Lagos Assembly approves full takeover of Lekki Concession Company

Lagos House of Assembly has approved Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s request for the state to assume full ownership of Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Ltd, a privately owned company.The House made the resolution to approve the governor’s request sequel to the presentation of the Committee on Finance report during plenary session in Lagos on Monday. The House […]

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Lagos supports 3,000 farmers with inputs, tools as Sanwo-Olu flags off value chains venture

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu test-driving a tractor at the flag-off of the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation programme at Police College, Ikeja Lagos State is adjudged the smallest state in the country by landmass, lacking the large tracts of land available to other states for cultivation of crops and agriculture. And though […]

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Family, party members eulogise late PDP scribe, Dosunmu-Shodipe

The two wives of the deceased Family and party members of Muiz Dosunmu-Shodipe, the late Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State, on Friday eulogised his outstanding virtues of bravery and love for the nation. They all poured encomiums on him at the 8th day prayers held in his honour in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos. […]

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Tinubu is alive and healthy, says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday said that the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, “is hale and hearty.” He made this known while speaking with journalists in Lagos following his visit to the APC leader in London, United Kingdom, on Tuesday. The social media have been awash with […]

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Lagos empowers 3,000 farmers with inputs

Lagos State government has empowered about 3,000 agripreneurs with agricultural productive assets and inputs under the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the kick off of distribution yesterday, described the intervention as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to the development, expansion and growth of agriculture in Lagos State. According […]

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Yiaga faults overbearing influence of governors on council elections, as Lagos, Ogun elect chairmen, councillors today

LASIEC Pledges Transparency As Police Warn Against Thuggery Court Declines Requests To Halt Lagos Poll As voters troop out today in Lagos and Ogun states to elect their local council chairmen and councillors, Yiaga Africa has lamented the over bearing influence of state governors on the grassroots election. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in […]

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Lagos Assembly CSO, others brutalise lawyer over council poll suit

Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and the lawyer, Yakubu Eleto A  lawyer, Yakubu Eleto, has accused some workers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by the Chief Security Officer, of brutalising him when he attempted to serve the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, with a suit. Eleto, who spoke to our […]

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Container crushes 2 vehicles, kills one on Otedola bridge

A 40-feet container on Sunday crushed two cars, leaving one person dead and the other injured on the Otedola Bridge, the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.Mr Nosa Okunbor, the Head of Public Affairs, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), who confirmed the incident, said that the remains of the victim were claimed by his […]

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Lagos to demolish 70 distressed buildings

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) said it has identified and marked 70 noticeably dilapidated and highly distressed buildings within the state, which would be removed to further prevent building collapse that could lead to loss of lives and property. Speaking during the demolition of a partially-collapsed structure at […]

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