Environment Metro Top Story

Challenges and solutions to the ban on single use plastics

By Joy Essien, Contributing Editor, Lagos Metropolitan The Lagos State Government, on May 18, 2025, announced that full enforcement of the ban on the use and distribution of single-use plastics (SUPs) would commence statewide on July 1, 2025. According to the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, “The decision to ban single-use Read More…

Metro Sports Top Story Water Sports Water Sports

The Day the World Watched Lagos

After the electric waves settle, what does the E1 Powerboat Championship reveal about Africa’s most restless city? By Nkanu Egbe, Editor, Lagos Metropolitan At nine on that Saturday morning, the lagoon looked like glass. Vendors along Marina adjusted trays of chilled water sachets and puff-puff. Then, almost without warning, two silver-blue crafts lifted on hydrofoils Read More…

Education Metro Top Story

Touching Lives, One Child at a Time: How Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation Brings Hope to Public Schools

In a brightly lit classroom at Estate Primary School, Mushin, little hands clutched newly given exercise books as wide eyes gleamed with excitement. Around them, volunteers in reflector bibs and branded shirts helped open pencil cases and arrange writing materials on small wooden desks. At the centre of it all stood Mrs. Helen Egbe, Executive Read More…

Disaster Metro Top Story Tragedy

The Afriland Tower Fire Outbreak: A Tragedy and a Call for Business Continuity

By Joy Essien, Contributing Editor, Lagos MetropolitanPublished September 18, 2025 On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a devastating fire swept through Afriland Tower, a six-storey commercial building on Broad Street, Lagos Island. The blaze, which reportedly began around 1:30 p.m. in the building’s inverter room, quickly spread upward, filling stairwells and corridors with thick smoke and Read More…

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Business Industry Metro News Analysis Top Story

From Ponmo to Premium Leather: Will Lagos’ New Hub Change the Game?

News-Analysis for Lagos MetropolitanBy Nkanu Egbe When Lagos State unveiled the Senator Oluremi Tinubu Industrial Leather Hub in Mushin this September, the fanfare was about far more than shiny machines and speeches. Officials promised 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, training for 150,000 artisans, and export earnings of US $200–250 million a year once the facility Read More…