Lagos State government has announced plans to close down Adejobi Street, Agege, Adegbola Level Crossing and Works Road for three days from Monday for the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge railway project. A statement by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation…
Lagos sets up panel of enquiry for victims of SARS-related abuses
Lagos State Government has set up a panel of enquiry for victims of Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) related abuses and Lekki Toll Gate incident. In a press statement issued by the Secretary, Lagos SARS Panel, Mr. Babajide Boys, members…
Govt owes us two-month special allowances – Lagos COVID-19 frontline workers
Volunteers treating COVID-19 patients at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, say the state government still owes them for job done. A group of health workers comprising volunteer nurses, doctors and pharmacists working at the Lagos State isolation centre in Mainland…
7 feared dead, others injured as another building collapses in Lagos
No fewer than seven persons have reportedly died and many trapped in rubbles after a three-story building collapsed in the Obalende area of Lagos State yesterday. Although the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed four persons dead, sources said…
Lagos unveils regional master plan, targets rounded development
The Lagos State government has said that its recent regional master plan is aimed at unlocking the socio-economic potential of the state to reap the benefits of planning and effective land use. The state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban…
MfB, Lagos provide N5bn intervention fund to schools
EdFin Microfinance Bank has said it is partnering with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund to provide a single-digit interest rate loan worth N5bn to over 2,000 private schools and individuals looking to fund their education in Lagos State. It…
Sanwo-Olu opens N60m holding bay at LASUTH for COVID-19 cases
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, commissioned a N60 million self-contained 20-bed holding bay and high care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to isolate suspected COVID-19 patients/cases from other patients before their test results come out.…
Nigeria at 60: Towards the land of our dreams – Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Nigeria is 60 – despite all that she has been through as a nation. For some, it is a time to hit the street in colourful dresses for a carnival to exhibit what many a critic has described as our…
Lagos cancels independence day parade
The Lagos State Government has decided to step down the celebrations for the 60th Independence Anniversary due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still in the state. Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, said in a statement that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu…
Lagos refutes BudgIT report, says state is financially, economically stable
The Lagos State government, yesterday debunked a misrepresentation of its finances, saying the state is economically and financially solid, in reaction to a publication by BudgIT, titled ‘Ability of States to Meet Monthly Recurrent Expenditure and Loan Repayment Obligations, 2019’.…
