[M]ore funding is expected from the World Bank to boost Lagos State government’s efforts to expand its agriculture sector to provide food security and improved nutrition of the rural poor. The Lagos Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Suarau Oluwatoyin who spoke yesterday in a press briefing to commemorate the 1st year of the administration of Governor […]
Read More Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Toyin Suarau, on Tuesday restated the state government’s determination to increase food supply in the state from less than 15 per cent to 25 per cent within the next four years through various projects and programmes. Suarau, who said this at the ongoing ministerial press briefing to commemorate the […]
Read More Twenty years after it was discovered, the Aje field located in Oil Mining Lease 113 has achieved its first oil, putting Lagos on the list of oil-producing states in the country. According to Punchng, The milestone is coming after several missed targets for the achievement of first oil, the latest being March this year. Yinka […]
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, says it has become difficult running states in the face of the dwindling economy. He said it is necessary to do something drastic whenever financial inflows do not tally with fixed costs as it is currently the case in many states of the federation. According to Punchng, Ambode spoke […]
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The Lagos State Government yesterday disclosed that 2,200 houses will be saved from demolition with the new alignment designed for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure Ganiyu Johnson said the old alignment for the bridge was to claim over 3,000 houses which would mean huge economic losses to the […]
Read More [su_dropcap]L[/su_dropcap]agos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has appealed to Lagosians to bear with the government over the lingering shortage of fuel and power across the state. In a statement yesterday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, the governor said Lagos consumes more than 40 per cent of the fuel and energy needs of […]
Read More LAGOS State Government says operators of rickety boats in the state should dispose of them, or face sanctions. The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, Abisola Kamson, said this on Monday during a one-day training organised by LASWA for water guards on safety and rescue techniques. Kamson said rickety boats and vessels must […]
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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has expressed the desire of his administration to partner with the Federal Republic of Germany in the areas of power, transport, technology and development finance to bring about a quantum leap in establishment and sustenance of businesses in the State. Governor Ambode, who spoke on Monday, at Lagos House […]
Read More ANOTHER boat accident transpire yesterday barely one week after the last one at Ijede,Ikorodu which claimed seven lives. Yesterday’s mishap occurred in Badagry with two persons feared dead. Eight passengers and two crew members were aboard the boat which left Ebute Iworo in Ajido in the morning enroute Daddy Luwi. It reportedly hit logs of wood […]
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THE Lagos State Government says there will be a restriction of vehicular movement on some major highways on Saturday, February 6, 2016. The government explained that the move became necessary due to the 2016 Lagos International Marathon scheduled for Saturday, and billed to commence by 7am at the National Stadium, Surulere, and to terminate at […]
Read More The Lagos State Government on Wednesday insisted that it would deal with residents’ associations, which failed to comply with the directive of keeping their streets’ gate open except between 12am and 5am. The Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Muslim Folami, said this at a meeting with community development associations and other stakeholders in […]
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A 27 -year-old lady has died of Lassa fever at the Ijede General Hospital in Lagos. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, confirmed the death in a statement issued by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. According to Idris, the patient had received treatment from a private hospital and three churches before she was […]
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