Metro

A raging inferno yesterday gutted some high-rise buildings housing shops and residential homes at the Balogun Market, Lagos Island area in Lagos State. Although no casualty was recorded, the fire destroyed goods worth millions of…

A 23-year-old travel agent Samuel James, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos for allegedly swindling an applicant of N880,000, under the guise of procuring a Canadian visa for him. The defendant, of…

The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reports that part of the six-storey building…

Exhibition stands at the Lagos International Trade Fair going on at the Tafawa Balewa Square attracted more visitors on Monday as the event entered its fourth day. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent at the fair reports that…

Ayodele Olalere The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has concluded plans to decommission its landfill sites at Olusosun and Solus, due to urban encroachment and increased human activities around the areas. The hint was given…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced partial closure of some sections of Apongbon road inward Eko Bridge from Thursday. The authority, in a state statement by its Spokesman, Mr Olumide Filade, on Monday,…

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the government would relocate the Lagos International Trade Fair to a permanent site in the near future. Sanwo-Olu said the move would assuage the operational challenges…

...Over 400 inmates rescued ...Shallow burial ground discovered The Oyo State Police Command, on Monday, discovered a torture centre in Ibadan, the state capital, where more than 400 inmates were held hostage at a mosque at Ojoo end…

...Allegations baseless, spurious - APC chairman From Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti The leaders and indigenes of Imesi-Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have accused the state chairman of the ruling All Progressives…

Blessing Okorite, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a woman and five men in connection with the recent killing of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Chief Nwozuruaka Anele. Chief Anele…