(The Lagos Task Force. Photo by Daily Post) The Lagos Task Force has told transport unions to stop giving pedestrian walkways and public spaces to street traders. Chairman Adetayo Akerele issued the warning Thursday after meeting with union leaders, market chiefs and traders at the Oshodi Safety Arena Wednesday. Akerele said the agency would…
The Lagos State High Court has ruled that Tajudeen Akanbi, the third defendant standing trial over the killing of two residents of Ajiran, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, is barred from filing any further application similar to the one his lawyers had brought before the court’s vacation judges, and must instead present his case before the…
Business 26 ships carrying petroleum products, food items expected at Lagos ports Quick Read It said 12 of the expected vessels would carry containers of various goods, while four would berth with aviation fuel. By Hekmot-Olaseni Alakija The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 26 ships carrying petroleum products, food items and other goods are expected…
By Ayorinde Oluokun Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy on Sunday paid condolence visit to the family of late Yoruba Nollywwod actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo in Lagos on Sunday. The Minister announced this in a short post accompanied by photographs of the visit of her social media…
The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, on Tuesday commissioned upgraded transmission infrastructure at Alausa and Lekki in Lagos, adding a combined 272MW of bulk power capacity to two of the state’s key economic corridors. At the Alausa Transmission Station, an existing 30MVA transformer was replaced with a new 100MVA unit, raising the station’s total capacity…
When President Bola Tinubu moved from Lagos to Abuja in 2023, many Nigerians hoped the Federal Capital Territory would remain the orderly, well-planned city it was designed to be. But within months, the signs of decline became impossible to ignore. Open sewages, stagnant gutters, heaps of refuse and cracked roads have become defining features of…
Justice F.N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday convicted and sentenced four persons to two and six months’ imprisonment respectively for offences bordering on illegal foreign exchange transactions and unlawful trading of naira notes. The convicts; Ahmad Umar Baros, Aminu Umar Injay, Yusuf Suleimon, and Olasunbo Sholanke were separately arraigned…
A woman was rescued on Tuesday after she reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Idumota section of the Carter Bridge in what was believed to be an attempt to take her own life. The incident, which happened on the afternoon of August 4, attracted the attention of commuters, pedestrians and boat operators in…
Peller and Jarvis made a grand statement on their wedding day with a convoy featuring luxury vehicles including Ferraris, a Tesla Cybertruck, a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Mercedes-AMG G63 and a Cadillac Escalade. The exotic convoy quickly became one of the biggest talking points from the celebrity wedding, with fans describing it as a complete shutdown….
Street-pop singer Portable suffered his second defeat in the celebrity boxing ring inside three months on Friday, going down by disqualification to Nollywood actor Charles Okocha in a chaotic rematch that headlined the Chaos in the Ring fight night, which also produced several knockouts at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos,…
