Tag: Lagos
Lagos And The Menace Of ‘Danfo’ Drivers
By Samuel Omojoye For me, it was like a scene from a blockbuster movie. It was such a horrendous scene…
Lagos partners Finland on security, energy
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has struck a bilateral agreement to partner with Finland in key areas of security,…
Lagos commissions mobile courts
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State government Friday inaugurated five mobile court buses for road traffic offenders with a pledge to…
Lagos charges pilgrims to imbibe Godly virtues
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged pilgrims who returned from pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Israel to imbibe the godly…
Lagos set for Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Saturday
Taiwo Adelu All is now set as Lagos State Government set to host over 20,000 local and international marathoners in…
World stars storm Lagos for Access Bank Lagos City Marathon
At least 50 elite athletes who are part of the star-cast for this weekend’s Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will…
Bristow helicopter carrying 11 passengers crashes in Lagos
A Bristow Helicopter has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean around Lagos. The helicopter with registration No. 5NBJQ, is believed to…
Lagos in Oodua Group will boost regional development-Egberongbe
Eromosele Ebhomele The joining of Lagos in Oodua Investment Company Limited, co-owned by the various states in the South-western part…
7 Confirmed Dead, 8 Still Missing In Lagos Boat Mishap
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was tragedy at Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Saturday after a passenger boat capsized with…
Lagos miners kick against ‘stop work’ order
Sand miners in Lagos State have kicked against the stop work order issued to them by the State Ministry for…
Oodua Group —Going Forward
By Shenge Rahman Akanbi & Femi Odedeyi A major milestone in the evolutionary process of rebuilding Yoruba/SouthWest political economy was…
Suspected robbers’ armourer arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe Police operatives attached to Ajegunle police division of the Lagos command have arrested a suspected armourer of an…
Suspected Bariga cultists paraded in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police on Monday paraded eight suspected cultists who have been terrorizing the residents of Bariga and its…
Gated Streets: Lagos issues 7-Day ultimatum
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has issued 7-day ultimatum to landlords in the state to leave all gated streets…
Lagos explains fatal boat collision
The Lagos State Government at the weekend confirmed the fatal boat collision incident reported at Ibeshe in Ikorodu axis of…
Ambode: The Awaiting Glory For Lagos
By Segun Olulade By the year 2025, it is projected that about 40 million people will be living in Lagos.…
Lagos begins implementation Of 360 Degree new education policy
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to implement new educational policy initiatives to be called 360 Degree…
Pastor, 35 suspects paraded in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos State Command have paraded 36 suspects over their alleged involvement in various criminal activities…
Lagos And The Outbreak Of Lassa Fever
BILKIS BAKARE Lagos recorded its first official case of the Lassa fever disease following the recent disclosure by Dr Jide…
Private school owners in Lagos groan over multiple taxation
Eromosele Ebhomele Owners of private schools in Lagos on Thursday said they have been frustrated by multiple taxation in the…
Plane crash simulation in Lagos causes panic
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has debunked rumours of a plane crash around Oworonshoki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Lagos empowers 200 marginalised people
The Lagos State Government has flagged off a 3-week Skill Acquisition programme for 200 marginalized people in the state. The…
Lagos-bound Boko Haram kingpin arrested
A Boko Haram kingpin operating in Damboa, Chibok and Askira axis of Borno State, has been arrested. Jarasu Shira was…
Masquerader, suspected cultists face trial for attacking monarch’s palace
Cyriacus Izuekwe Six persons including a masquerader have been arrested and charged before a Magistrates’ Court in Ejigbo for allegedly…
Lassa Fever: 92 people under watch in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says 92 people who had contact with the Lassa fever patients are currently being…
Lassa Fever hits Lagos, patient quarantined in LUTH
Kazeem Ugbodaga The dreaded Lassa Fever that has killed over 40 people in the country has hit Lagos, with the…
Lagos to spend N17.5b on 114 Inner roads
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs in Lagos State will spend about N17.5 billion…
Lagos to unfold three-year tourism roadmap
Funsho Arogundade While still basking in the success of the ‘One Lagos Fiesta’ held for five days in five locations…
Lagos yet to begin free meal in primary schools
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele As Lagos public schools resumed on Monday, primary school pupils who are supposed to enjoy…