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Lagos residents hail governor for road construction
The residents of Ijeododo, Ijegun and Ijagemo towns have praised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for approving the construction of Ijegun-Ijedodo, Abule Ado road.
Lagos council set to auction abandoned containers
The Amuwo Odofin Local Government (AOLG) on Thursday said it had concluded arrangements to auction unclaimed and abandoned containers seized by the council after the expiration of the 21 days notice it issued.
Court sentences man to prison for stealing water tank
A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Akintunde Segun, to one year imprisonment for stealing a water tank belonging to the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA).
Ogun PDP gets new executive committee
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, deepened on Friday, as the faction loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu, inaugurated its new state executive members to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years.
Ogun doctors begin three-day warning strike amid coronavirus
The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, says its members will commence a three-day warning strike on Monday.
Ogun extends stimulus package to security personnel
As part of efforts to appreciate the role being played by security personnel during the lockdown in Ogun State as well as mitigate its economic effects on their families, the State Government has donated some food items to officers across all security outfits operating in the State.
NNPC shutdown supply over ‘pipeline leakage’
Following the pipeline leakage at Satellite Town in Lagos, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Saturday, said it has shut down the supply and is currently evacuating petroleum product from the line.
Lagos explosion: President Buhari mourns late Sister Henrietta, extols her contribution to education
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Rev. Sis. Henrietta Alokha as a loss to the school and the country at large.
Lagos monarch urges governor to probe explosion
The Baale of the Shoba community in the Abule-Ado area of Lagos State, Chief Jimoh Agbebeji, has urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to order an investigation into the explosion that rocked the community on Sunday, March 15, 2020.
Lagos explosion: Dangote donates N100 million cement to victims for reconstruction
Dangote Cement Plc yesterday donated N100 million worth of cement to the Lagos State government, to support the ongoing reconstruction process at the Abule-Ado area of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government of the state, which was affected by a pipeline explosion last weekend.
Another fire outbreak in Lagos
This is coming one week after no fewer than 23 people died in an explosion at Soba, Abule Ado area of FESTAC.
Lagos explosion victim dies in hospital, one still missing
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency says a victim of the March 15, 2020 explosion at Abule-Ado, Lagos State died on Saturday, bringing the number of deaths to 23.
Death toll in Lagos pipeline explosion hits 23
The death toll in last Sunday’s pipeline explosion at Abule Ado area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has reached 23.
Nigerian governors visit gas explosion town in Lagos, pledge N200 million
Chairman of the forum and governor Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, made the announcement when he led no fewer than 17 members of the forum to the devastated area on Saturday.
Another fire outbreak in Lagos
Another fire outbreak has engulfed some parts of 7th Avenue Area in Festac, not too far from the site of the recent explosion in the area.
Lagos explosion death hits 22
Another corpse has been recovered from the scene of the explosion in Abule-Ado, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Lagos explosion occurred at Soba, not Abule-Ado – monarch
The Baale of Soba Town, Jimoh Agbebeji, on Friday clarified that name of the site of March 15, explosion in Lagos was Soba and not Abule-Ado.
Lagos explosion death toll hits 21
Rescue team on Thursday, March 19, recovered one more body, a male, from the rubble of the explosion site at Ado Soba, in Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State which occurred last Sunday.
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