LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Monster traffic jams are nothing new for Lagos, but the partial closure of the city’s main bridge for repairs has made getting about an even greater ordeal for its 20 million inhabitants. The on-ramp to the Third Mainland Bridge has become the most coveted piece of real estate in Africa’s biggest city…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice according to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is centrally a matter of how individuals are treated, it is also possible to speak of justice for groups – for example when the state is allocating resources between different categories of citizens. Here each group is being treated as though it…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Many commercial buses in Lagos have returned to carrying full-capacity, as against the directive of the state government that all commercial busies should load a maximum of 60 per cent of their capacity. Several buses observed by PREMIUM TIMES along Ikorodu road loaded full capacity, The only ones who still adhere to…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the reopening of worship centre on Friday, Aug. 7 for Muslims and Sunday, Aug. 9 for Christians. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during the 17th Update on the Management of Coronavirus in the state at Lagos House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu said that churches whose…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As many as 19 people are feared to have lost their lives after a boat mishap in Apapa, Lagos state. Multiple online reports claim that the death toll from the incident has risen as high as 19, while one person has been rescued. In a video sighted by LailasNews, a middle aged…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said two persons died while three were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway. LASEMA Director-General, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident on Sunday in Lagos, said the dead bodies and injured persons had been…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In accordance with the decision of state governors in the South-West geopolitical zone to reopen schools, primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are set to reopen on August 3, this year. However, only learners in primary six, junior secondary school 3, and senior secondary school 3 are to resume. This, it…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lottery operator, identified simply as Baba Pool, on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings. It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the…