Lagos targets 3,004 housing units by December

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared his commitment towards making befitting accommodation available to Lagosians. This, he said, would be done through pragmatic models that will incorporate private sector partnerships, encourage local content and cut costs while also creating…

Lagosians are high on pollution and happy with it- Lucia Edafioka

We are all high on the pollution in Lagos, Leye Adenle, author of Easy Motion Tourists once said this during his book chat with Toni Kan at the Ake Arts and Book Festival in Abeokuta. This was his answer to…

My Pipu! Prevention is better than cure and HIV is still real, o – Lucia Edafioka

There is something we see in almost every part of Lagos; men sitting opposite each other, one cutting the other one’s hair, or shaving off beards, with crude instruments. The other day I was waiting for a cab somewhere in…

Why do Lagosians always over-do things? – Lucia Edafioka

On one Wednesday, November 1, which is All Saints day, yours truly decided to attend Mass. There’s a Catholic church close to the office, so off I went. Outside the office, across the road I saw a fully grown man…

Eko don dey baje o – Lucia Edafioka

A friend who used to live in Lagos was pulled by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to Abuja for her national service. I remember how much she cried when she was leaving. We had to console her that it was…

My body warned me against stealing phones but I didn’t listen

See, I know I am a bad guy. Yes, I am not saying I am good but some people, their own is to give you bad luck. If you are going your jeje way, their bad luck will just come…

Lagosians, life is not that serious – Lucia Edafioka

Once upon a time, I was a hip-hop head. I have a record that makes me cringe anytime I hear it to show for that period of my life. In that time, two of the choc boys- Jesse Jagz and…

Lessons Londoners should learn from Lagosians (BBC)

Nigerian comedian Gordons D’Berlusconi took time at the end of his UK tour to share some Lagosian wisdom with BBC Africa.

Lagosians set to welcome Atiku towards 2019 election (Vanguard)

Bishop Victor Enweruezo, the Lagos State Coordinator for Atikulated Agenda 2019, a pressure group for Atiku Abubakar presidential ambition, has said preparations are in top gear to welcome the presidential aspirant to Lagos. Enweruezo told newsmen in Lagos that Atiku…

* Halogen rewards honest guards with money, scholarship (Punch) * LAGOS: How best to sustain popular representation (SUN)

THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE AUGUST 24, 2018   Halogen rewards honest guards with money, scholarship (Punch) The two security guards who found and returned a bag at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos have been rewarded by their company, Halogen…

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