The Apapa Local Government Area on Wednesday disclosed that at least 82 companies had either relocated or folded up in Apapa and its environs which it ascribed to the intractable traffic congestion arising from deplorable roads and unwarranted activities of articulated vehicles.
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SOLAR-POWERED KEKE NAPEP, ALLEGEDLY BUILT BY A NIGERIAN SEEN IN YABA (PHOTOS)
A Nigerian genius has shocked and amazed residents of Yaba area of Lagos state after he drove a beautifully constructed solar powered tricycle to the area.
Continue reading »12 DEAD IN LAGOS BOAT MISHAP
Twelve people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos on Sunday, the government said, blaming the accident on overcrowding.
Continue reading »DANGOTE DRIVER ARRAIGNED FOR STEALING N25M TRUCK
The police have arraigned a 35-year-old driver with Dangote Group Plc, Haruna Bello, before an lkeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a truck belonging to the company.
Continue reading »EKO MODULAR REFINERY GETS N360M GRANT
The United States of America Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has approved a grant of $1 million (N360 million) for the detailed engineering design of 20,000 barrel per day (bpd) modular refinery in Lagos.
Continue reading »GRIDLOCK ON IKORODU-MILE 12 ROAD GENERATES PAIN, ANGER
— Commuters urge Lagos State govt to repair damaged portion Lagos is synonymous with gridlocks. From the Island to the Mainland, Ikeja through Ikorodu to Oshodi and Sango, no part is spared. People languish in traffic for hours on end. This is one of the perennial challenges visitors and residents of the metropolis are left to contend with year in, […]
Continue reading »LAGOS-BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY PROJECT ON COURSE – CCECC
The China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), Contractors handling the expansion of the Lagos/Badagry Expressway project, on Thursday assured Lagos residents that the project would be delivered on schedule.
Continue reading »HOODLUMS ATTACK LAGOS TASK FORCE PERSONNEL OVER OKADA SEIZURE
Commercial activities at Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State were, yesterday, halted for several minutes when hoodlums attacked Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Task Force) personnel for enforcing 2012 Lagos Road Traffic Law, vandalising their vehicles.
Continue reading »RECONSTRUCTION OF INT’L AIRPORT ROAD AND OTHER PROJECTS GETS A BOOST AS LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT SEALS N85BN BOND
The reconstruction of the degraded Murtala Muhammed International Airport road is to commence in a matter of weeks, as Lagos State on Monday, sealed an N85.14 billion bond issuance at the Nigerian capital market, putting it on a sound financial footing to deepen investment in infrastructure development.
Continue reading »COMPANY DRIVER INVITES GANG MEMBERS TO KIDNAP BOSSES, SUSPECTS COLLECT N4M RANSOM
A driver, Yinka Adebanjo, has confessed to orchestrating the kidnap of his bosses in the Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
Continue reading »LASG BANS USE OF MOTORBIKES, AIR COOL VANS FOR MEAT TRANSPORTATION
Lagos State Government has banned the use of motorbikes popularly known as ‘Okada’ and ‘Air Cool Vans’ for transportation of meat and meat products in all abattoirs and slaughter slabs across the State in order to ensure a well-structured meat transporting system which befits the status of a mega city.
Continue reading »LAGOS GOES TOUGH ON ILLEGAL WASTE DUMPS, ARRESTS PSP OPERATOR
The Lagos State Government has warned residents fond of deliberately dumping refuse in unauthorized places to henceforth desist from such act or face the full wrath of the law, even as it arrested a PSP operator for dumping heap of refuse at Iyana Oworo area of the state.
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