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13 Mar
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, directed residents of the State to go ahead and have transactions with the old Naira notes, saying Lagosians should feel free to use the old notes for commercial purposes.
13 Mar
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has highlighted the gains of the transformational primary school education initiative, EKOEXCEL, launched in 2019
10 Mar
A Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Yoruba World Congress (YWC), yesterday, called on the Yoruba to rescue Lagos State from “invasion.”
10 Mar
Long before the ethnopolitical madness for power started in 1998, which has taken an untoward dimension in recent years, Chief Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi sang a song, ‘Lagos state is the place for all
9 Mar
As the world marks the World Kidney Day (WKD), medical experts who spoke to The Guardian, have said no fewer than 45,000 Nigerians die yearly owing to kidney failure.
8 Mar
The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos, have arrested 18 suspected members of a smuggling syndicate. Two of the suspects allegedly specilised in forging Customs clearing documents to import vehicles through Cotonou port to the country, NSC said in a statement. The Acting Controller of Customs Zone A Hussein…
2 Mar
A Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered that a 39-year-old man, Johnson Saanu, be remanded in a correction centre for alleged trafficking and breach of public peace.
1 Mar
• NRC resumes operation, insists on cash payment for services Activities are gradually taking the normal shape within the Lagos metropolis following the alleged crisis and concerns that trailed the recently concluded general elections. As of Monday, there were reports of pockets of violence at Balogun and Mandilas markets in Lagos Island between traders and…
federal inland revenue service (FIRS)
7 Feb
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) on joint tax audit, investigation and automatic exchange of information. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Johannes Wojuola, Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Executive Chairman of…
7 Feb
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says a total of 6,708,451 voters collected the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) out of the 7,637,402 voters that registered in the state.
7 Feb
Lagos State Police Command says it has uncovered plans by some groups of persons to take advantage of the new naira notes scarcity to unleash violence in some parts of the state.
4 Feb
No fewer than 12,500 residents in five communities at the Epe axis in Lagos State would benefit from the solar mini-energy project embarked upon by the Lagos State Government; A4&T Power Solutions Limited and Ikeja Electric PLC. The groundbreaking ceremony of the interconnected solar mini-grid was done recently.

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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has threatened to close fuel stations hoarding petrol. Adeleke said in a statement by his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday said inhumane treatment of people will not be tolerated. “Any fuel station found guilty of hoarding fuel to create artificial scarcity shall be sealed off and operators prosecuted for crime…
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