Mrs Ngozi Iloamauzor and Lagos State govenor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday. Photo: Twitter/Babajide Sanwo-Olu Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Saturday visited the widow of the man killed when policemen were shooting to disperse protesters in Surulere on October 13. “There are no words I could have said to Mrs Ngozi Iloamauzor today that can make […]
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Lagos Bus Services The high capacity buses being operated by the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL) resumed operations on Friday 18 hours after they were withdrawn from their routes. The Head of Public Affairs Unit of LBSL, Mr Afolabi Olawale, confirmed the development on Friday in Lagos. He said that the management of the company […]
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First Lagos State Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ex-governor, have been rewarded for initiating reforms in education. They were among awardees at the 40th anniversary of Bishop Howells Memorial Grammar School (BHMGS) at Bariga, Lagos. Alhaji Jakande was bestowed with a sterling leadership award for his vision in the formulation of policies […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pardoned Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and husband, Abdulrasheed Bello. The Governor also granted pardon and approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres in Lagos. Akindele-Bello and her husband were on April 6 convicted by a Lagos Magistrate Court for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations. They were sentenced to […]
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Lagos State Government, in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has launched a N5 billion Post-Coronavirus Recovery Support capital for the education sector to support low-cost private schools across the state in mitigating the negative impact of the pandemic. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said the intervention fund, which […]
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At least 30 people were injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju Ishaga, Lagos State on Thursday. It was learnt that 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed. Among the buildings affected are X and Y Event Center, a church, and a plank market. An eyewitness, Ikechukwu, said, “We just heard a loud […]
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Panic gripped residents of Lagos and Ogun boundary communities on Thursday following an explosion and massive fire. The explosion, which was heard as far as Harmony Estate and Obawole, Ogba, Iju as well as Akute in Ogun State, was said to have occurred around 3:30pm around Balogun Bus Stop in Ishaga, Lagos State. It was […]
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To ensure compliance with coronavirus protocols, the Muslim Community of Lagos has embarked on a sensitisation and inspection tour of Lagos mosques to enlighten people on the needs to contain the spread of the pandemic in the country. Speaking during the tour, the Chairman, Committee on COVID-19, Dr. Naheem Adesina Ekemode, said the inspection became […]
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The illegal slaughter slab at Oke Rube area of Alimoso Local Government Area dismantled by the Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance team of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday in Lagos Lagos State Government has dismantled an illegal slaughter in the Oke Rube axis of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
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Ogun State Government has approached the Federal Government for authorisation to rehabilitate, reconstruct and commercialise the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, along with Lagos State. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Thursday. He also said the state requested for rehabilitation of the […]
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