Speaking on One-On-One, an interactive programme on the Nigeria Television Authority, Solomon, who represents the largest senatorial district in the state – Lagos West – said with experience and developmental vision nursed over the years for the state, he was more than prepared to take Lagos State further
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The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Lagos State, Taofik Gani, said the news of the endorsement of Obanikoro was “false and meant to foment trouble within the party”
One of the eyewitnesses explained that the conflict between the rival groups was due to a feud between the Eiye Confraternity and KK gang
It was observed during the festivities that major roads in the state that usually experience traffic jams were free of heavy vehicular movement as most residents had travelled to their villages and other destinations outside the state to spend their holidays
Idowu said officials of the service have had to attend to 33 cases between Tuesday and Thursday
Eshinlokun said that the Nigerian Customs Service and the police should be held responsible following their failure and negligence in checking the influx of the fireworks as well as arresting the importers
The police is reacting to the Boxing Day explosion at the Jankara Market in the state, where fireworks stored in a three storey building exploded, killing one person, injuring forty others and burning over 20 buildings and cars
The National Emergency Management Authority, which confirmed the development, said the corpse was recovered from the rubble of the building in which the explosion occurred
The impact of the explosion was so strong it damaged a car parked nearby and some adjoining buildings
‘We are the best team in the country today on current form and our players are equally confident. We are sure of winning the gold this time’
While a version on the social media stated that the bus plunged into the lagoon off the Third Mainland Bridge, another version had it that more than 20 passengers on board the BRT escaped death by the whiskers after their bus lost control and skidded off the bridge at the Ebute-Ero area of the state
It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday morning when the youth in Mushin were said to have rounded up five suspected armed robbers in their neighbourhood and burnt them to death