Following the collapse of a seven-story building under construction on First Avenue, in the Banana Island area of Lagos State, the state government has ordered that all development projects in the highbrow area be placed on hold. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement on Thursday, said the process was […]
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Rubble of the collapsed seven-story building in Banana Island Lagos State, yesterday. Photo: Eniola Daniel • Collapse, an indictment on professionalism – NIOB past president • Lagos extends audit to estates, orders probe It was another buck passing, yesterday, by Lagos authorities, as rescuers continue the search for the missing person(s) in the collapsed seven-story […]
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Transport union members (agberos) at Oshodi, Lagos…yesterday Photo: Eniola Daniel With the exception of high fuel costs, the cost of public transport in Lagos mega city and life generally can be more tolerable without the self-styled transport unions and their excesses perennially harboured by the state government, Gbenga Salau reports. Public transport fares in the […]
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Ile-Epo Market axis of the road Lagos State Government appears to have forgotten some sections of the mainland part of the state in the area of infrastructure. While Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was busy campaigning for his reelection since last year, motorists and other road users on the Agege-Abeokuta expressway – from Ile-Epo Market, Oke-Odo, to […]
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• It’s Busy As Usual For Traders Under The Bridges As Govts Fail To Enforce Eviction Order • Closed Bridge To Be Re-opened By End Of May— Federal Works Controller One year after the fire incident at Apongbon market under the Eko bridge led to the partial closure of the bridge to vehicular movement, the […]
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Governor Sanwo-Olu, casting his vote during the last governorship election The 2023 general elections have come and gone but the disunity and tension it fermented remain with the eggheads of certain ethnic groups, especially the Yoruba and Igbo in Lagos. The tension is allegedly caused by the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by […]
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, and deputy Obafemi Hamzat receive certificate of return from INEC on Thursday… Photo: Twitter/Jidesanwoolu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other lawmakers-elect on Thursday received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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Lagos State Government has announced compensation for victims of the collision between a train and a bus conveying staff of the state. In a statement on Tuesday, the state promised to provide employment to one employable child of each of the dead victims of the accident and a concessionary scholarship to one of their biological […]
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, has reconsidered his decision to appeal the High Court judgment in favour of Clement Adedotun, the Uber driver who was assaulted during the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in October 2021. In an Instagram post he shared on his handle on Saturday evening, he stated that he […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu casting his vote, his wife, Dr Ibijoke (left) at his Polling Unit, Eiyeokole Ward E3, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island…yesterday INEC awaits Eti Osa results Elections marred by ballot box snatching, thuggery Agbaje alleges threat to live Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cleared 18 of the state’s 20 Local Government […]
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