The Lagos State Government has commissioned the first state-owned helipad for medical emergencies in Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. “This helipad being commissioned today is a lifesaving asset and critical complement to the efficient functioning of this Unit and other emergency services being rendered by the State,” said Lagos State […]
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The Lagos State Government plans to build 187,000 housing units yearly over the next five years to address the 2.5 million housing deficit, the Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, has said. Lawal, who stated this during a courtesy visit to the office of the Acting Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ahmed Bashir, […]
Read More Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday urged Muslim faithful and all Lagosians to carry on with the principles of the holy month of Ramadan which are love, peace, kindness, compassion and happy co-existence. According to The Nation, Governor Ambode spoke in Lagos House, Ikeja at a special Eid el-Fitri celebration organized by the State […]
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The Lagos State Government has issued retirement benefit bond certificates to the tune of N1.002bn to a set of 275 retirees from the Mainstream, Local Government, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Teachers Establishment and Pension Office and parastatals of government, under the Contributory Pension Scheme for the month of May. A statement from the […]
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Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday launched a N500million Disability Trust Fund for physically-challenged persons in line with Section 12 of the Special People’s Law. He called on individuals, corporate organisations, non-governmental organisations, and other stakeholders to support the fund to reduce the challenges of such people. Ambode, who spoke at an event held at […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday urged Nigerians to support his administration, despite the economic hardship they are going through. He spoke during his visit to Lagos to inaugurate some projects carried out by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. According to The Nation, He was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who said: “This country is going to be a […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will inaugurate some projects undertaken by the Lagos State Government today on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President, who had been slated to make a two-day official visit today and tomorrow, will no longer make the trip. As at yesterday, the route the President would have taken had been decorated with […]
Read More The Lagos State Government says mass transit buses will cushion any effect that removal of subsidy and subsequent increase petrol price will have on Lagosians. The state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, therefore, on Monday donated 50 mass transit buses into the operations of the Bus Rapid Transit scheme. The Managing Director, Primero Transport Limited, Fola Tinubu, […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a ‘doctor’, identified only as Abiodun, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 26-year-old ulcer patient in the Ipaja Ayobo area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Abiodun, a trado-medical doctor, who had his health centre – Damola Healthcare – on Agbaje Street, was arrested on Tuesday by […]
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Architects have said that for the city of Lagos to undergo a rapid and dynamic transformation, there is a need to rethink real estate development in the state through investment in high density high-rise buildings. Those who spoke at the recently concluded Lagos Architects’ Forum, organised by the state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of […]
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Former Lagos State Commissioner for Sports Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele is dead. The politician, fondly called the ‘Prince of Hope’, died in India, after a brief illness. He was 60. Adeniji-Adele was said to have been flown out of the country few weeks ago for treatment for an undisclosed ailment. He was one of the children of the […]
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