Tag: ojota
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Ojota traffic: LASTMA dislodges flood into open drains
The operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has embarked on self help to free traffic by dislodging rain flood into open drains on main carriage way, Odo Iya-Alaro Bridge inward Ojota, Lagos.
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Yoruba Nation Agitators: Police gives own account of what transpired
Benjamin Hundeyin the Lagos State Command Police Public Relations Officer, has revealed what transpired between the police and the Yoruba Nation agitators earlier today at Ojota area of Lagos state. Hundeyin confirmed the death of one person in the fracas that happened on Monday morning.
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Pandemonium in Lagos as police and ‘OPC boys’ clash in Ojota
There was pandemonium in the Ojota area of Lagos on Monday as personnel of the Nigeria Police Force reportedly clashed with members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC. The incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday, January 9, caused a commotion in the area and triggered fear and panic among residents of the…
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[JUST IN] Independence Day: #BuhariMustGo, #RevolutionNow groups defy police presence, protest at Ojota, Lagos
Some Nigerians have commenced #RevolutionNow and #BuhariMustGo protest in Ojota, Lagos State on the country’s Independence Day anniversary.
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Sanwo-Olu orders investigation into killing of 14-year-old girl during Yoruba Nation rally at Ojota
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered investigation into the killing of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota during a rally by Yoruba Nation agitators. Some witnesses claimed the girl, identified as Jumoke, was felled by a stray bullet fired as police battled to disperse the protesters. Her body was not far from the scene of…
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Lagos to divert traffic from Ojota underpass for four weeks, announces alternative routes
The Lagos State Government on Saturday said it will divert traffic from Ojota Underpass to Demurin Junction on the Ikorodu corridor from April 26 for a duration of four weeks. The diversion is expected to allow the contractor handling the on-going reconstruction works on Ketu – Mile 12 road to commence construction on the service…
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Police keep vigil at Ojota park after bloody clash
Anti-riot policemen and an Armoured Personal Carrier have been stationed to restore peace at Ojota Motor Park in Lagos following bloody clash by transport union members on Thursday evening. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a suspended factional leader of a transport Union allegedly attacked the motorpark with hoodlums on Thursday to…
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Properties worth millions of Naira destroyed as fire razes Ojota market
Fire gutted a section of Binukonu Ultra Modern Market, Ojota in Lagos in the early hours of Friday, destroying goods and property worth millions of Naira. This is the third fire incident at the market in three years. Previous incidents occurred in 2015 and November 2017. Friday’s fire, which was believed to have been caused…