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Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called ”23 Road Market” by government. They said the demolition showed the state government’s “insensitivity” to the plights of the people, especially as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) had brought untold hardship to them. Read More…
The Lagos State Government says it will begin the sales of rice before Christmas celebration to residents in collaboration with Kebbi Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, told newsmen on Monday in Lagos that about 100,000 bags of 50 kg were being expected for sales at N20,000 Read More…
The Lagos State Government on Monday began a five-day pre-festive disinfection and decontamination of 33 live bird markets across the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, kicked off the exercise at the Awolowo Live Bird Market, Mushin Local Government Area of the state. Olusanya noted that the exercise was aimed at preventing the Read More…
Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, the Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Housing, says investments in real estate sector can guarantee mass employment for Nigerians and enhance economic growth. Benson-Awoyinka said on Monday in a statement that the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) had not relented in its efforts to unearth various opportunities Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babjide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the government will establish the Lagos Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (L.A.C.E), in collaboration with a private sector investor, as part of efforts to boost fish production in the State. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this over the weekend at the Y2020 edition of the Lagos Seafood Festival Read More…
The Lagos State Government is set to arraign one Fred Onwuche, a commercial driver, next week, for allegedly assaulting Razak Kosoko, a LASTMA official who was on assigned duty in Lekki. A statement issued over the weekend by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), warned the general public of Read More…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has now been confirmed positive to the coronavirus COVID-19. In a statement released on 12th December by the Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the governor has begun to receive treament. The statement reads: Following Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s exposure to a confirmed case of Read More…
A Consultant Ocular Oncologist, Dr Abia Nzelu, has decried the growing incidence of cancer disease and the poor attention being given to it in Nigeria. Nzelu, also Executive Secretary, Mass Medical Mission (MMM) in charge of cancer care, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The expert also said that Read More…
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has gone into self-isolation immediately after one of his close aides tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 10, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said. Abayomi, in a statement on Friday, said that Sanwo-Olu and some members of his cabinet would remain in isolation until the results of the Read More…
Some women from Onireke Market, Ojo, Lagos State, on Friday thronged the Onireke Police Station with a plan to mob two women nabbed by the police for allegedly selling and buying a three-day-old baby. The police prevented the women from entering the station, but remained at the gate in the blazing sun and expressed awe Read More…