Tag Archives: Lagos

The Lagos State government on Tuesday started a campaign aimed at introducing what it described as “a new world view” by the state’s public servants. The state also said it would do a “systematic elimination of red-tapism, complacency and status quo” in the public service for effective service delivery. Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke, made …

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As part of efforts to ensure a hitch-free Lagos City Marathon on Saturday, February 10, 2018, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced traffic diversion of traffic from the affected routes during the race. A statement issued on Wednesday by LASTMA said the event will kick-off at 6am from the National Stadium, Surulere, and terminate at Eko Atlantic …

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Lagos State government, on Thursday, said it has paid the sum of N5.563billion as mobilization to contractors to commence the construction of 181 roads spread across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The Commissioner said the sum of N5,563,697,382.00 released was 30 percent payment for the construction of the roads while the …

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Director General of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera, on Monday said the Lagos State has emerged one of the largest and most recognised economies in the world. Irukera made the submission when he led a delegation of the CPC, top officials from the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), and United Nations Industrial …

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Residents of Iju Station area of Lagos have called on the Lagos State government to ensure the agency responsible for emptying the waste containers tagged ‘Cleaner Lagos,’ is up and doing. A member of the community who talked with National Wire on the condition of anonymity noted that the refuse dump at the front of the group of schools located …

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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday inaugurated the Governing Council of the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC), urging members of the Council to work assiduously to provide free and effective alternative dispute resolution of matters. Ambode, speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Lagos, affirmed his administration’s desire to ensure growth and expansion of the CMC in recognition of the important …

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Following the crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos Island Chapter, the state government on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of all union activities on the Island indefinitely. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this in Lagos, shortly after the Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said the decision was to …

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Tayo Olanipekun Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said prayers by religious leaders protected the state when Nigeria went through economic recession as Lagos instead witnessed economic boom at the time. He stated this at the 2018 Annual Thanksgiving Service by the state government themed: ‘Ceaseless Praise.’ According to Governor Ambode, the state had never failed to thank God at …

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Lagos State Government has said property owners affected by the construction of the Pen Cinema would be compensated,urging the affected individuals and organizations to ensure that their documents are submitted promptly. In a statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Abiola Anifowoshe, the government  said the media reports suggesting that it was unnecessarily delaying …

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How Fuel Shortage, High Transport Fare Mar Christmas Across Lagos     Transport Fare Along Some Lagos Routes   Apapa to Ojuelegba =N200 against former N100 Iju-Elliot to Agege = N200 against former N50/100 Ikeja to Maryland = N200 against former N50 Ikorodu to Epe=N1,200 against former N600 Iju-Ishaga to CMS = N600 against former N350 Abule Egba to Ile …

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