Epe-Berger Bridge: A Ticking Time Bomb Crying Out For Quick Government Intervention

Epe

The Epe-Berger bridge is a vital infrastructure that aids economic activities and connects Epe residents to the rest of Lagos State. For decades, this bridge has greatly served the people of Epe and outsiders but its glory days are over due to lingering neglect by relevant authorities. EDITOR’S PICKS   ‘I Stand Ready To Dedicate My … Read more

Fuel Freedom Call: Sanwo-Olu Beseeches Oil Marketers to Unlock the Flow

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at state secretariat, Alausa, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged oil marketers to stop hoarding fuel. Recall that this medium reported on Tuesday how queues returned to filling stations in Lagos shortly after President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural address on Monday. EDITOR’S PICKS   ‘I Stand Ready To Dedicate My Entire Being To Serving … Read more

Lagos Celebrates Dejo Segbenu, Student With Best UTME Result

Dejo Osejoro Segbenu and Tutor General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Lagos Education District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Education District II, Maryland, Lagos, has celebrated Dejo Osejoro Segbenu, a science student of Lanre Awolokun High School, Gbagada, for his performance in the just concluded 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to a statement issued by the state government Tuesday evening, Segbenu, an Assistant Headboy … Read more

Inauguration: ‘Transformational Leadership Beckons’ — Oladunjoye Congratulates Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu

Lagos East APC Vice-Chairman, Barrister Olayinka Oladunjoye

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos East Vice-Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Barrister Olayinka Oladunjoye, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on their inauguration. The duo were sworn in on Monday, May 29, 2023. While Tinubu was sworn in as the 16th president of Nigeria at … Read more

PHOTOS: Long Queues At Lagos Filling Stations After Tinubu’s ‘Fuel Subsidy Is Gone’ Pronouncement

Queues at TotalEnergies, Festac, Lagos State

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement of the cancellation of petrol subsidy has been met with panic in various quarters. Tinubu made the pronouncement in his inaugural speech as Nigeria’s president on Monday in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS   ‘I Stand Ready To Dedicate My Entire Being To Serving You’ — Tinubu Promises Nigerians … Read more

PHOTOS: Dangote, Otedola, Abiru, Other Dignitaries Arrive Eagle Square Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration

Eko Hot Blog reports that all is set for the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice-president-elect on Monday, May 29, 2023. Tinubu, 71, takes office, two months after being declared winner of the keenly contested February 25 presidential election. EDITOR’S PICKS   ‘I Stand Ready To Dedicate My Entire Being To Serving You’ — Tinubu … Read more

No Place For You In Lagos, Police Read Riot Act To ‘Yoruba Nation’ Agitators After Arrests

Weapons recovered from 'Yoruba Nation' agitators

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday arrested two Yoruba Nation Agitators with charms, cutlasses, and other weapons. The command made the disclosure in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Sunday. EDITOR’S PICKS   ‘I Stand Ready To Dedicate My Entire Being To Serving You’ — Tinubu … Read more

Alhaji Tolani Abass: Still Going Strong At 83

Alhaji Tolani Abass

Alhaji Tolani Abass turns 83 today, May 28, 2023. His is a story of inspiration, perseverance, ingenuity, trustworthiness, hard work, and success. Today, many youths want to take shortcuts to short-lived success. But inspiring stories like that of Alhaji Abass remind us that hard work breeds lasting success and there is no shortcut to enjoying … Read more

Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat Declare Assets Ahead Of May 29 Inauguration

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and CCB Board Member, Professor S.F Ogundare with the governor's assets declaration form

  Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Saturday submitted their Asset Declaration Forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Sanwo-Olu’s Media Adviser, Gboyega Akosile, made the disclosure in a statement. EDITOR’S PICKS   Supreme Court Delivers Verdict On PDP’s Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima … Read more

Lagos Court Sets Aside Enforcement Of Judgement Over 315.9-Acre Land In Surulere

The crisis started in 1968 when two families were in court over a land dispute. In 2022, a judge ratified a 1975 order that conferred the ownership of the land on one of the families. The family subsequently moved to execute the court order in March, throwing homeowners into panic. Eko Hot Blog reports that … Read more

Lagos Island Residents Cheer As Sanwo-Olu Commissions Dualised Roads

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, and other government officials at the commissioning of the upgraded Adeniji Adele Road

Sanwo-Olu has been commissioning projects since Wednesday as his first term in office winds down. His project inauguration spree took him home, Lagos Island.  Besides roads, he commissioned the remodelled Iga Iduganran PHC. Eko Hot Blog reports that a crowd of Lagos Island residents trooped into the streets on Friday as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu arrived … Read more

FG Declares May 29 Work-Free Day For Tinubu, Shettima’s Inauguration

Eko Hot Blog reports that Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29, 2023, as a work-free day for all workers in the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in a statement on Friday issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Shuaib Belgore. The minister said the work-free day is to … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Commissions Lagos Dual Carriageway, Bridge As First Term Winds Down

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, unveiling the Ogudu-Alapere Link Road

The governor inaugurated several projects on Thursday.  This development comes a day after he sent representatives to commission projects across the state. He inaugurated new markets in Ketu, 12 other projects in Lagos East. Eko Hot Blog reports that the newly designed access roadway linking four local councils in Lagos State has opened to vehicular … Read more

Net-Zero Emissions: Lagos Convenes Strategic Meeting On Adoption Of Solar Renewables

Lagos monthly rental scheme set for enforcement

Net zero refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) that’s produced and the amount that’s removed from the atmosphere. Lagos has often made commitments towards reducing carbon emissions. The state has just reiterated the commitment during a workshop. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government on Thursday restated its … Read more

Lagos Anti-Violence Agency Spreads Its Tentacles To Pan Atlantic University With ‘Campus Activation On SGBV’ Advocacy

Lagos DSVA officials discuss issues surrounding domestic and sexual violence with Pan Atlantic University students

Eko Hot Blog reports that Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has extended its ‘Campus Activation on Sexual Gender-Based Donestic Violence’ advocacy to the Pan-Atlantic University Campus. The campus is situated in Lekki, Lagos State. EDITOR’S PICKS   VIDEO: Colleagues, Family Recount Good Memories Of Late Actor Murphy Afolabi At 8th Day Fidau Prayer … Read more

Sanwo-Olu Commissions Schools, Jetties, Medical Equipment, Roads, Others Across Lagos

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, representing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during commissioning of a project on Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Eko Hot Blog reports that on Wednesday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned 13 projects in eight local government areas of the state. The commissioning of the projects in Amuwo-Odofin, Badagry, Agege, Ojo, Alimoso, Ifako Ijaiye, Ikeja and Ajeromi/Ifelodun local government areas were parts of the 11-day programme lined up to celebrate Governor Sanwo-Olu and … Read more

A Woman That Cannot Be Replaced – Tributes Pour In From Molusi College Old Students For Late Mrs. Victoria Oluyemisi Odofin-Ogunmefun

A Woman That Cannot Be Replaced – Tributes Pour In From Molusi College Old Students For Late Mrs. Victoria Oluyemisi Odofin-Ogunmefun

  It was indeed a day of glowing tributes as members of Molusi College Old Students Associations(MOCOSA 69/73 were on hand to honor and remember one of their own Late Chief Mrs. Victoria Oluyemisi Odofin-Ogunmefun and the wonderful memories they all shared before her demise. In a memorial service held on Sunday the 21st of … Read more