The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Ferry Services, LAGFERRY, will ferry an average of 480,000 passengers via the waterways as it progresses in its commercial operations due to commence next month in commemoration of 200 days of the Sanwo-Olu led administration. The Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde disclosed this today during … Read more
The Lagos State Government has restated its genuine commitment to making learning in the state very conducive and comfortable as it has also concluded plans to recruit more teachers for the state public schools. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat stated this today while on an unscheduled visit to some public primary and secondary … Read more
Six suspected cultists believed to be terrorising Alapere, Ketu area of Lagos State have been arrested. DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Lagos Police Command disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Elkana said some gangsters suspected to be members of Eiye and Aiye Confraternities, had earlier engaged themselves in a … Read more
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a wheel barrow pusher suspected to have vandalised a truck and two buyers of his stolen items around Oshodi, Lagos State. The suspect, Sunday Ogbonna, 27, was arrested at dawn in Toyota Bus Stop while coming from Ilasa. Recovered from his wheelbarrow were a radiator, two … Read more
The Lagos State Government has solicited the support and cooperation of market women and men in the State in collaboration with Local Government and Local Council Development Areas in ensuring the cleanliness of all meat markets in the State The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal who made the call in Lagos over the … Read more
An 18-year-old boy, Elikor Ehud in Ejigbo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing tithes and offerings belonging to Chosen Vine Ministry, Furniture Avenue. DSP Bala Elkana, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the Lagos Command made this known in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Elkana said that one Pastor Moses Nwoke … Read more
Lagos State Government has alerted residents on the rise of sea water level resulting in the inability of the lagoon to discharge water into the ocean, thereby causing backflow into the drainage channels. According to the Commissioner for the Environment& Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, officials of the state are already working on different measures … Read more
Come on the 8th Sunday, December, 2019, epoch making annual Lagos Ikeja City Award will hold. Contrary to the normal ritual of giving awards, there will be a seminar like discourse that will focus on housing; one of the major problems being faced by Lagosians. To make the event unique, Hon. Toke Benson Awoyinka Special … Read more
The Lagos State Government has disclosed its readiness to tackle the menace of cybercrime being perpetrated by some unscrupulous citizens who see the internet as an opportunity to make money through fraudulent practices. The Honourable Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm, who made the disclosure at a workshop on Cyber Security Awareness, noted … Read more
The General Manager, Lagos State Printing Corporation, Mr. Sakirudeen Odusanya has solicited the support of the State Government for increased patronage by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies for all printing jobs. Odusanya made the appeal on Wednesday while receiving Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Parastatals Monitoring at the Corporation, saying there is a … Read more
Lagos State Government told residents not to panic following the outbreak of Monkey Pox in the state. The government reiterated the need for citizens to ensure and maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all times as part of precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases such as Monkey pox which was recently … Read more
A 60-year-old man, Charles Chikwe, on Friday, October 18, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State charged with duping a woman of N150,000 and valuables worth N627,000 on the pretext of marrying her. Chikwe, who is unemployed and resides at No. 26, Mohammed Street, Ijegun, Lagos, is facing charges of obtaining by … Read more
Lagos State governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu has promised to drive reliable energy delivery to residents of the state with the availability of meters. Speaking during the 2019 Nigeria Resources Risk and Governance Summit, with the theme Energy for Sustainable Economic Growth – Threats, Opportunities and Governance , the Governor said Government is aware of the existing … Read more
Lagos State Government says it is convoking a maiden International Coconut Summit that is expected to explore, exhibit and evolve new ideas for sustainable development of the coconut value chain. Special Adviser to the State Governor on Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya who disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos at a press briefing, said this was … Read more
The Commissioner for Transportation Dr. Fredrick Oladeinde has disclosed that the Lagos State Government is developing initiatives aimed at harnessing the opportunities in the state’s water sector for aquaculture, transportation and tourism. He said this on Thursday at the 19th NECCIPR Roundtable Edition where he represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He also pointed out that the … Read more
The Lagos State Government has marked over 100 buildings for removal in Magodo area of the state. This is as a result of a building collapse which killed a mother and her three children. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, led by the General Manager, Engr. Abiola Kosegbe were at Otun Araromi … Read more
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has consented to the request by the authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to float a jetty at the school’s waterfront to complement transportation on the campus. The Governor asked the school authorities to write a formal letter of request for immediate approval of the jetty, saying the Government … Read more
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has consented to the request by the authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to float a jetty at the school’s waterfront to complement transportation on the campus. The Governor asked the school authorities to write a formal letter of request for immediate approval of the jetty, saying the Government … Read more
The immediate past Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources in Lagos State, Olawale Oluwo, has denied reports that he implicated his boss and former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode before the Lagos House of Assembly Committees probing the purchase of 820 buses by the Ambode administration. Oluwo was reacting to a story on PM … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed that the State Government is in the process of acquiring an estimated 32,000 hectares of farmland for rice cultivation in seven states. Sanwo-Olu, who made the disclosure on Wednesday on the occasion of this year’s Grand Finale of the World Food Day celebration in Lagos listed the … Read more