THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 14, 2018 Celebrating ‘restless’ Lagos (Tribune) Prescient Nigerian observers who are watching what’s going on in Lagos State would rightly agree that hard work in the right direction delivers enduring fruits. Hard work doesn’t…
Should Lagos State paint BRT buses yellow post danfo?
When the ubiquitous yellow danfo buses eventually give way to the new buses Lagos State plans to introduce to improve transportation in the state, should the state government go ahead and paint the BRT buses yellow? These residents have their…
Ambode unveils 46-feet statue of MKO Abiola (SUN)
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, unveiled a 46-feet statue of Nigeria’s symbol of democracy and adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, Bashorun Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola (MKO), expressing optimism that the monument would forever…
Aregbesola, Oshinowo working against Ambode’s second term – APC factional Chairman, Oki reveals (Vanguard)
Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Fouad Oki Friday made a startling revelation that Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon.…
It all started in Lagos (Nation)
Since it crept into the calendar of national holidays, Southwest states, under the progressive umbrella, especially Lagos, have never reckoned with May 29 as the Democracy Day. The ‘real’ Democracy Day is June 12, 1993, when Nigerians shoved aside religion…
Portrait of a Megacity (ThisDay)
Oshodi, a sprawling municipal of over 1.5 million residents, shares border directly with the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. From its northern part, the international wing is just few metres away from Oshodi. Apart from Ikeja where the seat…
Tourism: Lagos’ll be key in our strategy branding, says UNWTO scribe (SUN)
Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, on Wednesday, said that Lagos would play a pivotal role in the organisation’s quest to promote new tourism destinations across the world. Pololikashvili, who made this known…
* Ambode urges civil servants to sustain change mantra (Nation) * Ambode’s policies crippling our business, bus owners tell Osinbajo (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 6, 2018 Ambode urges civil servants to sustain change mantra (Nation) Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday urged civil servants to embrace quality improvement in the public service, to sustain the change mantra of…
Ambode’s wife donates shoes, socks to Lagos school pupils (Nation)
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, on Tuesday commenced the distribution of 50,000 shoes and branded socks to primary one pupils of public schools across the state. Ambode, in her remarks at the Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School,…
