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’.…
Local govt brokers peace as residents seek evacuation of gas operators in Oshodi
Residents of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State have been, for weeks, at loggerheads with some operators of retail gas stations since the explosion of a gas shop in Ajao Estate that killed four persons on July 28. Their…
Residents, motorists bemoan lack of drainage, bad roads in Ijagemo
Residents and motorists in Ijagemo community in Ojo Council of Lagos State have lamented the deplorable state of roads in the area and its attendant hardship on the people. When The Guardian visited the area recently, from Ijegun Bus Stop…
Commuters call on Sanwo-Olu to fix Iyana-Isolo road abandoned for two years
Road users around Iyana-Isolo area of Lagos State have called on the state and local governments to repair a bad spot that has been left to deteriorate for more than two years before more lives will be lost to the…
1 dies after bus, SUV collide with train in Oshodi
One passenger was killed on Monday after a bus and a highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a moving commuter train in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, announced…