by Doyin Jaiyesimi Unmanaged waste torments cities across the developing world and Wecyclers plans to turn the tide in Nigeria with the launch of the first-ever recycling service in slum communities. This pilot recycling program will take place in Itire, Lagos, from August through December 2012. The program will allow Wecyclers test the SMS platform... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo “We are closing down the beach for one week; a team of security agents will continue to raid the beach to rid it of criminals,’’ said Adegoke Fayode, who is the Divisional Police Officer, Victoria Island Station, as the Nigeria Police force informed the public that it has closed down the popular... Read More
Apparently, the last has not been heard of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) saga. The Batch B NYSC members took their protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday and found support with the lawmakers. The students, mainly of the Lagos State University, carried placards with inscriptions like; “LASU says no to posting to... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The sprawling city-state of Lagos State has been a headache for more than a few governments. Long left to decay by a combination of corruption and bad governance there has been a slow but steady move to build a future city capable of dealing with 40 million people. A United Nations population estimate puts... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola In five days, repair work will begin on the Third Mainland Bridge, and the repairs are scheduled last from July 1 to November 6, 2012. Many are already anticipating the massive traffic on the alternative routes. The Lagos State government is however assuring motorists that the situation will not be as bad as they fear.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola With the pace at which the talking points in Nigeria change as new developments occur in the polity, it takes less than a week for Nigerians to move on and forget about issues that used to mean the world to them. On June 3 this year, a plane conveying 153 passengers from... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), the governor of Lagos State, was guest at the 17th Convocation ceremony of the Lagos State University (LASU) yesterday when – in restating his drive to improve the institution – he announced his decision to suspend further awards of honourary degrees by the school. “Let us find our... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Yesterday evening, an Arik Air flight travelling to Abuja to Port Harcourt had to turn around and head back to Port Harcourt after the runway landing lights at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport did not come on. International flights heading into the city also had to be re-routed, forcing Lufthansa, British Airways and Air... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Dana Air’s insurance LLoyds of London will compensate the families of those who died in the crash, they announced yesterday at the joint Dana Air/Lagos State government news conference. According to Yomi Oshinkoya, a Lloyds correspondent, “The international law and standards stipulate that the sum of 30,000 dollars (N4.6 million) must be paid to... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has revealed that he was supposed to board the ill-fated Dana aircraft, which crashed on Sunday. The Speaker testified on the floor of the House that he was scheduled to take the flight back to Lagos from Abuja where he’d gone to attend a meeting... Read More
Dana Air released a statement yesterday, over the tragic plane crash on June 3, 2012, killing all 153 passengers and crew on board, and an unknown number on the ground. While not directly addressing the issues that may have led to the accident, the Chairman of Dana Air, Ramesh Hathiramani expressed that it was Dana’s responsibility to... Read More
Three kids who were orphaned by the Dana Air Flight crashed in Lagos last Sunday, have received succour from the Lagos State governor, Governor Babatunde Fashola, who took them into his custody pending when their relatives come forward. Their parents had sent them on an errand when the plane crashed on their home with their... Read More
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Monday as a crowd surged at the site of a devastating plane crash in the country’s largest city of Lagos that killed all 153 people on board. A crowd trying to get a look at the wreckage sought to break though a police barricade in one area at the... Read More
It has been chaos at the scene of the Dana Air crash since yesterday, as officials are still working to get the victims out of the wretched plane. YNaija is on the scene – updating readers and getting information on how you can help. Photographs by Hycinth Iyereosa WARNING: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DECEASED.
A Dana Air representative has confirmed to Ynaija that the plane carrying 153 passengers which crashed at the Iju area of Lagos State, indeed belonged to the airline. The representative, who did not want to be quoted, said that the airline would give the public more information as the day progresses. The Head of Public... Read More
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