Tag: Lagos State
Traffic Gridlock: Lagos demolishes 84 gated streets
The Lagos State Government says it has demolished 84 street gates which were shut against motorists before the 12 midnight…
Lagos approves construction of N49bn first Medical Park
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has approved the construction of the first Medical Park in Nigeria at a cost…
Lagos set to increase food production by 25%
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau has reiterated the resolve of the State government to…
Man loses penis during fight in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe A young man, Abbey Ahmed, whose penis was fractured during a fight has broken down and wept bitterly…
Lagos decries residents’ non-patronage of PSP operators
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has decries the non-patronage of the Private Sector Participation, PSP, operators by several residents…
Ambode is transforming Lagos, says Prince Ewenla
Yusuf Muhammed The chief executive officer of Adedas Company Global Services Limited, Prince Adedipe Adegesin Dauda Ewenla has described the…
Jackson’s family plans music academy in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Jermaine Jackson, elder brother of the late music icon, Michael Jackson has disclosed that the family is planning…
Ambode visits Buhari, lauds his economic investment drive
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja,…
240,000 Vehicles In Lagos Not Roadworthy-LASG
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says about 240,000 vehicles plying roads in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria are not roadworthy…
Lagos returns with no movement for monthly sanitation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has again emphasised that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise has not been cancelled and…
Jazz festival puts Lagos on global tourism map, says Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed optimism that the activities lined up for the forthcoming Lagos International Jazz…
Lagos completes restructuring of N167.5bn bond series
…LASG to reap N40bn in five years Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had successfully completed the restructuring of…
Why we plan to make Yoruba Language compulsory in Lagos schools – Lawmaker
Public and private primary, secondary schools as well as tertiary institutions in Lagos, western Nigeria may soon commence compulsory teaching…
Jazz bigwigs for Ambode’s mega jazz night
Kazeem Ugbodaga Bigwigs in the Jazz industry in Nigeria are set to storm Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s mega jazz night to…
150 female raped, 31 babies abandoned In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 150 female have been raped and 31 babies abandoned on the streets of Lagos in the…
Lagos needs 187,500 new houses annually to reduce housing deficit
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says the state will need 187,500 new houses to be built annually over the…
800 structures to be destroyed for 4th Mainland Bridge
Kazeem Ugbodaga The proposed 4th Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria will claim at least 800 houses, says the Lagos…
Ambode mourns passage of Jafojo, ex-Lagos deputy gov
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed sadness over the passage of the former Deputy Governor of the State,…
Ex-Lagos deputy governor, Jafojo dies at 80
Kazeem Ugbodaga Former deputy governor of Lagos state during the Alhaji Lateef Jakande administration, Alhaji Rafiu Jafojo is dead. He…
Fire destroys more than 150 makeshift structures in Lagos
No less than 150 makeshift structures were gutted by fire that started late Friday night at Kano Street, Ebute-Meta area…
Police launch health care scheme for officers in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe In line with the vision of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arese, the police have launched a…
Land grabbing to become a criminal offence in Lagos
Eromosele Ebhomele A bill for a law to prohibit forceful entry and occupation of landed properties in Lagos state, western…
Lagos detects ghost workers, recovers millions of naira
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has recovered N25 million being paid to ghost and dead workers at the Local…
Lagos local government bill passed, awaiting assent
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to amend the Lagos state…
10 burnt to death in Lagos auto crash
Kazeem Ugbodaga Tragedy struck at Badagry area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria last night as 10 people were burnt to death…
Lagos threatens to shut properties over Land Use Charge
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Monday said it will shut down properties that defaults in the payment of…
Embrace people living with Down Syndrome, LASG urges NGOs, corporate sector
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged corporate bodies and Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs to embrace people living with Down…
Lagos vows to go tough on Okada restriction, street trading
The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it would henceforth strictly enforce the extant laws in the state especially…
Lagos taskforce arrests notorious hoodlum, 15 others in Gbagada
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested a suspected notorious hoodlum leader,…
IGR: Lagos State is ‘King’ in Nigeria
When it comes to internally generated revenue in Nigeria, no state comes anywhere near Lagos state, Nigeria’s former capital state…