Greater Lagos
26 Oct
Lagos State government has revealed that there are about 8.67 million residents of the state living with hypertension.
26 Oct
Lagos State government has said it has partnered with three financial institutions to boost financial inclusion among women traders including providing loans to them to expand their businesses.
26 Oct
Lagos State government has said that it hopes to double the number of its air monitor by the end of the year to 60.
12 Oct
To ease the pains residents and motorists encounter navigating through road construction sites, residents have argued that it is high time Lagos State government implemented a 24-hour road construction policy
12 Oct
Female local council chairmen and wives of male council chairmen in Lagos State have been appointed Stop TB Ambassadors by the first lady of Lagos, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu.
28 Sep
The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on SDGs, Oreoluwa Finnih, has said women’s health is inherently tied to the economic potential and overall societal progress.
28 Sep
As part of its ongoing support for the Ounje Eko Initiative, MoMo Payment Service Bank (PSB), the fintech division of MTN Nigeria, has presented essential items to the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Abisola Olusanya, during a ceremony held at the Mushin Food Hub in Idi-Oro.
27 Sep
Despite the dangers of having unlatched containers on trucks, many articulated vehicles’ drivers move around the city with containers not properly fastened to their vehicles, thereby, making government’s battle against unlatched containers to appear meaningless.
14 Sep
The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that the need to make children understand the importance of safety on water and champion of commuting via water transport is why the Water Savvy Kids programme for pupils in Somolu and Bariga areas of the state.
14 Sep
Lagos State government has revealed that 7,536 emergency incidents were recorded in the state in the last six years.
17 Aug 2024
Lagos State government seems unperturbed as the illegal dumpsites that dot the city increase with regulatory agencies not taking action to halt the activities of the managers of these unapproved dumpsites.
17 Aug 2024
Following the recent signing concession agreement to launch the Lagos State Health Information Platform (Lagos SHIP), Lagos State government and Interswitch Group have organised a stakeholders’ engagement forum to onboard stakeholders in the health sector on the concept of the Lagos SHIP, marking another milestone in the journey towards providing unrestricted healthcare access for Lagos State residents.
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