Weekend Lagos

Child beggars: Six siblings, others drop out of school over unpaid fees

SUBAIR MOHAMMED and TUBOSUN OGUNDARE write on the problem of out-of-school children who are multiplying on the streets of Lagos.…

1 year ago

Cultists throw Lagos communities into panic, OPC says 30 killed in 10 months

SUBAIR MOHAMMED writes on the cult crisis in which Lagos is engulfed and what is being done to tame it.…

1 year ago

Lagos pupils await JSS1, SS1 placements two months into new academic year

TWO months into the first term of the new academic year, some students who sat the Primary School Leaving Certificate…

1 year ago

Motorists, residents decry bad roads, high incidence of tanker accidents in Lagos

Commutters and motorists travel with fears in Lagos State over high incidence of tanker accidents on major highways within the…

2 years ago

Lagos business owners, residents groan over food prices, arbitrary rent increase by shylock landlords

NEARLY four months after the removal of fuel subsidy and the resultant economic hardship, residents in Lagos are yet to…

2 years ago

Sanwo-Olu’s govt moves against filth as refuse takes over Lagos streets

TOLA ADENUBI, TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE and SHOLA ADEKOLA write on the management of refuse disposal in Lagos, the apparent return to…

2 years ago

Inside Lagos Blue Rail Line train where comfort, pleasure, pain meet

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently joined fellow Lagosians and state officials in celebrating the opening of the 13-kilometer…

2 years ago

Lagos, megapolis with world’s worst traffic, gets metro after 12-year wait

Nigeria’s gridlocked commercial hub of Lagos started operating its first light-rail system on Monday, 12 years after it first planned…

2 years ago

We rent space on Lagos bridge yearly for N20,000, outright space purchase is N50,000 —Street traders

SUBAIR MOHAMMED, BOLA BADMUS and LEKAN OLABULO report the uneasiness among street traders in Lagos in the face the state’s…

2 years ago

The agony of going to school in Lagos

TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, in this piece, looks at the pains of many school children in Lagos State and the risks they…

2 years ago

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