Metro

AG Dangote Construction Company Limited has begun work on the second phase of the Apapa/Wharf Road reconstruction project. The four- kilometer road is divided into two kilometres on each bound carriageway. Each bound carriageway is further divided into four sections for ease of construction and traffic management. Correspondents who visited the site also observed workmen laying iron rods along Section …

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Lagos State government has begun payment of over N11.8billion as compensation to owners of properties affected by the developmental projects across the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Lands Bureau, Mrs. Yetunde Onabule, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year anniversary of governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. She listed the …

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Folake Sokoya Despite the statement jointly signed by the Lagos State Police Command and the Monarch of Ikorodu to assure females around the town that they could move freely during the Oro Day festival,National Wire can report that major areas of the town are now deserted by women. In a statement jointly signed by the State Commissioner of Police, Edgal …

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A Lagos housewife has allegedly killed and cut off her husband’s manhood as well as ripped his stomach open in their home at Diamond Estate near Ajah Lagos. The incident happened on Thursday morning and the couple were both lawyers,married three years ago after the deceased,Otike Odibi,50, divorced his first wife. According to a statement from the Police Public Relations …

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Lagos State government on Thursday said the phase six of the Eko Atlantic City will be completed in October 2019. The state’s Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, revealed this while speaking at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration held in Lagos. Nigeria’s premium rising smart city situated …

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A cross-section of Nigerians has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take necessary steps to stop incessant killings by suspected herdsmen across the country. Some of the people, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja, said that if the killings continued unabated, conducting elections in 2019 would be difficult. Mr. Abel Abednego, a businessman, said that the …

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An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos, on Monday, reconciled a couple, Peter Obaze and his wife, Chiamaka, whose 11-year marriage was on the verge of collapse. Obaze, 47, a marine engineer, had instituted a divorce suit in March, claiming that his wife was not supportive, unproductive and lazy. “My wife is too lazy, she became lazy after our first child, I have …

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Lagos State government said it has removed 1, 680 beggars, destitutes and mentally challenged persons from the streets of Lagos in the last one year. This is as 162 children wer also rescued during the same period. Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, made the disclosure at a press conference in Lagos, said 1, 299 of the …

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The Federal government has approved N64.108 billion for additional work on 43 kilometres’ part of section one of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, who spoke with reporters after about six hours’ FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said it was part of the N68.6 billion approved for roads …

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Tayo Olanipekun Nigerians have been reminded that proper disposal of recyclable waste such as plastics, glass, cans will not only protect the future of their children but can also give them additional income in the immediate. This was highlighted on Saturday during the events to commemorate Earth Day 2018 at the Lekki Urban Forest and Animal Sanctuary Initiative (LUFASI). British …

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