National Agency for Food and Drugs Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fish is among items banned … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the departure date for the first batch of pilgrims from the state, just as it said 2,234 pilgrims from the state would be participating in the 2019 Hajj to Saudi Arabia. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, revealed this while inaugurating an 11-man committee for this year’s Hajj … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday inaugurated the ad-hoc committee for the 2019 Hajj Pilgrimage with a charge to the members to ensure that the state sustains its enviable position as the best in the country. Speaking at the inauguration, Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor, urged the committee members to see to the welfare and … Read more
The Lagos State Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mohammed Ali, on Tuesday, issued a stern warning to traffic robbers and cult members in the state to renounce criminal activities, as the command had resolved to track them down. Ali spoke when he played host to a group, Agege Community Media, at the Command Headquarters, in … Read more
Residents of Corporation Estate at Mile 12, in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, have nabbed a man for allegedly killing a lady, believed to be a sex worker, for ritual at his residence located inside the estate. It was gathered that the man whose identity could not be ascertained yet took the lady … Read more
Ten years after the commencement of the 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, life is set to return to the axis as the Lagos State Government today flagged off the continuation of the road construction that experienced low activities in the last four years. Performing the flag off, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat stated … Read more
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday engaged members of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) in a bid to consolidate institutional support for the attainment of its livable city goal. Receiving members of the Institute on a courtesy visit to the Ministry at Alausa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, … Read more
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday identified adequate remuneration packages for doctors and other professionals in the health sector, as well as the provision of key infrastructure as necessary incentives to tackle brain drain in the medical profession which, she says, is a major issue plaguing the country. Dr. Sanwo-Olu, who … Read more
Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives has said that the various cooperative societies in the State, within the last three years, have received claims of N350 million since the State Government instituted insurance package for cooperators across the State. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Omobolanle Ogunmola, who disclosed this on Tuesday … Read more
The Lagos State Government, through the Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, LSMPWB, is set to hold a one-day seminar for the 2019 intending pilgrims to the holy lands of Makkah and Madina on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television (LTV), Agidingbi, Ikeja by 10 am prompt. According to the Executive Secretary of … Read more
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has on Monday, praised the Nigerian Army for joining hands with his government to strengthen security in the State. The Governor said his two previous meetings with the Division of the Nigerian Army in the State yielded positive outcome, hailing the military for keeping its commitment to boost the … Read more
The Lagos State government has commenced the implementation of its plan to improve quality of education in all state-owned schools, with the tour of schools on Monday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to physically assess the state of facilities. The Governor said immediate repairs and rehabilitation of dilapidated facilities would be the first phase of the … Read more
Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) Chairman, DIG Israel Ajao (rtd) has on Monday, warned operatives of the Safety Corps against corruption under any guise while discharging their duties. The Chairman gave the warning while addressing, Principal Officers, State Officers, Divisional Commanders, Corps Officers, Deputy Corps Officers, and other members in charge of the various units … Read more
Lagos State Government, through the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), is set to clamp down on all illegal health facilities in the State to safeguard the health of the citizenry. Executive Secretary, Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu who made the disclosure at the end of a three-day capacity … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday has disclosed that it had arrested a 19-year-old member of the Aiye Confraternity in Bariga area of the state. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, said that operatives of the Bariga Police Division arrested the suspected cult member on June 26, at Odo-Eran Street, Bariga. Elkana, in a … Read more
Three people are in the custody of The Lagos State Police Command following their arrest last month overproduction of fake and adulterated drinks. According to a statement released by PPRO, Bala Elkana, the arrest of the suspects followed a tip-off about the illegal production of alcoholic beverages on Lagos Island. Giving the address as No. … Read more
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has reportedly cut off power supply to seven streets at Gowon Estate in the Alimosho area of Lagos over claims that one of its officials was assaulted by a resident of the Estate. According to The PUNCH, that the IE officials had vowed not to reconnect the 5th Avenue, … Read more
The driver of a sachet water distribution van, one Ademola Awe, has thrown families into mourning after reportedly crushing three siblings and a motorcyclist to death on Ekundayo Street in the Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State. The victims were identified as Esther Orimisan, 24; Kofoworola Orimisan, 17; two-year-old Emmanuel Orimisan; and the motorcyclist, … Read more
Property worth millions of naira was yesterday razed to the ground at No. 5. Olugbosho Street, Agege area of Lagos State. There was pandemonium as smoke suddenly covered the air from the compound made up of a residential building and a church, Saints Assembly Church. The fire with billowing smoke was coming from some of … Read more
A school in Lagos is doing the unusual to make education accessible to the indigent and the have nots of the society. The school is bringing out value from what many perceived as waste and has turned such waste to a medium of exchange to get access to education Cited in the heart of Ajegunle … Read more