Lagos State Government has urged residents of the state to remain calm over the recent reported cases of the resurgence of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in neighbouring West African countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone. The government wants members of the general public to ensure and maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at…
According to the Lagos State Government, the rumour that it demolished the popular auto spare parts market at Ladipo is not true. The government, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that contrary to reports in some sections of the media that the market was under lock and key, “business activities went on at the…
If the story emanating from the sources close to the Yewa South-born politician, Honorable Abiodun Akinlade is true, it means the representative of Yewa at the Federal House of Representatives for years, is leaving politics to face hospitality business. The former federal lawmaker was defeated in the last general elections in Nigeria and could not…
A petition filed by Jimi Agbaje, challenging the election of Akinwunmi Ambode as governor of Lagos State in the April 11, 2015 gubernatorial poll has been struck out an Election Petition Tribunal headed by Rita Ofili Ajumogibia. She upheld the victory of Ambode in the election. Agbaje and Ambode contested in the election under the…
As part of efforts to cut down the cost of running governance, the Osun State Government has announced a 50 per cent slash in salaries and allowances of political office holders in the state. Osun State has been in the news lately over its inability to pay salaries of workers in the state for seven…
A vocational training programme set up by a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Saka Fafunmi representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 1, has graduated over 1000 students. The graduands went through vocational training in various skills under his sponsorship and the best graduating students were rewarded. At an event held recently at the African Church…
Body of a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Prof Albert Ilemobade, has been found in his home in Akure, the Ondo State capital. His already decomposed lifeless body was discovered on Sunday afternoon at his abandoned store at Ilaje Street, Ijapo Estate, Akure. He was kidnapped some days ago and…
Office of the Taskforce of Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, located at the old toll gate on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway was on Saturday pulled down by the Lagos State Government. Addressing newsmen in Lagos on the issue, Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences, Hakeem Adedeji, said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode…
More than 15 students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, were believed to have died on Friday afternoon in a road mishap in the state. It was gathered that the students were on their way to Lagos when a heavy duty vehicle carrying a container crushed their bus. The truck was said…
As Muslims all over the world begin the mandatory fast as required by their faith, the senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has called on them to use the month long Ramadan to pray for peace in Nigeria. In his Ramadan greeting to millions of Muslim in his district, the lawmaker said he…