An inferno has engulfed the headquarters of Christ Embassy Church located in Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State. An eye witness confirmed this to Channels Television. Multiple videos on X have also shown the massive edifice being destroyed by fire. Officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service are also said to have arrived…
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr. Kemi Ogunyemi, has disclosed that the total number of cholera cases has increased to 401 across Lagos, with death toll risen to 21, an increase of six from the previously reported 15 fatalities. Ogunyemi said following the last update on the cholera outbreak in…
Facts have emerged about how the Nigeria Police Force in conjunction with the Lagos State Task Force parked hundreds of residents and young people from the streets of the state on Friday and dumped them in Osun State. One of the youths who said he was taken away by the Nigerian policemen at…
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has released its 2023 Annual Fraud Landscape report, highlighting significant trends in financial fraud across the country. According to the report, Lagos, Rivers States, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) topped the list for financial fraud incidents last year. Naija News reports that the NIBSS data, published on its…
Airtel Africa is set to host a ground-breaking ceremony to kick off the construction of its first NXtra Data Center. The event, scheduled to hold on the 12th of March 2024 at Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island, Lagos is expected to have in attendance distinguished guests, including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his Ogun…
Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed on Monday after a fire broke out in a one-storey building on Lagos Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos State. In a viral video circulating online and seen by our correspondent, the inferno was captured engulfing the upper floor of the building. Truetells Nigeria gathered that emergency teams had not arrived…
A Bus Rapid Transit driver, Sunday Bukola, has reportedly crushed a five-year-old simply identified as Malik to death at Palmgroove in the Onipanu area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at about 1:30 pm on Saturday. Our correspondent also gathered that the driver crushed the victim, his brother, and his mother as they attempted to…
The Lagos State Government and a Ghana Waste Management company JONSPONG on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to treat solid and liquid in the state. The MOU which was initialled by the Commissioner Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab and Executive Chairman JOSPONG Group, Dr Joseph Agyepong will amongst other things establish a…
Protesters Defy Nigeria Police Intimidation In Lagos, Hit Streets With Placards To Lament Hardship Under Tinubu Government. Amid the increasing hardship, rising inflation and high cost of living, a human rights group, the Joint Action Front (JAF) and the Coalition For Revolution (CORE) have staged a protest in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria against the…
The Lagos State Government has said the Ikeja Computer Village is a residential area, hence the reason for the proposed relocation of the electronic gadgets village to Katangua in Abule-Egba area of the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde, disclosed this on Tuesday, during a visit to the electronic gadgets’…
