Metro

While victims of the Iju-Elliot gas explosion were still counting their losses, another petrol tanker Friday night has exploded along the airport road, Ajao Estate area of Lagos State. This is coming few days after a petrol tanker in Lokoja the Kogi State capital exploded around the state polytechnic killing over 20 persons including school children. Advertisement Details of the …

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Barely 30 hours after a petrol tanker exploded in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital killing over 20 persons including school children, another disaster has happened in Lagos Thursday afternoon when a  suspected gas explosion happened around Iju-Elliot area of the state. According to people residing in the area, the sad incidence happened at about 1:15pm Thursday afternoon. Iju-Elliot is the …

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There was pandemonium Monday evening at about 7:30pm when a vehicle conveying gas cylinders exploded around Fagba junction area along Iju Road, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. According to an eye witness who took to Twitter to announce his escape via his Twitter handle @fk149, Advertisement “I Just Escaped a Fire Incident at Fagba Junction just now. Reports …

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Candidates who have successfully completed the online recruitment registration of Constables into the Nigerian Police have been told proceed to different recruitment centres across the federation to begin the physical and credential screening exercise.

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In a bid to empower women in poor and marginalised communities where it works with children, the NGO Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) recently launched Empowered Mothers for Development Actions (EM-MODAS). According to the NGO, the initiative will empower women with the right information and economic resources for the maximum development of their children and wards. …

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday has approved the renaming of several train stations after some Nigerians. The Federal Ministry of Transportation in a release made this known. The release said, the “deserving citizens have contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large.” Here the list of the Nigerians who were conferred with names …

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In Lagos, doing the odd jobs to eke out a living has been a challenge. So, many go hungry while looking for employment that are not even available. Starting small by way of 'dignity in Labour' will continue to be the albatross that will hinder many from reaching their goals.

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"Wonder shall never cease" says a dictum but anytime such seeming misery happens, questions that are often asked is: what led to the action?

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…narrates how he collapsed and resuscitated in army detention By Okosun Dennis A photojournalist attached to National Wire, an online news platform, Abiodun Omotosho, has relayed his experience during his arrest on Wednesday by the military police. Omotosho who was detained and later released from the military guardroom at the Ikeja Military Cantonment was shocked that the military could attack …

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Property worth millions of Naira this afternoon got destroyed when a wild fire gutted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station along college road, Ogba Lagos. According to eye witnesses, a tanker was seen offloading content into the station when the unfortunate incident happened Monday afternoon. There was panic in houses close to the station before fire fighters arrived …

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