The New Massey Children Hospital on Lagos Island will be completed next year, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians. The hospital is projected to be the biggest and most equipped in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ground-breaking was done less than two…
Lagos stands by workers’ demand for pay rise — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed solidarity with Nigerian workers’ over the demand for wage increase, saying, his administration would continue to prioritize welfare and prosperity of workforce in the state. Sanwo-Olu stated this on Wednesday, while addressing workers…
18-seater bus accident on Third Mainland Bridge flings 2 passengers into Lagoon
Two passengers were flung into the lagoon when an LT 18-seater bus with registration number FKJ 872 YA, at a very high speed swerved off the road and hit the Third Mainland Bridge rails. The accident occurred by Adeniyi Adele’s…
Lagos Island Fire: Monarch tasks govt to enforce provision of extinguishers
The traditional ruler of the Otumara community in the Lagos Mainland of Lagos State, High Chief Kehinde Kalejaiye has urged the state government to ensure regular inspections and provision of fire extinguishers by business and property owners in markets to…
Third Mainland bridge closed for 24-hour repair
The Third Mainland Bridge will undergo a 24-hour traffic closure, starting from midnight on Sunday, February 18, until midnight on Monday, February 19. Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, revealed this information on Saturday. The…
CORA Library & Resource Centre set to usher in new era in Lagos Literary Landscape
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF), the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) will unveil its latest endeavour, the CORA Library & Resource Centre (L&RC), during a sneak peek event held at CORAVille…
Lagos to close Oworonshoki-Adekunle and Lagos Island ramps for repairs
The Lagos State government has announced a five-week roads closure and traffic diversions around Oworonshoki-Adekunle and Lagos Island axis, beginning from 7am on Monday, November 6, 2023. According to a statement by the state’s ministry of transportation, this is to…
Fire guts 3 buildings in Lagos market
Fire has gutted a trio of three-storey buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in a market on Dosunmu Street, Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service reports that the fire has been…
CORA-NPL Book Party hosts Nigeria Prize for Literature longlisted writers August 6
Lagos Island will welcome literary enthusiasts and aspiring writers on Sunday, August 6, 2023, when the 14th edition of the CORA-Nigeria Prize for Literature Book Party takes place at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan. This event, initiated in 2010…
Tension over whereabouts of 8 kidnapped oil workers in Lagos
There was tension Wednesday at the MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, over the whereabouts of eight of its employees who were kidnapped on Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Lagos Island backwater. Information at Vanguard’s disposal had it that the abducted…