The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has said it will not condone activities of boat operators who endanger the lives of passengers. According to the agency, it is critical that safety issues are taken seriously to encourage more residents to patronise water transport.

The Lagos government yesterday wooed the private sector and investors with the latent opportunities in the state’s water transport system.

Twenty-four hours after five persons lost their lives in a boat accident in Lagos, two persons who boarded the ill-fated boat were still missing yesterday and have not been found.

An undergraduate of the Lagos State University (LASU), Kingsley Gabriel, yesterday jumped into the Lagos lagoon, weeks after a woman was alleged to have jumped into the lagoon.

In a bid to eliminate plastic pollution in the country, a professor of Botany at the University of Lagos, Dele Olowokudejo, has urged the Federal Government to commence a national plastic waste-recycling programme.

About 24 passengers were rescued last Friday evening when two boats collided and capsized in Ojo area of Lagos State. The accident, which occurred at about 7:45pm around the Ojo Terminal, involved two open fiber boats.

On October 20, 2017, an unfortunate incident occurred on the iconic cable stay 1.346km Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge in Lagos when a 40-year-old man simply identified...

Staff of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), yesterday visited Liverpool, Temidire and Coconut Jetties to sensitise boat operators and passengers on the importance of safety and keeping safety rules when about boarding a boat or on a boat.

Emergency workers yesterday recovered the body of Adekunle Oluseyi, the man who removed his clothes and jumped into the lagoon on Friday.

Nine persons were yesterday confirmed dead after a boat mishap around Ilashe area of Ojo, Lagos State.

Twelve people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos on Sunday, the government said, blaming the accident on overcrowding.

Boat transport operators in Lagos State are counting their losses as unwanted water hyacinth, otherwise called seaweeds, have taken over the waterways, impeding free movement.