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Governor of Lagos Fashola commissions Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) retiree villa for retired civil servants in the state. The  proposed total fund needed for the completion of the project was N285 million. The ceremony took place at the retirement villa at Lekki on Thursday 27th June 2013. The project began in 2010 and was completed 2013. ...

In another bizzare Lagos building collapse, four persons, including a 15-year-old hawker identified only as Sukurah, lost their lives on Sunday after a two-storey building under construction, collapsed in Surulere, Lagos State. The building collapsed around 10am during  the early morning rain, three people were rescued and were responding to treatment at different hospitals. A friend of the 15-year-old victim, Tobi, ...

A middle-aged man, Mukaila Adebesin, allegedly set ablaze six people for smoking hemp in Ita Balogun Compund, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta. He was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The victims are Adesanya, 20, Sulaiman Adebesin, 20, Saburi Seteolu 18, Raheem Bello 19, Azeez Alabi 20, and Kola Sodeinde 19. It was gathered that the victims were allegedly set ablaze by ...