Tag: Lagos
Senate to reconsider 1% special grant for Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Senate is to reconsider the one percent special grant for Lagos from the Federation Account, being the…
500 emergency volunteers to tackle disasters in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 500 Emergency Management Volunteers, EMVs, are to complement the efforts of the Lagos State Government in…
Lagos , FG move to relocate Ikoyi Prisons over pollution
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos and Federal Governments are in talks over the relocation of the Ikoyi Prisons built in 1955…
Lagos dedicates Saturday’s sanitation to eliminate rodents
The Lagos State Government says it is dedicating this Saturday’s Monthly Environmental Sanitation Exercise to eliminate rodents and other vectors.…
Ambode to set up economic team over Lagos’ new economic status
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday expressed delight at the emergence of Lagos as the fifth…
Lagos arrests 8 prostitutes in Gen. Azazi’s house
The Lagos State Government has arrested eight suspected prostitutes and three men in the house of late National Security Adviser,…
Lagos sets to arraign kidnappers of Iba monarch
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government will on Monday arraign the key suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap of…
Lagos justifies demolition of illegal structures, shanties on river bank
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday clarified its decision to demolish illegal structures and shanties erected along the…
Lagos sets to stage Ewuro drama to tackle violence against women
Kazeem Ugbodaga With increasing wave of violence against women in the state, the Lagos State Government is set to stage…
RRS arrests 6 cable thieves in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, busted a…
Lagos moves to streamline revenue collection to tackle multiple taxation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has moved to streamline revenue collection in the state in a bid to nip…
Visa racketeering fraudster arrested in Lagos
A 28 year old man, Emu – Larry Chidebere, has been apprehended by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS)…
Lagos moves to upgrade schools in slum areas
The Lagos State Government at the weekend said it would commence total upgrade of schools in the State, especially in…
Lagos procures equipment to tackle menace of water hyacinth
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has procured two modern equipment to tackle the menace of water hyacinth from the…
Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigerian Police have arrested five kidnappers who have carried out kidnapping activities at Isheri area…
Igbonla kidnap: We’ll rid Lagos off criminal elements-LASG
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed the release of the four pupils and teachers of the Lagos…
Lagos expends N166.8 billion on capital project in 9 months
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday disclosed that the state government has spent N166.8 billion on capital…
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Akiolu attacks Obasanjo: You’re the reason Lagos not granted Special Status
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu has accused former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo of being the reason behind Lagos not being…
Lagos demolishes illegal structures in Obalende
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has demolished several illegal structures in Obalende area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. This…
Lagos ready to make Badagry next tourism destination
The Lagos State Government has assured residents of Badagry of its readiness to promote tourism and empowerment in the area…
Ambode berates Senate for rejecting bill to grant Lagos special status
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has berated the Senate for turning down a bill meant to grant Lagos…
Lagos begins demolition of structures impeding flyover bridge
The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development on Tuesday began the demolition of properties impeding the Right…
Lagos screens intending Jerusalem pilgrims to ascertain medical fitness
Lagos State Government has begun the administrative and Medical screening exercise for intending pilgrims to Jerusalem and Rome to ascertain…
Man killed after winning lottery in Lagos
35-year-old Ejike Onyejekwe has been killed in the Festac Town area of Lagos State. The victim, who lived on 21…
Lagos to hold maiden edition of food security summit
The Lagos State Government has concluded plans to organize a world class summit, tagged: ‘The Lagos Food Security Summit and…
Lagos demolishes illegal structures in Magodo
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday demolished illegal structures erected by traders selling building materials along the Centre…
Lagos signs MOU with AWIEF on $300M to empower women entrepreneurs
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum…
Lagos begins demolition of illegal structures in VI, Ikoyi
The much anticipated Clean Up of Ikoyi and Victoria Island areas of Lagos, South commenced simultaneously on Saturday with officials…
Heavy rainfall: Lagos charges residents to vacate flood-prone areas
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged residents living in flood-prone areas in the state to urgently relocate as…
Lagos begins installation of 13,000 CCTV cameras October
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday said plans are afoot to link inner roads in the…