Lagos Enforces Sanwo-Olu’s Ultimatum, Dislodges Traders Along Rail Tracks

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, instructing traders to vacate the Red Line rail tracks at the Agege Station, Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has commenced the demolition of all illegal structures and disorders of traders along the Lagos Red Rail Line corridor in a bid to ensure the smooth operation of the rail system. The exercise was carried out on Saturday in a bid to re-establish the Right of … Read more

Nigeria At 63: Sanwo-Olu Urges Nigerians To Support Tinubu, Governors, Other Leaders

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged Nigerians at home and in the diaspora to support the administration of President Bola and all state governments in their efforts to birth a new, prosperous Nigeria. The governor’s plea was contained in his Independence message issued on Saturday by his Chief … Read more

Sanwo-Olu To Humanitarian Affairs Minister: Bureaucracy Shouldn’t Undermine Tinubu’s Social Welfare Initiative

Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged those entrusted with the responsibility to implement the social safety net programme of the Federal Government to undertake the assignment in way that must reflect the “sincerity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to protect vulnerable families and households from the impact of … Read more

A New Dawn As Onigbongbo LCDA Inaugurates New CDC Excos

Onigbongbo CDC Exco

Eko Hot Blog reports that it was a green and white affair in Onigbongbo Local Community Development Area (LCDA) as the Chairman, Hon. Oladotun Olakanle inaugurated a team of new community development council (CDC) Executives. The inauguration ceremony held on Thursday, September 28th, 2023. The Council Chairman in his speech admonished the new executives to … Read more

Lagos Announces Traffic Diversion At Ojuelegba Flyover Bridge Days After Container Accident

Traffic diversion at Island-Iyana Oworo carriageway

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion at the Ojuelegba Flyover Bridge on the night of Monday, 2nd October, 2023 from 10.00 pm to 6.00 am. The government made the announcement in a statement on Friday. It said the diversion is for repairing the truck barrier on the bridge. … Read more

Patronise Public Water; It’s The Only Reliable Source, LWC Tells Lagos Residents

The LWC Water Quality Monitoring Team taking water samples for testing

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Water Corporation (LWC) has urged residents to always patronise public water as it is the only reliable source of water. The corporation made the appeal on Thursday when its Water Quality Monitoring Team was inspecting the central region of its coverage area. EDITOR’S PICKS Presidency Misleads Nigerians … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates First Public Senior Secondary School In Lagos Community

Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has inaugurated the first senior secondary school in the underserved Ogombo community, Eti Osa area of the state. The fully equipped three-floor structure completed with 15 ultra-modern classrooms and 30 water system toilets was built by Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) in … Read more

Japa Syndrome: Lagos Commissioner Assures Youth Of Job Opportunities

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mr. Akinyemi Bankole Ajigbotafe has promised to initiate specific wealth creation policies that will increase opportunities for young people in the State to connect to job vacancies, such that the desperation of seeking greener pastures in other climes at all cost, would … Read more

Dapo Abiodun Promises Stable Power For Manufacturing Boost

Eko Hot Blog reports that Better days are ahead for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and other manufacturing companies as Ogun State Government said it is committed to building power infrastructure that will guarantee stable electricity supply across the State. EDITOR’S PICKS Presidency Misleads Nigerians For Third Time In Less Than Two Weeks VIDEO: Nigeria … Read more

LAWMA Intensifies Crackdown On Dirty Lagos Markets, Shuts Plazas Around Tejuosho Market

LAWMA officials sealing plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sealed several plazas around Tejuosho Market, Yaba, for environmental offences including improper waste disposal and trading activities obstructing free flow of traffic, among others. The authority carried out the exercise on Thursday. The action came a day after LAWMA shut the Oke-Odo Market, … Read more

Lagos Set To Host ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Shopping Festival

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State says it is set to hold a “unique” shopping festival in December that will “stamp its authority as the choice tourist destination” in Nigeria. The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture in the state, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, made the disclosure during the visit of the organisers of the … Read more

‘I Give You Two Days’ — Sanwo-Olu Orders Traders To Vacate Lagos Rail Tracks

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, instructing traders to vacate the Red Line rail tracks at the Agege Station, Lagos

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has issued a two-day ultimatum to traders to vacate the rail tracks of the ongoing Red Line rail project which will link Oyingbo to Marina, Lagos. He issued the ultimatum on Wednesday during a tour of the project at the Agege Station. EDITOR’S PICKS Presidency … Read more

LAWMA Shuts Another Lagos Market Over ‘Filthy Environment’

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has shut Oke-Odo Market, near Ile-Epo, Abule Egba, Lagos, for reckless waste disposal and gross environmental abuse. The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, made the disclosure in a statement on Wednesday. EDITOR’S PICKS Presidency Misleads Nigerians For Third Time In Less … Read more

Jandor Gives Sanwo-Olu Three Conditions To Accept Sit-Down With Lagos Governor

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has given conditions that must be met to have a sit-down with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. It would be recalled that the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had on Monday … Read more

Oshodi-Apapa: ‘We Refuse To Be Evicted’ – Truck Drivers, Touts Flout Sanwo-Olu’s Ultimatum

Eko Hot Blog reports that truck drivers and touts have yesterday dared the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to evict them from the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. It would be recalled that Sanwo-Olu had earlier given an ultimatum to the truck drivers to vacate the road or face consequences. Editors Pick  JUST IN: Two Tinubu’s Ministers … Read more

Epe Club Congratulates, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat On ‘Deserved Victory’ At Lagos Tribunal

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, at their second term inauguration on Monday, May 29, 2023

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Epe Club has congratulated Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, on their victory at the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), Otunba Bola Odebiyi, on behalf of the board, … Read more

Wives Of Lagos Officials Deliver Ogombo’s First Public Senior Secondary School As Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Classrooms

The new Ogombo Senior Secondary School

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) has delivered an intervention that will bolster education in the underserved Ogombo community, Eti Osa area of Lagos State. The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) led by the wife of the Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, built the first senior secondary school in the … Read more

Lagos Coroner Inquest Into MohBad’s Death To Begin Friday

Mohbad

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the coroner’s inquest into the death of Late 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad will commence on Friday. This online media platform gathered that the inquest would commence at the Magistrate court in Ikorodu, Lagos EDITOR’S PICKS Ogun Records Cholera Outbreak, Warns Residents Mohbad’s Mother Insists Son Was … Read more

Asaba 2023: Team Lagos Wins Gold Medals In Male & Female Table Tennis

Team Lagos gold medal winners in male and female table tennis, Adebakin Tobi, Sodiq Adesanya, Musbau Faizat, and Rabiu Aishat

Eko Hot Blog reports that Team Lagos has made an impressive start to its campaign at the National Youth Games, Asaba 2023. The games started on Saturday in Asaba, the Delta State capital. On Monday, the male and female table tennis camps of Team Lagos secured gold medals, trouncing their counterparts from Delta, the host … Read more

LAWMA Seals Oyingbo, Alayabiagba Markets, Warns Other Lagos Markets

waste at Oyingbo Market

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has sealed Oyingbo and Alayabiagba Markets in Lagos Mainland, Lagos. It was gathered that the markets were shut on Monday following a series of unheeded warnings to markets in Lagos to shun filth and embrace proper environmental hygiene. Other markets that risk imminent shutdown … Read more

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