By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Monday as a work-free day for public servants in the state to commemorate the 2023 Isese Day. The Isese Day in Lagos is set aside to celebrate the indigenous Yoruba culture and traditions as...
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The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State on Thursday sympathised with the family and colleagues of late Dr Vwaere Dia who died in a faulty Lagos hospital elevator. Diaso, a female medical house officer died on Tuesday due to injuries sustained after she was trapped for more than...
Hundreds of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Lagos, on Tuesday, defied heavy rainfall to participate in marching at the closing of their orientation programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corps members are in the 2023 Batch B stream. They completed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu , has congratulated the Lagos State University (LASU) best graduating student, Aminat Yusuf. In a post on Friday on his Facebook page, Governor Sanwo-Olu commended Ms. Yusuf, a law student, for achieving a remarkable feat, being the first undergraduate in...
The Lagos State Government says it is committed to guaranteeing better future for children in the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made the pledge at a special Jumat to mark his inauguration for a second term, at the Lagos Central Mosque, Lagos Island, on Friday. The News Agency...
Mr Cisse Abdullahi, father of quadruplet- (two boys and two girls) on Thursday appealed for financial assistance from Lagos State Government for the children’s upkeep. Abdullahi, 38, a native of Ilorin, who lives at Kumapayi, Baale Bus Stop, Oko-Afo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he needed...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday expressed satisfaction at progress of work on all three sections of the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway reconstruction and rehabilitation project. Fashola, during inspection of the highway, said tremendous progress had been recorded beyond where the project was in 2015....
Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit. Rhodes-Vivour lost to incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the results from his polling unit were counted. According to the Punch report, Labour Party got 18 votes while Governor Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 29 votes...
April last year, I wrote an article, titled, “Didn’t Tinubu Just Goof On MC Oluomo?” The piece did a post-mortem on the crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Long story short, Musiliu Akinsanya, alias “MC Oluomo,” was issued a query by...
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday sympathised with victims and families affected in the rail track accident in Lagos early in the day. This is contained in a statement by NRC’s Deputy Director, Public Relations, Mr Yakub Mahmood, in Lagos on Thursday. He also reiterated the need for...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) where the two tax authorities would collaborate on joint tax audit, investigation and automatic exchange of information. The MoU signing ceremony which took place...
The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor has vowed to end what he described as the 24-year monopoly of a former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu. “We will come in and do things differently. The problem...
Lagos State government declared on Friday that the planned Fourth Mainland Bridge would be completed within four years. It would cost 2.5 billion dollars. Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye made the declaration in Ikeja at a media briefing to announce the preferred contractor...
A three-day retreat organised by the Lagos State House of Assembly for lawmakers and legislative workers on the N1.692 trillion 2023 budget presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu ended on Sunday. Gov. Sanwo-Olu presented the budget entitled “Budget of Continuous Development’’ to the House on Oct. 27. The House committed...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Lagos – A former Nigeria men’s senior national basketball team captain, Olumide Oyedeji has concluded plans to stage a basketball championship, Generation Next Basketball Showcase as part of efforts to discover talents in the country. The Generation Next Basketball Showcase championship will commence Saturday, 17 September...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the President assured Nigerians that the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, has resigned from his position. The state Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. He said: “the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday urged Nigerian youths to take charge of the future, describing them as the future of the world. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the Year 2022 Children and Youth Harvest Thanksgiving of the Our Saviour’s Church, Diocese of Lagos (Anglican Communion),, at Tafawa...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the test run of the Blue Rail Line train service project will commence December 2022. Sanwo-Olu said this in Marina at the launch of the last track beam (T-beam) for the blue line rail mass transit project. He said that with the...