Tag Archives: Lagos

The Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki was on Tuesday re-arraigned in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over false assets declaration. Tuesday’s arraignment followed a ruling at the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal in Dec. 2017 which dismissed 15 out of the 18-counts charges preferred against him in 2015. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the ...

For years, successive governments had paid lip service to developing the Lagos University (LASU), Ojo to facilitate the institution’s expansion. Unfortunately most of the land that could have been used for this purpose had been encroached on illegally which had hindered its development. The institution is currently in talk with the illegal occupants with the aim of getting them to ...

Lagos – If the latest rapprochement between Nigerian developers, Homework Development and Property Limited and some foreign investors is anything to go by, the nation’s construction industry will soon receive a significant boost. The lift int he nation’s construction industry, INDEPENDENT learnt, may either be in enhanced direct foreign investment or through third party. This came to the fore recently ...

The contractors handling the rehabilitation works on the Apapa Marine Beach Bridge yesterday disclosed that works on the bridge have been completed and the bridge ready for use. The project contractors and the supervising engineers for the contract disclosed this to Independent. Mr Ghassan Kaadi of Buildwell Plants and Equipment Industries Limited, the project contractor, told our correspondent that rehabilitation ...

When you think about Lagos as a city, three words easily come to mind – “Business, pleasure, and traffic”. It would be a gross injustice to leave out the latter. This seductive city that is mainly characterized by its vigour and an intensely motivating atmosphere. Everyone seems to be going somewhere fast, always on the move, always on the go. ...

Abuja – A fresh explosion has again ruptured the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP) along Egbokodo-Omadino, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State to restore supplies from Escravos. The attack is coming barely few days after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced the restoration of the pipeline incinerated by a bush fire January 2, which cut gas supply to some ...

GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring that every child of school age in the state had access to qualitative education. Ambode, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Idiat Adebule, made the pledge at the inauguration of 20 blocks of classrooms in Ikorodu. The classrooms are at the Anglican Primary School, Isawo, Ikorodu-West ...

Last Sunday was a foretaste of the agony millions of Lagosians who daily ply the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway would endure for the next six months. The congestion on the long stretch of the busy highway was the ripple effect of the blocked Pen Cinema interchange at Agege, due to the construction of the Agege-Pen Cinema flyover. On a day traffic goes ...

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has arrested a 31-year-old man, Agbata Ebuka, for allegedly selling his late brother’s property to two persons. The property, a bungalow, is located in the Ishasi area of the state and was reportedly sold by the suspect to one Ifeanyi Okeke and Ifeanyi Okonkwo without the consent of other family members. PUNCH ...

A Lagos based lawyer, ToluwaniAdebiyi has urged the government to stop the proposed 61.5 percent increment of electricity tariff. According to him, the increment of the tariff will infuriate and pitch the people against the government. Speaking at the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) House in Yaba, recently, Adebiyi said the economic recession has done enough damage to the image of ...