Tag: Lagos
Lagos rolls out impact campaign in community media
The State Government has concluded plans to roll out a massive, multi-channel impact campaign in the print, electronic and online…
Lagos begins construction of alternative road to decongest Oworoshoki traffic
The Lagos State Government has begun the construction of alternative road from Olopomeji areas of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in order…
Lagos charges councils to embrace cashless revenue collection
The Lagos State Government has charged the Sole Administrators of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas,…
Breaking: Ghastly motor accident claims 5 lives in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga A ghastly motor accident on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has claimed five lives, the Lagos…
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10 houses shut, 12 illegal oil wells uncovered in Lagos
At least 10 houses have been shut at Ilasamaja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria as 12 illegal diesel oil wells…
Lagos, FG partner on affordable housing for federal, state civil servants
The Lagos State Government and the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation on Thursday commenced talks on…
Lagos targets increase in staff training fund by 2017
The Lagos State Government says it is planning to inject more fund for staff training and development by next year.…
Lagos vows to seize houses, hotels used for kidnapping
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it will henceforth seize houses and hotels used as hideouts for…
Lagos demolishes 350 structures under high tension
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday began the demolition of structures under high tension lines across the State, with 350…
Lagos shuts Marine bridge for repair
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Friday announced the closure of the Marine Bridge Road (Inward Ijora), Apapa area…
ETF: Lagos warns against unauthorised selling of forms
Lagos State Government has warned members of the public on the activities of some unscrupulous individuals and groups selling fake…
British passport: Britain, Lagos collaborate on document verification
The British Government is seeking collaboration with the Lagos State Government on verification of documents presented by applicants for issuance…
Ambode vows to drive militants out of Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday vowed that he is ready to shutdown some locations hibernating militants in a…
Lagos charges traditional rulers to fight cultism, hoodlums
The Lagos State Government has charged traditional rulers in the state to fight the menace of cultism and hoodlums in…
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Pictures: Togo’s president arrives Lagos
Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe arrives Lagos this morning on official visit to Dangote Refinery in Lekki, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He…
Police deploy intelligence to tackle crimes in Lagos, Ogun
The new Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Abdul-Majid Ali, on Monday promised to deploy robust intelligence in tackling…
Lagos arrests 85 sanitation offenders
The Lagos State Taskforce on Saturday arrested 85 people for violating the environmental sanitation law of the state. Taskforce’s Head…
Lagos pays N142 million to deceased staff’s families
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government at the weekend paid N142 million to families of deceased staff as insurance claim.…
Lagos, Niger Begin Talk On Agric. Partnership
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday kick-started discussions on partnership for the development of agricultural commodity value chain with Niger…
Lagos issues 2-week ultimatum to private schools to register
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has ordered all proprietors of private schools in the state irrespective of their accreditation…
Lagos evacuates 413 beggars, deports 31 others to Niger
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has evacuated 413 beggars from the streets of Lagos and deported 31 others to…
Illegal parking: Lagos justifies Taskforce’s removal of vehicles number plate
The Lagos State Government on Monday justified the new enforcement method of its Special Offences Taskforce which favoured the removal…
Lagos targets N1 trillion budget size by 2018
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Sunday announced its readiness to massively reduce dependence on federal allocation and increase…
Health experts storm Lagos to brainstorm on emerging deadly diseases
Global health experts, scientists and others will storm Lagos next week to brainstorm on emerging deadly diseases threatening the African…
Police rescue woman, 3 children in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigeria Police Force said it had rescued a woman and her three children kidnapped on 3 July,…
Teenager docked for snatching handbag under Lagos bridge
A teenage boy, Lateef Nurudeen, was on Tuesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly snatching a woman’s handbag containing N30,000 and…
Dangote Lagos refinery for completion in 2019
Kazeem Ugbodaga The ongoing construction of the multi-billion dollars Dangote Refinery at the Lekki Free Zone, LFZ, in Lagos will…
3 killed, 14 injured in ghastly accident
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three people have died and 14 others injured in a ghastly motor accident around Berger area of Lagos,…
My husband attempted to rape my sister several times -Wife
A 45-year old trader, Mrs Cecilia Ayayi, has approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end her 20-year-old marriage…
Lagos taskforce arrests 3 notorious ‘Awawa’ cult members
Kazeem Ugbodaga Operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce have arrested three notorious members of the ‘Awawa Boys’ cult group who…