Category: Lagos State

Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the N2.2tn 2024 Appropriation Bill presented to it by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed on Friday at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, according to a statement by the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele […]

Lagos State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed on Tuesday, January 9, for repairs. The bridge, which was closed to traffic in November 2023, was reopened on December 21 to ease traffic during the Yuletide period. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement said the closure was […]

Lagos State NSCDC Commandant, Commandant of Corps (CC) Isaq Alfadarai Usman The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 2500 personnel in Lagos State, to ensure maximum security during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Mr Seun Abolurin, spokesperson of the NSCDC, said this in a statement on Friday, in Lagos. The personnel […]

One month after it was closed for maintenance, the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has officially reinstated by the Federal Government. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi on Thursday, December 21. He said: “We are pleased to announce that parts of the Third Mainland Bridge […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, said no administration was immune to mistakes, adding that his government was committed to public goods. He said this while reacting to the procurement record released by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency during the inauguration of the Lagos State Building Control Agency Building, PWD Ikeja. While welcoming […]

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has broken the silence on his administration’s procurement record released by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (PPA). Sanwo-Olu assured Lagosians of impactful governance, noting that his administration will continue to welcome criticism so as to further improve governance in the state. While appreciating critics of the document, Sanwo-Olu said the […]

Budget lines • Opposition parties kick against profligacy • Allegations scandalous, says Rhodes-Vivour • Official waste complicating state fiscal crisis Scrutiny over profligacy in statecraft and fiscal recklessness has shifted from the centre to Lagos, the supposed Centre of Excellence, and its peers at the weekend, as the state government was kicked for what its […]

EKEDC The Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday apologised to its customers in some parts of Lagos and Ogun States over a prolonged outage experienced in the affected areas. Mr Babatunde Lasaki, General Manager, Corporate Communications, in a statement in Lagos, said the problem was caused by faults in some of the […]

Lagos State government today announced an end to the 50 percent cut in fare in state owned transport system. In a memo on Saturday by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, it directed that its field officers be informed by the development. The stoppage is coming about two months after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the […]