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Another 40-foot container has fallen at the Ago-Palace Way area of the state, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Friday evening. This occurrence brings Friday’s total of containers dropping in various areas to five. Three containers had previously been reported to have fallen in the state’s Ikeja, Ojuelegba, and Mile 12 Read More…
In the aftermath of the fire that engulfed Akere market, Olodi-Apapa, traders at the Ladipo Auto Spare-Parts Market, Mushin, and other markets in the state have been assured of sufficient protection by CP Idowu Owohunwa, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command. Owohunwa made the pledge when he visited Ladipo Auto Market on Friday to meet Read More…
Friday saw the collapse of three 40-foot containers in various parts of Lagos State. The incidents happened in the precincts of Ikeja Underbridge, Mile 12 and Ojuelegba. On Friday morning at around 6:55 am, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, responded to a 40-foot container that had fallen off a trailer on the Ojuelegba Read More…
The state’s Private Sector Participant (PSP) operators will be assisted in recapitalising by the addition of new trash evacuation vehicles to their fleet under a budgetary plan for 2023 that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has authorised. The Lagos Waste Management Authority’s (LAWMA) Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, issued a statement concerning this development on Read More…
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has declared that academic activities will be postponed from March 14 to March 21. This was stated in a statement released on Friday in Lagos by the institution’s Head of Communication, Mrs. Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem. Recall that the federal government had ordered college students across the nation to leave their campuses Read More…
Cakasa Nigeria Company and its CSR outfit, Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation, have emphasised the importance of gender equality and women’s empowerment while joining the world in celebrating International Women’s Day 2023. They made the assertion during a celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Wednesday in the Lagos suburb of Mushin. The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign Read More…
The Lagos State Government and GetBundi Education Technology Business have formally launched a STEM lab at Wesley Girls Senior Secondary School in Yaba, Lagos. The setting up of the STEM lab is the beginning of a relationship between the Lagos State Government and GetBundi that will eventually lead to the implementation of GetBundi’s education technology Read More…
A Lagos High Court hearing at Tafawa Balewa Square yesterday postponed its decision on a no-case application made by police officer Drambi Vandi, who is accused of killing a lawyer located in Lagos, until April 3, 2023. Vandi is facing a single-count charge of murdering Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, a Lagos attorney, on December 25, 2022, Read More…
The leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Chief Bode George, claims that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for governor, is the target of a “grand plot” to “secretly remove” him. At a press conference on Monday in Lagos, George stated that Nigerians “should know who to hold” if anything Read More…
Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), a candidate for the Lagos PDP governorship, and Ms. Funke Akindele, his running mate, have said they are obligated by their commitments and won’t disappoint the people of the state if elected. Adediran, represented by Akindele, made the commitment at a meeting with businesspeople and women from four important markets in Read More…
