Category: Lagos State

Lagos State House of Assembly has indefinitely suspended the Chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area, Jelili Sulaimon, effective immediately. The decision, which was reached during Monday’s plenary session, came after lawmakers voted unanimously to remove Sulaimon over allegations of misconduct and defiance of the legislative House. A statement titled “Breaking: Lagos Assembly Suspends Alimosho Council […]

Ten persons have been confirmed dead in a road accident in the Abule Osun area of Lagos State. Confirming the accident in a statement on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the incident occurred on Tuesday night at Abule Osun inward Iyana-Iba in Lagos. LASEMA, in a statement issued […]

Lagos State Government has decried the use of sub-standard materials by building contractors, saying it poses high risks to lives and investments. This is just as it has charged engineers on collective and deliberate professional contributions in averting building disasters across Lagos State. The General Manager of the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency, Olayinka […]

Passengers board at Ikorodu ferry terminal in Lagos on July 19, 2024. – Surrounded by lagoons and the Atlantic Ocean, Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos has long used its waterways and an informal network of boat operators as an alternative mode of transport to the megacity’s messy roadways. But soon more commuters in the city of […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, hosted his predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode, at the State House, Lagos, on Monday. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Gboyega Akosile, disclosed this in a post on X.com, stating that the courtesy visit saw the two leaders engage in extensive discussions centred on the progress and future […]

Organisers have suspended the #EndBadGovernance protest in Lagos for 24 hours. The decision was reached during a congress that took place on Monday in Ojota. Hassan Soweto, one of the organisers, said President Bola Tinubu’s speech did not address the demands of the demonstrators. Soweto added that organisers have been receiving threats from sponsored thugs […]

Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. It was also learned on Monday that the officer had been dismissed from the force and charged […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Lagos State Government to investigate the death of Pelumi Onifade, a 20-year-old reporter who was arrested by police during the 2020 #EndSARS protests and later found dead at a mortuary in Ikorodu. Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji ruled that the State Government must conduct a coroner’s inquest […]

Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. It wasalso learned on Monday that the officer had been dismissed from the force and charged in […]

Lagos will continue to be peaceful, Lagos Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has said that the state will continue to be peaceful, as he commended the hunger protesters for disallowing violence in the state. Emerging from a meeting of the State Executive Council presided over by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to […]