Tag: Lagos State
Tributes For Late NIJ Lecturer
Samson Uwala Lecturers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos could not hold back their tears recently…
447 Houses In Danger Of Collapse In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 447 defective buildings may collapse in Lagos as the state government has marked 191 other distressed buildings…
Girl, 12, wins Lagos Spelling Bee
Boluwatife Tijani, a 12-year-old pupil of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee…
Lagos generates N27bn from land transactions in 2014
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it has generated N27.05 billion from land transaction in the last one year,…
Lagos Hotels Lost N8b To Ebola
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hotels in Lagos State lost N8 billion as a result of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus…
The Task Before Ambode
On 29 May, 2015, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode will be officially sworn in as the 14th governor of Lagos State, having…
Lagos Speakership Position Throws Up More Intrigues
Yisa Jamiu It is no news that Rt. Hon. Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the current Speaker of the Lagos State House…
Fashola, Lagos And Ethnic Propaganda
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Highlighting the ethnic and tribal composition of our great country is always a hurting venture for patriotic…
Plot To Unseat Lagos APC Chairman Thickens
Jamiu Yisa There is a grand plot to remove the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives…
PIRACY: Close Alaba Market, Nollywood Actors Tell Fashola
Funsho Arogundade Nollywood actors and filmmakers have demanded that the popular Alaba market in Lagos notoriously known as the hub of…
Building A New Nigeria: Task Before The Buhari Administration
By Mac Durugbo On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, delivered what I may call…
Ladipo Market To Be Shut Over Crisis
The Executive Secretary of Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr Babajide Bello has threatened to close…
We broke 70-year jinx in Lagos – TAN on electing non-indigenes
The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) on Sunday commended its efforts in breaking the over 70-year-old jinx of electing non-indigenes…
Protect interest of Lagos residents, APGA chairman tells Ambode
Adeshina Olayokun, the Lagos State Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has urged the state Governor-elect, Mr Akinwumi Ambode,…
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Lagos Lawmakers Who May Replace Speaker Ikuforij
Eromosele Ebhomele With barely two months to the end of the seventh session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
We won’t be in opposition for more than 4 years – PDP
The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it could not afford to be in…
Lagos Sues 686 Companies Over N11.1b Tax Evasion
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has sued 686 companies for evading tax to the tune of N11.1 billion. The…
Man Beats Wife To Death
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID have arrested a 57-year-old man for allegedly beating his 40-year-old…
10 Gov Candidates Pledge To Support Ambode
The Coalition of 10 Gubernatorial Candidates that dropped their individual aspirations to support Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress,…
Ambode Receives Certificate Of Return
Jamiu Yisa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Lagos State governor-elect, Akinwumi Abode…
Orekoya Kids: Fleeing Nanny Arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe with agency report The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye,…
Woman Dies In Hotel Room During Scuffle Over Sex
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested a 55-year old man following the…
Fire Gut Mortgage Bank Building In Lagos
Akin kuponiyi Mamman Kontagora House, a 22-storey building housing Federal Mortgage Bank along Marina Street, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, was…
Suspected Kidnapper Caught With 4 Children
Bayo Awofadeju Nemesis caught up with a 47-year-old suspected kidnapper on Monday at Abudu community, Iyana Ilogbo, Ado-Odo Ota Local…
Lagos APC Thanks Lagosians
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State has thanked all Lagosians for speaking with their votes once again and consequently…
Fashola Thanks Lagosians Over Ambode’s Victory
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday reacted to the victory of Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the next…
Lagos Deputy Speaker, 7 Others Lose Seats
Eromosele Ebhomele Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Taiwo Kolawole, has lost his chance to return…
I Won’t Discriminate Against Any Tribe —Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode has declared that he won’t discriminate against any tribe in the course of governing…
PICTURES: Fashola, Ambode celebrate APC victory
Shortly after Akinwunmi Ambode was declared governor-elect of Lagos, State House, Marina was filled with celebration. Here are some pictures…
Epe, Ambode and drums of victory
Many drinking spots in Epe, Lagos State, were on Sunday thrown open to supporters and well-wishers of APC’s Akinwunmi Ambode…