Identity of lagoon suicide victim yet unknown (Guardian) The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that a yet-to-be-identified man jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, yesterday. Public Affairs Officer LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed…
*Uber passenger jumps into Lagos Lagoon (Punch) *Man beats deaconess wife to death in Lagos over sex (Punch)
Uber passenger jumps into Lagos Lagoon (Punch) A yet-to-be-identified man on Saturday jumped into the Lagoon around the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. It was learnt that the man had boarded a car-hailing service, Uber, from Gbagada to a…
Sanwo-Olu asked to enforce environmental laws (Punch)
The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to fully enforce relevant environmental laws against indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the state. The House made the resolution following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Sanai…
*Alleged misappropriation of funds: Ambode to face Assembly panel on Wednesday (Nation) *Lagos Assembly lists Ambode’s ‘deadly sins’ (Punch)
Alleged misappropriation of funds: Ambode to face Assembly panel on Wednesday (Nation) The Lagos State House of Assembly has issued a fresh summons on the immediate past governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to appear before it on Wednesday.…
*Bus purchase: Assembly threatens to order Ambode’s arrest (Punch)* Sanwo-Olu revives N50.3 bn Lagos Adiyan Waterworks Project (NewTelegraph)
Bus purchase: Assembly threatens to order Ambode’s arrest (Punch) The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has asked the Clerk of the House, Mr Azeez Sanni, to invite former governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the 820 vehicles…
Violence: Lagos Assembly threatens to proscribe NURTW (Punch)
The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned the members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state to desist from all forms of violence. LAHA said that the union risked being proscribed from operating in the…
Lagos Assembly screens commissioner-nominees Igbokwe, Arobieke, five others
The Lagos State House of Assembly ad hoc committee screening Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commissioner-nominees and advisers resumed the exercise yesterday with the final batch of 13 nominees it received over the weekend. On Thursday, the 16-man committee chaired by the…
Lagos Assembly to ratify cabinet nominees (Leadership)
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Adhoc Committee on screening of cabinet nominees recently submitted the Assembly by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Rotimi Abiru, has said that after completion of screening of 25 nominees, the onus lies on the general…
Lagos Assembly members-elect to receive Certificates of Return Friday –INEC (Punch)
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State says it will present Certificates of Return on Friday to the 40 members-elect of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The INEC Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a…
Pro-Ambode Protesters Ask Lagos Lawmakers to Account for N28bn (ThisDay)
Hundreds of protesters Wednesday gathered at the Lagos State House of Assembly, asking the lawmakers to account for N28 billion constituency allowances they collected between 2015 and 2018 or face mass action. But despite the protest, the lawmakers have insisted…