…after a two-storey building undergoing manual demolition collapsed in the Aboru area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed that the incident occurred at No. 42, Governors Road, Aboru, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.…

A train and a Honda car collided this morning, October 9, in Lagos State. The collision took place at the PWD railway crossing, along Agege Motor Road, Ikeja. This was disclosed on X by LASTMA. A video of the collision shows the mangled remains of the Honda car as locals gathered around it and tried to push it away fro…

The Lagos State Government has called on youths between the ages of 18 and 26 to apply for the ongoing military recruitment exercise, urging eligible residents to help the state meet its recruitment quota. The Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made this call during a meeting with the 57 l…

The Lagos State Government is planning to increase the annual student intake of the Lagos State University College of Medicine from about 500 to 2,500 by 2028. To accommodate the expansion, the government would be repurposing the former CACOVID Centre at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, as additional teaching space for LASUCOM…

…on Wednesday at a Campus Flaws Awareness programme organised for SSS3 students in Lagos State by Etiquette Poise and Protocol Resource Academy, led by Keji Oladimeji. The event, held at Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, was designed to expose students to the distractions, pitfalls and social vices they could encounter w…

…off without trying to offer any assistance. The accident occurred at Ogudu express in Lagos State, the husband said. Fortunately, a Good Samaritan came to the woman's aide and she's currently fighting for her life in hospital. The husband told the driver that he has forgiven them. He wrote: "If you were the one that di…

…younger daughter, Amirat, died when a residential building he was developing in Ikorodu, Lagos State, collapsed. Abdulmalik, his only son, was preparing for his matriculation at the University of Lagos, while Amirat was his last child. The tragedy occurred on Children’s Day, when a curfew in the area had altered the fa…

…The panel will include Dr. Tolu Ajomale, Director, Special Projects and Mental Health, Lagos State Ministry of Health; psychiatrists Dr. Olufunmilayo Akinola and Dr. Olufemi Oluwatayo; a legal practitioner, Ayo Adebusoye, Secretary-General, Nigeria Network of NGOs; and Deborah Omage, a mental health policy advocate and…

…hit by a vehicle while crossing the Onipanu Bus Rapid Transit corridor inward Fadeyi, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed in a statement. Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the victim sustained head and leg injuries in the hit…

…truck was involved in a multiple-vehicle crash at First Gate, inward Mile 2, Lagos, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said on Tuesday. LASTMA arrests truck driver after crash injures four | LASTMA LASTMA said its operatives also apprehended the driver of the Mack truck following the crash, which involved ano…

…has been shot dead by suspected cultists at Abijo Bus Stop in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Omokoye was attacked and shot in the head by the assailants on Sunday morning. It was gathered that the suspects arrived at the bus stop in an unregistered Lexus RX 350 before attacking the victim.…

…master Kolawole Okanlawon.Okanlawon, who served as a choir master at CCC Winners Parish, Lagos State, was confirmed dead in an Instagram post shared by fellow gospel singer Esther Igbekele on Monday, October 5.Igbekele struggled to hide her grief as she announced the news, describing his death as more than a “rude shoc…

…N300m packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml during enforcement operations in Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Sunday, adding that some distributors and retailers involved in the sale of the prohibited products were arrested. The agency said the enforcement opera…

…Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Wednesday, August 20, as a work-free day in Lagos State in celebration of the 2025 Isese Day.The Lagos government explained that the holiday was part of the governor's commitment to upholding the cultural values and heritage of the indigenous people.According to a circular, the…

Cecilia Ejike, a Lagos State Polytechnic graduate, announced her new role as an Electrical Technician at Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemical FZEEjike earned a Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering before securing the position at one of Africa's largest refineriesShe shared her excitement and gratitud…

The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development has said the state government will award N30m grants to 10 young entrepreneurs under the 2026 Amplifier Business Clinic. This was disclosed in a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Saturday. According to the statement, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary,…

…across over 23 states, with recent installations in Oke-Uyi, Kwara State, and Epe, Lagos State. The Federal Government is not stopping at creating economic zones. Most recently, the Minister of Power performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a National Control Centre in Osogbo, which is necessary to address the growing…

…Day edition of The Platform sparked a stir after African Democratic Congress (ADC) Lagos State governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour opted to answer a question regarding the preservation of the Yoruba language and culture in English. During the question-and-answer segment, an attendee referenced a previous inte…

Academic and non-academic workers in Lagos State-owned universities have threatened to commence an indefinite strike from October 3 over the alleged failure of the state government to implement agreements reached with the unions. The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of Lagos State-owned universities issued the warning duri…

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has clarified that a teenager and an adult recently reported to have been detained over a pair of slippers were actually charged and prosecuted for alleged conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery. The clarification was contained in a rejoinder issued by the Director of Public…

…2026, regained her freedom after 10 days in captivity. Her abduction prompted the Lagos State House of Assembly to call for improved security along major routes used by corps members. In February 2023, 15 corps members abducted in Anambra State were rescued by the police, while a corps member was killed during a gun ba…

…linked to Samuel Ajose, chairman and chief executive of the Levitikal Group and a former Lagos State governorship aspirant.Judge blocks Levitikal Realties from selling or mortgaging property amid Abacha’s lawsuit. Photo >The property in question is located at No. 68 Molade Okoya Thomas Street, off Ajose Adeogun Street,…

…Jeep 350 crashed along the Coastal Road inward Eko Hotel in Lagos. A statement by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed that the fatal road crash occurred earlier on Friday and involved the vehicle with registration number LSD 554 KV. Preliminary security information indicated that the driver…

The governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Lagos State, Funso Doherty, has vowed to make education and healthcare accessible at no cost within his first 100 days in office, if given the mandate to govern the state in 2027. The governorship candidate also pledged that every child in the state’s pub…

​By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has rejected criticism of the state’s public education system by Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who described the state of public schools as an indictment of successive administrations. While Rhodes-Vivour d…