Tag Archives: Lagos

Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdul Hakeem Mobolaji Abdul Lateef, has won this year’s Lagos Man of the Year (LASMAYA) Award. He won by polling 41, 415 votes of the 53, 893 of the total valid votes cast which was organised and collated by Centre for Policy Development and Political Studies. With 76.85 per cent of the total …

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People living in Lagos are inhabiting the third worst city for humans to live in the world according to the newly released ranking of the 2018 Global Liveability Index released by The Economist Intelligence Unit and World Bank. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, is the third worst city to live in among 140 cities worldwide, PREMIUM Times reports. The revelation …

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The Lagos State Government has in the last three months released N2.04 billion to clear the arrears of pensions under the Contributory Pension Scheme. Mrs Folashade Onanuga, the Director General of the Lagos State Pension Commission made this known in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Onanuga said that the sum represented money released for the months of May, June …

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A petrol tanker this evening along Lagos-Ibadan expressway has exploded around the popular Otedola Bridge. According to eye witness report, many cars have been burnt and many lives lost Thursday evening as travelers were returning to Lagos and workers heading home in the usual evening traffic. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Lagos Fire Service have been …

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Folake Sokoya Redsidents of the Ajegunle/Boundary area of Lagos State have cried out for help as they said hoodlums have taken over the place,terrorising the neighborhood on a daily basis. A shop owner who has been robbed twice in one week at 28, Okoya Street, said the “boys” usually wait till it is dark before they invade the area in …

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Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulLateef AbdulHakeem, has described Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as a blessing from God to the people of Lagos State. He made this known in Lagos while speaking with newsmen over the weekend. According to the Commissioner, a renowned Islamic cleric, God’s unwavering love for Lagos State has manifested in the leadership of Governor Ambode, …

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As part of activities marking the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) sensitized more than 200 school girls in Makoko, Lagos on menstrual hygiene management, recently. The organisations, Prime Diamond Initiative for Community Health (PDICH) and the Center for Children’s Health Education Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) had in attendance several facilitators who mentored the girls for several hours on …

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Lagos State government said it has removed 1, 680 beggars, destitutes and mentally challenged persons from the streets of Lagos in the last one year. This is as 162 children wer also rescued during the same period. Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Agboola Dabiri, made the disclosure at a press conference in Lagos, said 1, 299 of the …

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Lagos State Government said its investment drive has brought the state well over $43billion worth of investment proposals in the three years of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. The Special Adviser, Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment (Lagos Global), Professor Ademola Abass, who made this known in Lagos on Thursday during the agency’s press briefing to mark Ambode’s third year in …

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The Federal government has approved N64.108 billion for additional work on 43 kilometres’ part of section one of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, who spoke with reporters after about six hours’ FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said it was part of the N68.6 billion approved for roads …

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