Lagos State
13 Dec 2023
Bank robbery appears to be a bygone incident in Lagos according to the new record released by the State's Security Trust Fund. For the fourth consecutive year, Lagos recorded no incident of armed robbery assault against any financial institution in the State — the longest period over the last two decades. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu linked…
12 Dec 2023
The Inspector General Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the posting of CP Fayoade Adegoke Mustapha to Lagos State Police Command. CP Adegoke who just graduated from National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos is to take over from DCP Waheed Ayilara who had been incharge on the command in an acting capacity.…
11 Dec 2023
The Lagos State Government has handed a seven-day ultimatum to house owners at Park View, Banana Island, Shoreline Estate, Onikoyi Estate, to remove their fences encroaching on drainage channels. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, during an inspection of the area at the weekend, said many buildings in the area failed to…
11 Dec 2023
Lagos State government, through the Ministry of Environment, has restated focus on drainage and canal maintenance to permanently address the menace of flooding.
8 Dec 2023
The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 2019 election in Lagos State, Owolabi Salis, yesterday, said it is impossible for the courts, including the Supreme Court, to remove any sitting President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Nigeria after he might have been sworn into office.
7 Dec 2023
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has received the updated register of voters and the list of newly created polling Units in Lagos State from the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC). The updated list will be used in the conduct of the next local government elections. Presenting the document on behalf of INEC in Lagos,…
7 Dec 2023
Sir: The Lagos State government has stepped-up its environmental regeneration and urban renewal drive as part of efforts to bequeath a safe and smart city for residents as well as improve the socio-economic development of the state. This is quite logical and laudable.
6 Dec 2023
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday swore in two new cabinet members into the State Executive Council. This was announced in a statement issued by the governor's spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile on X. "Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed two Cabinet members. One is Mr. Abiodun Ogunleye as the Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Energy and…
6 Dec 2023
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge will be ready for commuters by third quarter of 2024. Sanwo-Olu re-emphasised this during an inspection of the bridge, to assert the level of work done on the site on Tuesday. He said the bridge, whose construction started over a year ago, had reached…
5 Dec 2023
Lagos State’s participation at the ongoing 28th session of Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, may have yielded dividends.
5 Dec 2023
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the arrival of the largest container-roll-on-roll-off (RORO) ship, ' MV Great Lagos', to Tin-Can Island Port is an expression of confidence of the international community in Nigeria and proof that the business environment is progressively getting better.
5 Dec 2023
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), is set to present a new book titled, ‘The Supreme Court of Nigeria: History, Establishment, Jurists & Speeches’.
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