A retired civil servant, Mr Jacob Akpaso, moved to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with his family after his retirement in 1977 in search of greener pasture. The Akwa Ibom native told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he moved from Lagos to Abuja and started farming to make a living. Akpaso said the need for shelter made him Read More
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has assured residents that the ongoing construction of 18.7-kilometre six-lane rigid pavement carriageway from Eleko Junction in Ibeju Lekki to Epe T-junction would be completed and commissioned in the first quarter of 2022. Sanwo-Olu, who was excited by the pace of work on the road when he visited the site, persuaded the contractor handling Read More
Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, who allegedly assaulted a minor is at the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Baba Ijesha is in company of his colleague Yomi Fabiyi and other supporters as well as family members for the sexual assault case against him. Baba Ijesha has been under fire since April 22, 2021 when the Lagos Police Read More
Usman Alkali Baba, the inspector-general of Police, IGP, narrowly escaped death as a canopy nearly collapsed on him during an official function on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The incident took place at the Lagos State Police Headquarter Ikeja when the newly confirmed IGP, who was on his first official visit to the state, was about to address senior police officers. Read More
For the umpteenth time, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA have said they are determined to put an end to the intractable traffic gridlock on the access roads leading to the country’s two busiest ports in Apapa. Stakeholders in the maritime industry have in time blamed officials of NPA, the Lagos State agency deployed to collaborate with others Read More
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has expressed his administration’s readiness to expand the tech space in the state to accommodate more startups by building the biggest technology cluster in West Africa in the Yaba area of the state. Sanwo-Olu who spoke of the development when he toured two major innovation and technology hubs within the state recently said the Read More
Barely 24 hours after 200 school children were abducted by bandits in Niger, gunmen again attacked another community killing 15 villagers in Beri town in Bobi district of Mariga local government of the state Monday morning. It was learnt that one mobile policeman was also killed by the bandits during the attack. It was however gathered that the local vigilantes were able to kill 5 of the bandits in a Read More
The Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for local government elections which held weekend was marred by violence across the state with most of the elections inconclusive. The ruling party Saturday scheduled open secret ballot primaries in the 245 wards across the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to select its chairmanship and councillorship flag-bearers ahead Read More
Fire on Sunday morning gutted popular Ladipo market in Lagos state. Already, officials of the state fire service battling to the fire at Alapeju part of the market. The spokesman of the state fire service, Amodu Shuabu, who confirmed the incident , said efforts were in place to put out the raging inferno. In August, similar fire incident destroyed goods within same Read More
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has signed an agreement with Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) to deliver 300 mega watts of power to Ibeju-Lekki and other franchise area in Lagos state. The agreement, which was sealed in the presence of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will see NDPHC supply electricity directly to Eko DisCo from existing Read More
Lagos state Football Association’s quest to develop female football in the state has given birth to a new championship, the Ekofootball Queens Championships with 24 teams set to battle for the giant trophy presented by one of the board members, Prince Ifalade Oyekan. Speaking at the LSFA office on Thursday, the Chairman of the association, who doubles as the 1st Read More
Save the Children International has donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) commodities and Medical Oxygen devices worth N38 million to all the 28 primary health care centers and 2 General Hospitals in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. The donation is part of the efforts to continue supporting the Government of Lagos State in fighting Read More
Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu were among top dignitaries that gathered at the weekend in Lagos to honour nine departed media icons at the event jointly organised by the Nigeria Press Organisation (NPO), consisting of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN); Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE); Nigeria Union of Read More
I was scared to turn on my radio this morning for fear of listening to another terrible news. The state of insecurity in my beloved country Nigeria has drastically worsened. The one peaceful country is now being gradually torn apart from its insides by the demon called insecurity. Every Nigerian citizen has now been forced to live in constant fear. Read More
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has begun the execution of its capital projects for the 2021 business year for improved service delivery to its customers. The General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, Mr Godwin Idemudia, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos State on Monday. Recall that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recently approved the sum of N93.76 Read More
The Speaker Lagos state House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently act on the requests recently made by the Southern Governors Forum as a way to curb rising insecurity in the country. The former chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, said: “President Buhari should not only give a thought to the Read More
Former Lagos state governor and a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and his government so as to have “requisite strength and wisdom to protect the nation, defeat the challenges” confronting the country. Tinubu also urged prayers for the military and other security agents Read More
As part of its preparation for the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created 4861 new polling units in Lagos state, with Alimosho local government having the highest number of new polling units of 1545 and followed by Kosofe local government with 899 new polling units. This was disclosed by the Residents Electoral Commission (REC) in Read More
In a democracy, freedom of expression remains a cardinal pillar, especially when done with the best of intentions, to enhance public good and overriding national interest. In the exercise of this inalienable right, those who pontificate on issues of significance should be seen to be truly patriotic on the ideas they sell to fellow citizens. This is not the case Read More
About 14 passengers (11 adults and three children) were on Thursday night burnt to death in an accident around the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, Friday. Confirming the incident, Akinbiyi said the accident involved a silver Toyota RAV 4, with registration number, LND 13 GS, a Read More
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday May 4, 2021 suspended three local government council chairmen over alleged disregard for the guidelines governing their activities. The House said it could no longer continue to watch while the council chairmen stubbornly flout the state’s local government guidelines. The affected chairmen included Hon. Ogidan Mukandasi Olaitan of Lekki Local Council Development Read More
The Lagos state government has handed over Mary Daniel, the amputee sachet water hawker, to the leader of the Igala (Kogi state) community in Lagos state. The special adviser, Office of Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, while handing over Mary to her kinsmen stated that the state government will continue to protect all residents in the state, especially the vulnerable. Read More
Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwoolu has explained why his administration awarded three key roads on Lagos Island local government area to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, saying the company knows the terrain, do quality jobs and deliver on schedule. A press statement by Berger’s Head of Media, Prince Moses Duku, Thursday, said Governor Sanwo-Olu, Oba of Lagos HRM Rilwan Akiolu and Read More
Lagos state has officially transited from analogue to digital Television. This is even as Federal Government announced that with the launch in Lagos, analogue broadcasting would be switched off in the state in the next six months. Speaking at the official launch of Digital switch over, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the switch-on of Lagos is Read More
Here is something very important that should make you perk up your ears. Last week, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos state, signed a new state law titled Lagos State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission Law. Under the new law, which must have come as no small surprise to most of us, the state would take over the prosecution of all Read More
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