Tag: Lagos State government
Falana Decries Sack Of Striking Doctors
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has decried the sacking of 788 doctors by the Lagos State government for going on…
Court stops Lagos from restricting okada riders
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja has stopped the Lagos State Government from enforcing its plan to ban or…
TERRORISM: Ashafa Proffers Solution
It was an emotional day on the floor of the Senate as the lawmakers promoted a motion on the terrorist…
Lagos Denies Banning Okada operators
The Lagos State Government has not banned the operations of commercial motorcyclists, known as okada riders, on Lagos roads, the…
RATS ATTACK IN ALAUSA: An Open Memo to Ogunlewe
By Mustapha Ganiyu The recent circular from the Office of the Head of the Lagos State Public Service which, amongst…
Lagos Assembly Passes 2012 Budget
Ahead of its January deadline, the Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the 2012 Appropriation bill just within a…
Lagos State Demolishes 22 Defective Structures
In its bid to stem the incidence of collapsed buildings, the Lagos State Government has demolished 22 defective buildings in…
Govt Charged On Domestic Violence
Stakeholders have called on the Lagos State government to put in place a policy that will address domestic violence in…
Lagos Rolls Out New Plate Numbers For Vehicles
The Lagos State Government has rolled out new national vehicle number plates to motorists across the state. This followed the…
Lagos New Rent Law Tears Tenants, Landlords Apart
Following the enactment of a new rent law by the Lagos State government prohibiting landlords from collecting more than a…
Lagos Nets N13b From Land Sale
The Lagos State Government says it has netted N13.23 billion from the sale of land in the last one year.…
Lagos Govt Faults Striking Doctors
Lagos State Government has decried the latest strike by a faction of the medical doctors working in the public health…
LASG, NTDC At War
The Lagos State Government has opposed the alleged imposition of multiple processes and regulatory requirements on tourism and hospitality establishments…
Sosan: Civil Servants, Teachers Jubilate
There was jubilation at the Lagos State Government secretariat yesterday immediately the news broke that Deputy Governor Princess Sarah Sosan,…
Lagos Out With New Water Supply Policy
The Lagos State government is currently fashioning out a new policy aimed at efficient water supply and control of sanitary…
Youth Farmers Get N500m Loan
The Lagos State government has given 100 youths who participated in the state’s Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme, Agric-YES, N500 million…
A Church On Trial
It was disheartening to learn that Christ Embassy Church in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, imposed N1,000 gate fee on…
Woman Gives Birth To 6 Kids In 18 Months
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Donations flowed freely from passersby into the coffers of a destitute with six children begging for alms…
Lagos Raises Alarm Over Fake Number Plates
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised alarm over the large number of fake number plates in circulation in…
Lagos Suspends Toll On New Road
The Lagos State Government has suspended the collection of toll on the the Lekki Epe Expressway originally billed to start …
Lagos Empowers Youths To Boost Food Security
The Lagos State government has taken steps to empower youths through agriculture, with the sole aim of boosting food production…
WAPA Vows To Tackle Poverty Among Women
As the world marked the International Poverty Alleviation Day, the Lagos State Government has vowed to tackle the rising wave…
ITTF Course Begins In Lagos
Following the scarcity of table tennis coaches in Nigeria, former Nigerian and African number one female player, Bose Kaffo, is…
INCREDIBLE: The Dead Still Collect Salary In Alausa
It has been uncovered that names of dead civil servants and retirees under the employ of the Lagos State Government,…
Patients Besiege Lagos Hospitals, As Doctors Resume
Thousands of patients besieged Lagos State hospitals today to get medical attention as doctors resume duty following the suspension of…
NANS Appeals To Fashola Over Closure Of Schools
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged the Lagos State Government to act fast and end the strike…
Lawmaker Faults Reps Over Resolution On Ekiti LGs
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdul Wahab Olawale Alawiye-King, has criticised the call by members…
Flood Victims’ Find New Home
About 1,000 victims of the recent Ajegunle flood disaster have been relocated to the Relief Camp in Agbowa by the…
Why the doctors’ strike lingers -Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government at the weekend attributed the lingering strike by doctors to the refusal by the Medical Guild…
Lagos Govt Hasn’t Made Any Offer To Us – Medical Guild
In this interview by Simon Ateba and Busayo Amoran, the Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Medical Guild, Dr. Taofik…