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One dies as two-storey building collapses in Lagos

One dies as two-storey building collapses in Lagos

By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — Tragedy struck in Lagos on Thursday when a two-storey building undergoing manual demolition partially collapsed in Aboru, Alimosho Local Government Area, leaving one person dead and two others rescued. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), which confirmed the incident, said the building collapsed around midnight at No. 42 Governors […]
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LAGOS BEACHES CLEARING: Fun seekers adamant, throng Badagry, Bar beaches

LAGOS BEACHES CLEARING: Fun seekers adamant, throng Badagry, Bar beaches

THE General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Femi Osanyintolu, after the early morning ocean surge on Saturday that sacked communities around Kuramo Beach in Lagos, leaving several persons dead and others missing, said the surge is a problem of communities around beach fronts which had wreaked havoc severally in the past.

Agberos outsmart Fashola on traffic rules

Agberos outsmart Fashola on traffic rules

BARELY few weeks after Lagos State government signed the Traffic Bill into law, which among other things restricts officials of the National Union of Roads and Transport Workers, NURTW, to their motor parks, some members of the union have devised a smarter way to continue with their nefarious activities on the roads.

Lagos mortuaries overflow with unclaimed corpses

Lagos mortuaries overflow with unclaimed corpses

THE issue of corpses and animal carcasses on the highways will never cease to constitute an irritating, embarrassing and environmentally unpleasant sight not to mention its public health implications.

Again, fresh communal clash in Benue leaves 10 dead

Again, fresh communal clash in Benue leaves 10 dead

JUST when efforts of the Benue State government to ensure peace in some troubled hinterlands of the state was paying off, an unanticipated explosive communal conflict erupted few days ago at a southern district of the state, an area that is renowned for its serenity and tranquility.