Tag: Ojota

Ambode to build ‘additional pedestrian bridge’ in Ojota

Following the heavy toll the usage of the single pedestrian bridge at Ojota bus stop on Ikorodu road was having on Lagosians, the state government has declared its intention to…

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From queuing for fuel to queuing on the bridge – The Ojota debacle

Frustration; disgruntlement and discontentment - This is the general mood of hundreds of Nigerians who have been queuing for at least an hour since Monday, April 11 - to use…

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Perhaps, this is why Lagosians don’t use the Ojota pedestrian bridge

Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), a law enforcement unit attached to the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, on Monday, forced pedestrians to make use of the overhead bridges along Ikorodu…

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Remembering Occupy Nigeria: See 8 pictures that depict the uprising

by Adedayo Ademuwagun This week makes it exactly three years since the Occupy Nigeria uprising of January 2012. It went down as one of the most significant periods in Nigerian history.…

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So did Lagos’s idea of #HornFreeDay work? We took a drive to find out (WATCH)

by Cheta Nwanze and Kolapo Olapoju When the Lagos state government announced that Wednesday, 15 October would be a 'No Horn day', it was greeted with widespread scepticism as naysayers,…

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Terrible: ‘Area Boys’ attack LASTMA officials in Lagos, many injured

by S'ola Filani File photo   Street urchins yesterday took laws into their hands by attacking officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in Ojota, Ikorodu Road. According…

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Japheth Omojuwa: Jonathanians and the truth they must embrace (Y! FrontPage)

This is where the Jonathan administration has failed in its communication. By constantly accusing these genuinely angry Nigerians as being the voice of the opposition... This means that, they will…

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PHOTOS: The Tinsel Studio after today’s fire

Firemen inspecting the razed building by Isi Esene The Phillips Warehouse Building at Ojota, Lagos which was razed by fire on Saturday is a shadow of its former self. The…

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Terrible: Fire razes Tinsel studio in Lagos (PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido The entire SuperSports studio in Ojota, Lagos, has been razed by fire. The building known as the Phillips Warehouse Building reportedly houses the Tinsel studios as well…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Who will document the failure of #OccupyNigeria? (YNaija FrontPage)

So here is my plea to Nigerian writers. Save us the displeasure of another horrid review of “There was a Country”. Give us an authoritative account of what happened in…

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The ‘failure’ of #OccupyNigeria, and where we can go from here (#NewLeadership Series by Chude Jideonwo)

by Chude Jideonwo Chude Jideonwo I am very proud of what Nigerians achieved this time last year, when we came together to fight an unreasonable government policy of fuel subsidy…

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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…

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#OCCUPYNIGERIA: Jungle Justice served Ojota style

by Perez N. Tigidam It was day 5 of the #OccupyNigeria protests at the Gani Fawehinmi freedom park Ojota, Lagos. I had gone out early with the hope of shooting a short documentary film…

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#IncaseYouMissedIt: Policemen attack protesters at Alausa

by 'Ifreke Inyang Policemen interrupted an #OccupyNigeria protest that went from Alausa to Ojota from 10am. The small group of elder statesmen and women who were protesting on permission. The…

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Former CNN reporter Christian Purefoy detained by Security in Ojota… Now released

Early this morning YNaija first broke the news that Christian Purefoy, former CNN Lagos correspondent and now founder of online video startup Battabox, was picked up by government security operatives at…

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