of […]