At least 10 people conveyed in a bus belonging to the Deeper Christian Life Ministry sustained various degrees of severe injuries on Thursday in an accident that occurred on Otedola Bridge, inward 7-Up, Ikeja, Lagos State. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) gathered that the victims, comprising three adult males and seven adult females, were rushed to the Trauma Center … Read more
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued five injured passengers, who were in a road traffic accident that occurred on Mile 2/Badagry Expressway. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made this known in a statement signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA, on Wednesday, in … Read more
The Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LASWARCO) has sealed three companies for extracting large quantities of groundwater for commercial purposes without proper authorisation and compliance with regulations. The three companies are Nigerian Bottling Company, producers of Coca-Cola, FrieslandCampina, makers of Peak Milk and Guinness Nigeria Plc. Mr Olowu Babatunde, Director, Technical Services, LASWARCO, said this … Read more
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, has opened the Holy Year of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday evening. In a solemn ceremony on Christmas Eve, the 88-year-old pontiff opened the Holy Door, which is otherwise walled up from the inside, … Read more
A yet-to-be identified driver, on Tuesday, December 24 escaped death after a moving train struck a Rice-laden vehicle in the Iju-Fagba area of Lagos State The tragic incident was documented in a viral video shared on X today. The vehicle involved, identified as a Sienna, was reportedly loaded with bags of rice when … Read more
A moving train struck a Rice-laden vehicle in the Iju-Fagba area of Lagos State on Tuesday, December 24. The tragic incident was documented in a viral video shared on X today. The vehicle involved, identified as a Sienna, was reportedly loaded with bags of rice. However, at the time of this report, there have been … Read more
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has summoned a meeting of all safety agencies in the State following recent stampedes witnessed in different parts of the country. Recall that on December 18, a tragic incident occurred in Ibadan, Oyo State, where a stampede at a children’s funfair resulted in the death of about 35 children, leaving … Read more
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Saturday that one person died in a motor accident at Jackos filing station, Ola Oki Hospital axis of Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Mr Williams Manga, the Unit Commander, FRSC, Badagry Command, disclosed in Badagry that two persons were also injured in the crash, reported at 12.38.p.m. “My … Read more
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the allegation that the House spent 17 billion naira on the fixing of a gate as spurious and funny. Henzodaily reports that a self-proclaimed group, Lagos State Anti-Corruption Coalition, had accused the Assembly of spending the amount to construct a gate. The … Read more
The Lagos State House of Assembly has described as unfounded the allegation made by an anti-corruption coalition that it awarded a N17bn contract for the construction of the Assembly’s gate. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Stephen Ogundipe ,made the clarification in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. An anti-corruption group … Read more