Category: Lagos State

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 […]

Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu, has asked traders in Lagos state to deter their children from joining the planned nationwide protest. Tinubu-Ojo, who is the Iyaloja-general of Lagos, urged the women to ensure that their children stay at home, adding that the state government has made significant progress in enriching the lives of […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze N’digbo Worldwide and President of the Owerri Peoples Assembly, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu. He described the passing of the elder statesman as a colossal loss to Nigeria, particularly to the Igbo nation and the media industry. Governor Sanwo-Olu expressed his condolences […]

Lagos State has been ranked top among the 36 states of the country on Climate Governance Performance. Gombe State was ranked second with Ebonyi State taking the number 3 position. Both Borno and Ekiti States jointly ranked fourth. Oyo, Kano, and Zamfara States were ranked 34, 35, and 36 respectively, in the result announced on […]

In bid to address the state’s environmental challenges, the Lagos State government has announced the reintroduction of its monthly environmental sanitation program, effective July 13. The programme, which was discontinued in 2016, aims to promote a cleaner and healthier environment in the state. According to Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the decision […]