#LockdownLagos: If you want to stay law abiding, avoid Gbagada

While we will agree that many residents of Lagos have seriously flouted the rules to stay home and stay safe, celebrities seem to be the ones who are ‘dragged’ on social media for not doing what they preach. It started with comedian, Sydney Talker – Egere Sydney – who supposedly made a prank call to... Read More

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October 1, 2018

Ambode, Sanwo-Olu and Gbagada General Hospital’s breach of Hippocratic Oath

“Into whatever houses I enter…whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret” The inference above is the medical Hippocratic oath... Read More

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April 17, 2017

2 die in Lagos autocrash

by Dolapo Adelana Two people have been killed in an auto crash that occurred at Gbagada Bus Stop, around Anthony area of Lagos state on Monday. According to Premium Times, the incident which occurred when a Volkswagen commercial bus with registration number GGE716XM had a head-on collision with another vehicle, identified as a taxi The Lagos State... Read More

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May 19, 2016

Woman tries to jump off Third Mainland Bridge with 12 month old baby

A nursing mother and mother of four identified as Halimat Adegoke almost jumped over the Third Mainland bridge to her death with her 12 months old baby yesterday evening but for the intervention of men of the Rapid Response Squad (RSS). A vigilant cab driver had noticed the strange behavior of the woman and alerted the... Read More

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October 8, 2013

Sad news: Hit and run driver kills pedestrian on Lagos expressway

A man has been crushed to death by a hit and run driver on the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was crossing the road Tuesday when the fast moving car ran into him and did not wait. The man, identified as Oguntimehin Oluwayemi B, through his ATM card was killed around 7:00am when he... Read More

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November 2, 2012

TICKER: Tragic: One person dies as trailer container lands on car in Lagos

One person has been confirmed dead after a container slipped off a trailer and landed on a car on Oworonsoki Expressway in Lagos on Friday evening. The container fell off the truck as it was descending a bridge connecting the Gbagada section of Oworonsoki Expressway to the inward Ojota section, crushing the driver of the car to death... Read More

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