LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, insists the ban of motorcycle and tricycles in some areas of the state will not be undone. Sanwo-Olu, said this at the launch of eight locally manufactured speedboats of the state ferry services, Lagferry, held at Badore Ferry Terminal, Ajah. The governor, who also launched…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was no longer business as usual around the Apapa ports, in Lagos, as clearing agents, dockworkers and other businessmen found it difficult to access the seaports due to the recent ban placed on commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada along the axis. Dockworkers, who spoke to The Guardian yesterday, condemned the…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable pandemonium in Ijora, a suburb of Lagos as policemen and motorcyclists faced off over Lagos State government ban on operation of motorcycles and tricycles in some major roads in Lagos. An eyewitness disclosed that about three persons were feared dead, scores injured, vehicles and property torched. Ijora is in…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afro-pop star, Oritsefemi has opened a local restaurant in the Ajegunle area of Lagos to broaden his horizons and expand his source of income asides music. The ‘Double Wahala’ crooner made this known in a chat with Hip TV. “People say food is essential and I believe them. I know lots of people…
LAGOS JANUARY23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A proposed law in House of Representatives, seeking to include Lagos on the list of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) States, is in process. The Bill entitled: “A Bill for An Act to Amend the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC Act 2000, to Provide for the Inclusion of Lagos State in the Commission as…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men, alleged to have killed a teenager with stone, were on Tuesday docked before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, Kayode Thompson, 20; Fuad Enitan, 20; and Mutalib Kazeem, 24, are being tried on two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladele Adebayo, alleged that…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-In the spirit of the Christmas season, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed two Executive Orders, with one commuting death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment and the other setting free six others. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has threatened to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) if the members do not conduct themselves well. The governor said this yesterday on a television programme, where he maintained that his administration was committed to delivering his Greater Lagos vision. Sanwo-olu said, “The NURTW…