Tag: Lagos State
Sanwo-Olu: COVID vaccination card compulsory to attend social event in Lagos
For people not yet vaccinated, a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) within 72 hours will be an exemption.
Death toll rises in Lagos high-rise collapse
Two years later, at least 60 people were killed when a roof fell in on a church in Uyo, the…
Collapsed 21-storey building: Lagos deploys emergency responders
The building, located at 20, Gerrard Road, collapsed around 3 p.m. on Monday.
Why 4th Mainland Bridge Hasn’t Taken Off – Hamzat
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, recently said the reasons the Fourth Mainland Bridge had not taken off is that…
Surety Sherifat Oyinkansola jailed for impersonation
Sherifat, a level seven officer, was convicted for forgery and impersonation as she claimed to be a level 14 civil…
VAT Battle: Lagos wins Round one against FIRS
In a unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Haruna Tsammani on Thursday, the court held that Lagos State had established beyond…
Bed occupancy in Lagos COVID-19 centres drops sharply
Lagos COVID-19 bed occupancy rate dropped from the 53 per cent reported on Sept. 5, to its current 36 per…
VAT battle: Appeal court reserves ruling on Lagos joinder suit
The Federal High Court in Rivers on 9 Aug. declared that it was Rivers government and not the FIRS that…
VAT battle: Appeal court stops Rivers, Lagos
The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Aug. 9 declared that it was the Rivers Government, and not FIRS that…
Why VAT law will be beneficial to Lagos – Obasa
Obasa noted that states have always felt financially strangulated and unfairly treated by the Federal Government in her administration and…
506 people die of COVID-19 in Lagos
Eleven persons died from COVID-19 related complications on Friday, increasing the state’s fatality figure from the virus to 506.
Lagos restates commitment to youth-friendly programmes
Lagos State Government will continue to come up with programmes that will benefit the youth in agriculture and other relevant…
Lagos engages stakeholders on 2022 appropriation bill
Lagos State Government on Wednesday commenced a consultative forum, engaging stakeholders on the creation of the incoming budget, Y2022 appropriation…
Lagos records highest COVID-19 cases in weeks
Lagos has again accounted for the bulk of daily COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, logging 119 out of the 154 for…
Lagos logs 153 COVID-19 cases in two days
Lagos continues to serve as the epicentre of a new wave of COVID-19 as it logged 153 cases in two…
Anger is never a strategy – Deputy Gov. Hamzat tells youths
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has advised Nigerian youths not to see anger as a strategy because…
No evidence of kidnapping in Lagos – Police
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has denied reports that some persons were kidnapped in the state.
Lagos wins Presidential Award as overall best public school
Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment towards providing a conducive environment for teaching and learning.
Okada riders spike crimes in Lagos: CP Odumosu
Hakeem Odumosu, the police commissioner in Lagos State said armed hoodlums who operate on Okada, are responsible for the bulk…
How Lagos supported 1,450 widows in 2020 – Commissioner
Lagos State Government has disclosed how it supported a total of 1,450 widows with the sum of N29 million in…
NGO partners Lagos to open mobile literacy for street children
School In The Street, a non-profit tuition-free educational centre, in partnership with Lagos State Agency for Mass Education has opened…
10 bids being assessed for Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge
Lagos State Government is completing modalities for the award of contract for the Fourth Mainland Bridge, with ongoing assessment of…
TV digital switch-over in Lagos soon: Lai Mohammed
The TV Digital Switch-Over (DSO) will be launched in Lagos, on April 29, marking the transition from analogue to digital…
Lagos 7th fastest growing city in the world
Lagos state is the seventh fastest growing city in the world, with highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Internally Generated…
Only 4 COVID-19 cases remain in Lagos isolation centre
By Abankula Lagos state commissioner for health, Professor Akin Abayomi said only four cases of COVID-19 remain in its isolation…
Community leader pleads with Sanwo-Olu to save them from land grabbers
High Chief Rasaq Akinde, the Community leader of Aboru, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, has pleaded with the state governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu…
LIRS issues ultimatum to residents
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has enjoined all taxable people in Lagos State to file their individual annual…
Lagos traditional rulers urged to protect public infrastructures in their domains
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Oyerinde Olugbenga has called on traditional rulers…
COVID-19 vaccine lands in Lagos
Many doses of Oxford AstraZeneka COVID-19 vaccine have been received in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu said today.
Lagos collaborates with NPA to impound trucks causing gridlocks in Apapa
Lagos State Government and the leadership of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) have recorded major progress in an effort to…