Category: Lagos State

Former secretary to the Lagos State Government, Princess Adenrele Adeniran-Ogunsanya, has diad. She died early Tuesday, 25 January 2022 after a brief illness. Adenrele was one of the leaders of the Lagos4Lagos Movement whose members recently defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from the ruling All Progressives Congress. Adeniran-Ogunsanya was the Lagos SSG during […]

Two persons collecting dues under the disguise of being union reps at Oshodi, yesterday Photo: Ayodele Adeniran • Dues Should Be Harmonised — Transporters A sneak preview of what may play out in the days ahead presented itself during a briefing to announce the introduction of the N800 daily Consolidated Informal Transport Sector Levy (CITSL), […]

Lagos State police commissioner Abiodun Alabi The inspector general of police Alkali Usman Baba has appointed Abiodun Alabi to take over from Hakeem Odumosu as Lagos State commissioner. Odumosu was recently promoted to the rank of AIG and with the promotion, he is expected to be redeployed from the Lagos State Command as the CP. […]

Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. It said names of schools that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education that private and public schools should resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, was being compiled and “disciplinary […]

Photo/Facebook/ jidesanwooluofficial Capital expenditure bears brunt of IGR deficit Expert seeks curb in corruption, political interference on tax Wants high net worth individuals captured in tax net Lagos State’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2021 might have suffered a N180 billion shortfall at the end of the year. The full figure has not been officially […]

549 plots within Shangisha to be allocated An amicable resolution of the Magodo Phase II Estate dispute seems to have been reached between the Lagos State Government and the parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute. Under the pact, the state government will provide 549 plots within Shangisha to the affected stakeholders as directed by the […]

Rubble of the collapsed building Officials on rescue mission at the site of the collapsed building Chairman, Panel of Inquiry into the Gerrard Road building Collapse, Mr. Toyin Ayinde; Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) during the presentation of […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (middle) addressing residents of Magodo Phase II protesting against possession of their properties, on Tuesday, 04 January 2022. With him: Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN); and Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako (right) Lagos […]

Father of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr.), the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, has reacted to the release of the suspects linked to the murder of the teenager. Sylvester was allegedly beaten to death by five senior students of the school on November 30, 2020, for allegedly refusing to join their cult. But two months after, […]