The Lagos State Government has clamped down on illegal and substandard jetty construction in the Ijegun-Egba area of Amuwo Odofin LGA for the safety of residents commuting along the waterfront corridor from the jetty.
Children of Winning Edge Montessori School were taken on a field trip to a farm area to explore more on nature. The young farmers were taught how to plant many crops and saw some plant for the first time.
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The works department in the Amuwo Odofin local government has kicked off repairs of some roads in Festac Town, Amuwo-Odofin LGA, Lagos State
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, after weeks of intelligence-led operations across the country and outside Nigeria, have taken into custody two wanted heads of a criminal organization with multi-million-naira worth of illicit drugs and assets seized from them. The arrest of the drug lords Okafor Ikechukwu Williams aka Jantu and his wife, Okafor Ifeyinwa Grace on the 5th of October, came… Read More »NDLEA Nabs Multi-Million Naira Drug Baron, See Details
A container trailer on the 12th of October 2023, crashed into the premises of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Kirikiri town damaging it’s fence, gate and culvert. The trailer was reported to have a failed brake, However, eyewitnesses said the trailer was not moving at a high speed thus the result of impact was not heavy. The major damage encountered was as a result of the… Read More »Trailer Rams Into Catholic Church In Kirikiri
The Lagos State Metro Blueline rail which officially started to run about a month and about 8 days, announced making an update to their operations, effective from the 16th of October, 2023. The railway line initially started with taking only 12 trips daily, but now wants to increase the number of daily trips to 54. With plans of getting to 74 by the end of… Read More »Lagos Metro Blueline Set To Increase Trips: See Details
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Festaconline Media got information of a fire outbreak in the Festac Town area of Amuwo-Odofin LGA.
Three people were crushed to death on the 4th of October at the Alakija axis of Amuwo Odofin. The three victims of the incident were a bike man as well as two young men who were said to have been returning from football training. The motorcycle rider had two passengers with him when he decided to make a costly mistake by swerving into the BRT… Read More »Three Crushed As BRT Rams Into Motorcycle
On the 4th of October, 2023, the committee for Amuwo games held a press conference to officially put the idea of the game into play. In participation was the chief organizer, Mr. Seun Ayeni, the chairman of the day, Hon. Valentine Buraimoh, the Amuwo Odofin chairman, the Amuwo Games committee members, and Sponsors of the game (Smoov Chapman, Nirvana Water, Golden Penny Foods, Alek Pharmacy,… Read More »Amuwo Games Holds 2023 Press Conference
It was a sad Wednesday last week when during the late hours of the day on the 27th of September, 2023, at about 11:30pm, a ghastly fire outbreak was recorded in the Festac Town community. Somewhere around Festac Town at 1st Avenue, M close, a twin duplex was seen to be on fire, luckily, there were no casualties. The origin of the fire was unknown… Read More »Fire Outbreak In Amuwo Odofin
It is a black Tuesday in the community as five individuals were feared dead along the Ago Palace axis due to a clash between LASTMA officers and a bus driver. On the 3rd of October, as early as 8:15 a.m., a fatal accident was recorded at Bayo Oyewale Street along Ago Palace Way. The report claimed two LASTMA officers stopped a bus driver and on… Read More »Breaking News: Five Feared Dead, Protest Erupts
The political landscape of Amuwo-Odofin has been experiencing some shifts as the Election Petition Tribunal has declared Rauf Olawale Sulaiman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Amuwo-Odofin II Constituency election held on March 18, 2023. / Why did this happen? The tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to present Sulaiman with the certificate… Read More »APC Rauf Unseats LP Doherty Over LAHA Amuwo 11- Tribunal
There are rapidly growing concerns over the numerous activities of roadside traders, squatters and other illegal occupants along the reconstructed Lagos-Badagry expressway corridor.
News reaching Festaconline that a young promising youth born and bred in Festac Town, Amuwo-Odofin LGA has reportedly passed on. / The young man known as Ikechukwu Opara, a Unilag graduate and was said to have worked with the popular YBNL. According to our source, Ikechukwu was said to have passed in his sleep between 10 and 11 p.m, on the 14th of September 2023.… Read More »Breaking News: Amuwo Loses Youth