Tag Archives: Lagos

The Lagos State government on Tuesday said its internally generated revenue for the first quarter of 2018 was N103.476billion. This is as against the N96.7billion recorded in the previous year, accounting for 81 per cent of the total revenue of N141billion generated in the quarter this year. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Segun Banjo, made this known in …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, said the tourism sector contributed N800 billion to the state’s economy. The Governor,therefore, stressed that his government “is consciously investing huge resources” to ensure that the state’s tourism potentials are fully harnessed. Ambode spoke at the Lagos Tourism Summit, held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, with the theme- ‘Destination Lagos: …

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Lagos State Government, on Monday, announced that the state fire service saved property worth N76.9 billion from destruction between January and December 2017. This is as property worth N12.8 billion as well as 84 lives were lost to inferno accross the state in the same period. Giving a breakdown of fire incidents in the last one year in the state, …

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Lagos State government has warned residents of the state to desist from locking down their streets with iron gates, saying government will sanction any who flout the order. Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Hon. Muslim Folami,made this known on Thursday at the 2018 ministerial press briefing to commemorate the third year of governor Akinwunmi Ambode in office. According …

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By Olatunde Abatan

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Three persons were feared dead with many injured Wednesday morning as an overhead road sign fell on a fast moving commercial vehicle. The road sign fell on the vehicle after it was hit by a malfunctioning truck at Ilasa bus stop on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on Wednesday morning. Police authority in Ilasah and Itire area said that rescue work was still …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has commended religious bodies in the state for their support of the amended Land Use Charge and their unanimous endorsement of his second term in office. His message was conveyed to the clergymen by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, who expressed the appreciation of the state government to the body of religious leaders …

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Photo Caption:  Mrs. Joyce Onafowokan, Special Adviser to Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the Lagos State Governor, on Social Development; during the plenary session on Empowering Rural Women and Girls at the ongoing sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women holding at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. Her interest at the event, which started on March 12 to end on March …

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Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Conscience Party (NCP), Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and Joint Action Committee (JAC) have expressed their disapproval of the 2018 Land Use Charge Law in Lagos state. The groups did this by storming Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday,in protest against the hike in levies charged by the …

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A law that will ensure regular supply of electricity and criminalse power theft in the state was among the seven bills Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos signed on Thursday. The bills, described as enablers of the state’s vision to attain a 24-hour economy and global competitiveness, are the Lagos State Electric Power Reform Law, Amended Land Use Charge Law, School …

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