The Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), DCP Olatunji Disu on Wednesday led a team of police officers to impound 13 vehicles in Alapere area of the metropolis for not complying with the Federal Government’s directive on the stay at home order. Ekohotblog reports that Lagos State had earlier announced that over 400 vehicles had been … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training, and Pensions, Mrs. Ajibola Ponnle has said that the online training sessions (webinar series) recently launched by the State Government, currently in its third cycle, has further affirmed the disposition of the Government to capacity development and a growth mindset for its workforce. Speaking during the third webinar series … Read more
The Lagos State Government has asserted that none of its warehouses was vandalised and looted contrary to an online video alleging theft of COVID-19 Emergency Food Response items stored at Abule-Egba. Ekohotblog reports that a video had circulating online of an alleged looting of a chairman’s house in Abule Egba area of Lagos state with … Read more
With the lockdown in Lagos, BBC reports that residents of Abule Ado and victims of gas cylinders explosion are bearing the harder brunt. According to the same media, they have been sleeping outside or in crowded spaces since they lost their houses to the fire. The case of Peace Dim wrenches the heart. A mother … Read more
Ahead of Wednesday arraignment of Naira Marley, Gbadamosi and his wife on charges of contravening the Lagos State Government directive, all charges against them were withdrawn on Tuesday. Recall that Naira Marley, Gbadamosi and his wife were charged before the Lagos State Magistrates Court in Ogba for attending for being in violation of the government’s … Read more
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has handsomely rewarded an outstanding highway sweeper, Fasasi Raheemat Oluwabukola, on behalf of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, incident commander of the state. Raheemat was sighted and photographed along Dolphin/Osbourne Road, her operational corridor, by Ms. Adebisi Awoniyi, a resident of Dolphin Estate, a photo that later went viral on the … Read more
Residents of Epe community on Wednesday, in Epe, express their diverse opinions on the directives of government “Stay at Home” order. According to our reporter who went round the town on a survey noticed a high level of compliance of residents to the order, Eko Hot Blog’s reports. The localities visited includes Ibonwon, Mojoda, Noforija, … Read more
A network of volunteers under the auspices of Project LOUD (Lagos Of Our Dreams) on has commenced distribution of food aid to all those in need during the coronavirus lockdown. Project LOUD, acting through CovidAid, distributed food items to residents of some streets in Surulere area of Lagos to cushion the effect of the lockdown. … Read more
As it commences the second round of the Emergency Food Response packages, LASG says the focus will be on those living with disabilities, the vulnerable in the informal sector and the elderly who had earlier received text messages from LASRRA. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, today, explained that the State Government has … Read more
The Lagos State Government has announced that the Easter edition of the emergency neighbourhood food markets comes up next Thursday. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this today, noted that the neighbourhood food markets will be open in 27 of the selected public schools within 14 Local Government Areas of the … Read more
The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, commenced fumigation of all offices inside the government secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, in its efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. The offices fumigated include the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperative, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bagauda Kalto Press Centre, among others. … Read more
As the lockdown continues in Lagos, some residents were spotted fighting over a bag of garri given to them as stimulus package. In process of struggling, the bag of staple food went into a burst, leaving the people sad and frustrated. An eyewitness decried the level of hunger in Nigeria, saying the government must be … Read more
The Lagos State has said that Prospective students must be 12 years of age to be admitted into secondary schools, both private and public. The Lagos State Government has said that this order will take effect from the next academic session and that the directive will be strictly enforced by educational agencies. Failure to do … Read more
Lagos State Chapter of National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), has urged parents and guardians to beware of paedophiles as the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 continues across the country. Comrade Adeola Ekine, the Chairperson of NAWOJ, Lagos State Chapter, on Monday, stated that it is important to keep sensitising mothers to … Read more
The Lagos State Government has attributed the low number of COVID19 cases recorded, when compared to other countries with an outbreak of the infection, to residents’ level of compliance to the sit-at-home order of the Federal Government. Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, today at a news briefing, noted that the low figures recorded indicate … Read more
Mercedez Benz Nigeria, a frontline automobile company, has donated a Waste Truck to the Lagos State Government as part of efforts to support the present administration in the management of waste as well as containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the State. Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, the Managing Director, Lagos State Waste Management Authority … Read more
In the past few days, the social media have been awash with biased opinions about the welfare package initiative of the Lagos State Government to support the indigent and the vulnerable. The welfare package was one of the various decisions taken by the Lagos State Executive Council to ease the discomfort thrust on Lagosians by … Read more
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has decried the rate of irrelevant calls received on the emergency lines set up for COVID-19 cases. He described the calls as ‘very distracting’ in the management of coronavirus outbreak in the state and Nigeria, in general. Abayomi made the remarks on Monday while giving an update … Read more
An unidentified young woman, who looked mentally unstable and her daughter were spotted sitting on a canal bridge in Festac-Amuwo Odofin, Lagos. From eyewitness report, it was learnt that they had been there for days, stranded and apparently homeless. The young lady who is obviously aware of the Coronavirus pandemic, was wrapped in hand gloves … Read more
Speaker of the Lagos State House Of Assembly, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa has come under intense criticisms for his poor palliative program to his Agege constituents. Obasa had distributed four loaves of bread to each building to cushion the hardship they might be having because of the partial lock down in the State In a viral … Read more