Metro

It was drama this morning at Ishaga bus stop in Lagos during the heavy downpour when a female tricycle operator took on garage touts commonly called agberos while police women in the area remained unconcerned. What a man can do, a woman can do better is a popular adage and the tricycle operator simply identified as Taiwo had defied early …

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The Lagos State Government has said it will on September 26, 2017, unveil a new statue of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The bust to be unveiled on Obafemi Awolowo Way by the Lagos Television (Ltv) junction in Ikeja will replace the old Awolowo statue removed from the Allen Avenue round-about in Ikeja. The new 20-feet tall Awo bust …

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…Deploys RRS, LASTMA, LASEMA to enforce directive at State borders Tayo Olanipekun In view of the recent traffic bottleneck that has taken over Apapa and its environs, Lagos State Government,Friday, directed owners and operators of articulated vehicles and petroleum tankers to stay away from Lagos for now. In a press conference jointly addressed by officials of the State as well as members …

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To improve security situation in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve a yearly recruitment of 31,000 policemen for the next five years. This he said would enable Nigeria meet the United Nation’s (UN) requirement numbers on policing in every nation. Choose your game from 5 reels, 25 reels, or Online …

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There was pandemonium this afternoon when a middle aged woman collapsed at Ogba bus stop in Lagos. Timely intervention of sympathizers however saved the day after she collapsed and was on the road for some minutes due to an unknown ailment. Sympathizers told National Wire that the lady had been sighted in the area few minutes before she eventually collapsed. …

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RRS rescued pregnant lady in labour Nearest private hospital rejected her Fellow commuters condemned hospital’s insensitivity RRS rushed her to Island Hospital after losing much fluid A pregnant lady was today rejected by a nearby private hospital in Ogudu area of Lagos for not possessing  the card of the hospital. The lady had been rushed to the facility considered near …

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55-year-old civil servant, Ezekiel Daniel, on Thursday approached a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court in Aso Pada, seeking the court’s intervention to end his 12-year-old marriage to his wife, Janet. The petitioner alleged that Janet chased him out of his house. Daniel informed the court that he got married to his wife sometime in 2005, according to the native law …

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In order to proffer lasting solution to issues surrounding waste generation and management in Nigeria, a National Waste Management Conference was recently held in Lagos. Nigeria’s foremost Eco-Friendly E-Waste Recycling outfit, E-Terra Technologies Limited was fully represented at the Conference organized by Intermarc Consulting, where Mr. Ifeanyi Ochonogor, CEO E-Terra Technologies spoke on “Attending to Electronic waste: Evacuation, Elimination & …

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The Police in Ogun State have arrested a 43-year-old man, Ini Udoh for defiling three minor girls ages 9 and 12. Udoh, who was arrested yesterday was alleged to have had carnal knowledge of two nine year old girls and a 12 year old girl. The accused Udoh lives in the same compound with the victims’ parents at 2, Agboola …

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Thousands of residents were rendered homeless following demolition of houses at Isale Iwaya, Abete area of Yaba, Lagos by the Ministry of Physical Planning today, Friday August 18,2017. Our reporter gathered that the residents were seen in tears as they managed to hurriedly try to pack as much property as they can while some had no opportunity to take anything …

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