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Breaking – 3 die in Lagos building collapse

Robert Imoh — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:03:11 +0000

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Thursday, confirmed the death of three site workers on a building that collapsed at Arowojobe Estate in Maryland area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to Newsmen He said the incident happened at No 13, Wilson […]

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Flood: LASG apologises to displaced residents

Robert Imoh — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:21:33 +0000

The Lagos State government has apologised to residents of the state displaced as a result of the intensive rainfall experienced on Wednesday. The state’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, stated this during a syndicated interview programme across different television channels in Lagos on Thursday. Wahab said that the state government had […]

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1 vessel to discharge aviation fuel at Lekki Deep Sea Port

Robert Imoh — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:11:45 +0000

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says a vessel will discharge aviation fuel at Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos. NPA made this known in its Shipping Position, a daily publication of the the organisation, in Lagos on Thursday. NPA said that nine other vessels were expected to berth at various ports in Lagos. It also […]

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2019: 41 candidates jostle to become Lagos governor, 589 eye Assembly

Femi Adewale — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 19:01:26 +0000

Lagos State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, published details of 41 candidates of various political parties in the state for the 2019 elections jostling to become governor. Lists pasted at INEC office show that 589 candidates of various parties are also eyeing 40 seats in the House of Assembly. INEC […]

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Oshodi Transport Interchange: Lagos targets First Quarter 2019 delivery date

Femi Adewale — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:34:21 +0000

The Lagos State Government, on Monday, said the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange conceived and being implemented to evolve a seamless way by which Lagosians commute across the state on a daily basis would be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Adebowale Akinsanya, in a statement on […]

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299 candidates jostle for NASS seats in Lagos

Femi Adewale — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 21:40:45 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says 299 candidates across various political parties in the state are jostling for the National Assembly seats in the 2019 general elections. INEC timetable and schedule of activities for the 2019 general elections indicated that publication of personal particulars of candidates (CF001) for the Presidential and […]

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Employment Trust Fund: 15,000 jobs created in two years in Lagos

Femi Adewale — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:36:27 +0000

Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), Mr. Akintunde Oyebode, on Tuesday, said that no fewer than 15,000 jobs have been created by the Fund in the last two years. Speaking to journalists and some Masters Research Students in his office, he said at least 8000 Micro, Small and Medium […]

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Street lighting: Lagos covers 1300km in three years, to instal additional 10,000 LED lights

Femi Adewale — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:28:20 +0000

The Lagos State Government has so far effectively installed street lighting in about 1300kilometres across the State, with a projection to deliver another 82kilometres by the end of the year, Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olawale Oluwo, has said. Speaking to journalists while inspecting ongoing projects in the sector with his team […]

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Atiku: I didn’t win Lagos for PDP in 2003 because of my relationship with Tinubu

Femi Adewale — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 20:32:17 +0000

Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday said he regretted not doing much to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win in Lagos State when he had the opportunity in 2003. Abubakar, a PDP presidential aspirant, spoke in Lagos while holding a meeting with members of the party in the state. The meeting was part […]

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Lagos moves another notch with modern bus stops

Femi Adewale — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:39:17 +0000

Gradually, all the major components of the Bus Reform Initiative of the Lagos State Government conceived and being implemented by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration to revolutionize public transportation and usher in ease of connectivity within the State, are beginning to crystallise. Under the initiative, 5,000 new buses are expected to be added to the […]

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Miscreant feared dead in Lagos market clash

Femi Adewale — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:02:15 +0000

One man was reportedly killed while several others were injured in a bloody clash between rival gangs of miscreants at Ketu Market in Lagos on Monday. A witness, simply identified as Musiliu, said that the clash followed a disagreement between two groups of hemp smoking miscreants over the death of a member after heavy doses […]

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When the worst of the best is better than the rest, by Kehinde Bamigbetan

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 22:59:56 +0000

The set theory is a commonsensical heritage of arithmetics. By defining a selection from a universe as a set, it makes value judgments that could relate to the mass. The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research arm of the highly prestigious Economist newsmagazine experiments with the set theory every year. To execute its livability survey, […]

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Lagos alerts public of unauthorised enforcement officers

Femi Adewale — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:58:54 +0000

The Lagos State Government has urged members of the public to be wary of the activities of unauthorised law enforcement officers. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, said in a statement on Friday, that the officers go about defrauding people, in the guise of environmental law enforcement. Durosinmi-Etti said that the government was perturbed […]

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Reconstruction of Apapa-Oshodi Expressway begins in two weeks, says Osinbajo, as Ambode shuts down illegal terminal in Ajegunle

Femi Adewale — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:57:49 +0000

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, assured that the anticipated reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway would commence within the next two weeks as part of the Federal Government’s resolve to finding lasting solution to the chaos in the Apapa axis. Osinbajo, who spoke at a dialogue with stakeholders on the Apapa traffic congestion in company […]

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Apapa gridlock: Lagos suspends approval for development of Tank Farms

Femi Adewale — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:57:57 +0000

The Lagos State Government, on Monday, announced the suspension of approval for development of tank farms in Apapa as part of its renewed effort to restore sanity completely as well as fashion out immediate and long term solution along the Oshodi-Apapa corridor and prevent a repeat of the chaos caused by containerized trucks and tankers […]

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