Tag: Lagos State
Ambode mourns Tunji Braithwaite, says Lagos lost a great son
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed shock and sadness over the demise of foremost nationalist and prominent lawyer,…
Lagos At 50: Lagos indigenes reject Soyinka’s appointment as committee chairman
There is an uproar among prominent Lagos indigenes over the appointment of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as the co-chairman…
Gunmen kill Lagos Police corporal
owo A police corporal attached to Mopol 23 of the Lagos Police Command has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen.…
Lagos CP collaborates with Air Force
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has reiterated his commitment to work with all other…
RRS saves boy, 17, from suicide in Lagoon
Kazeem Ugbodaga Save for the timely intervention of the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State…
Police discover pounded human flesh in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe Operatives of the Lagos State police command of the Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS have arrested three suspects in connection…
Lagos, Kebbi to produce Nigeria’s rice needs
In line with the persistent calls for a paradigm shift from over dependence on oil as the major earner of…
LASG commences road reconstruction in 40-year-old Gowon Estate
The Lagos State Government has commenced road reconstruction in Gowon Estate, a Federal Housing Estate built about 40 years ago…
One dead as building balcony collapses in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga One person has been reportedly killed as the balcony of a building collapsed at Mile 12 area of…
Lagos tests Lekki Gardens’ buildings
The Lagos State Material Testing Laboratory said it had carried out preliminary test on all buildings constructed by Lekki Gardens…
Defective Lekki Gardens buildings to be demolished – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday directed that stability test be conducted on all building constructed by the…
LG Polls: Lagos PDP rejects new LASIEC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, has kicked against the selection and eventual confirmation of the four member-commissioners…
Fire razes 78 houses, as Lagos warns against fuel storage
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 78 houses have been razed by fire in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in the last 13 days,…
Another boat capsizes in Lagos
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday confirmed that one person was injured as 15 others were rescued from…
Two Lagos lecturers caught fighting, to face prosecution
Eromosele Ebhomele Two certified teachers at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos state, Nigeria will face severe sanctions…
Tinubu-Ojo, Lagos traders protest non-inclusion by APC
The Iyaloja-General of Lagos, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday led a group of traders to the national secretariat of the All…
Lekki Gardens MD, Richard Nyong detained at Panti
Following the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki on Tuesday, the Police on…
Lagos monarchs laud Ambode for swift rescue of abducted schoolgirls
The Lagos State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs on Thursday commended the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and all the…
Fuel scarcity bites harder in Lagos
queue Scarcity of petrol persisted in Lagos on Wednesday as motorists spent close to five hours at filling stations queuing…
Lagos deputy governor drawn into tumbledown school building
Eromosele Ebhomele Worried by the dilapidated state of the Ogba Primary School 1 located in the busy Ogba area of…
Lagos rakes N24.5bn in one month, warns tax evaders
Kazeem Ugbodaga Despite economic crunch, the Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, raked N24.5 billion into the state government’s coffer in…
Revenue Court: Lagos goes after tax evaders, defaulters
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would apply the relevant laws to ensure that more Lagosians voluntarily pay…
Four dead, six rescued as building collapses in Lagos
At least four persons are feared dead while six have been rescued after a storey building collapsed in Lekki Phase…
Man hangs self after prayer vigil in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said it had begun investigation into the alleged suicide committed by one Taofik,…
Mile 12: Lagos promises quick, effective solution to dispute
bode The Lagos State Government on Friday met with all the stakeholders from Mile 12 market, Agiliti community, Maidan and…
Lagos residents call for relocation of Mile 12 market
Eromosele Ebhomele Following Thursday clash between the Hausa and Yoruba communities in the Mile 12 area of Lagos State, western…
We’ll ensure safe rescue of kidnapped school girls – Ambode
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said his government will spare no effort to ensure the safe release of…
Climate Change: Lagos offers very little protection for citizens
Only a small fraction of Lagosians have a little protection against climate change, a new study as revealed. According to…
Why there’s power blackout in Lagos – Eko DISCO
The management of EKo Electricity Distribution Plc. (EKEDP) said that the power supply instability within its network was due to…