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Housing Metro

Lagos govt. pursues World Bank’s support for affordable, technology-driven mass housing

Mrs. Adeola Salako, Spokesperson of Lagos State Ministry of Housing has in a statement issued on Sunday said that the state has sought collaboration with the World Bank for rapid delivery of technology-driven and affordable mass housing schemes. Salako quoted the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, as seeking support during the visit of a Read More…

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Metro Security

Lagos Govt places premium on security of lives, property – Hamzat

Dr. Kadri Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, on Sunday at a symposium organised by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, in his keynote address said that the State Government has placed a high premium on the security of lives and properties. The theme of the symposium: “Rethinking Nigeria’s Read More…

Environment Metro Street Trading

Experts advise Lagos govt to regulate, not ban street trading in Lagos

An environment expert, Dr Ayobade Adebowale, has called on the Lagos State Government to regulate street trading to make it inclusive for benefit of both government and residents. She made the call at the fifth edition of hybrid Eko Enviro Talk, organised by global environmentalist and researcher, Mr Adedoyin Lasisi and Mrs Yewande Seriki, renowned Read More…

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Crime Fraud Metro

Police break minors’ tummies bloating syndicate

The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday apprehended four men who allegedly use minors to beg for alms in Lagos traffic. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Commands Public Relations Officers stated this via this official Twitter handle. According to him, the men get minors from villages and then get a medical doctor to inject them with Read More…

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Crime Metro Robbery

Police arrests suspected ‘one chance’ syndicate in Lagos

A three-man syndicate that specialises in duping innocent passengers in commercial vehicles has been arrested. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, PRO for Lagos State Police Command on Saturday listed the suspects arrested to be: Abiodun Bamidele, aged 48, Olumide Faleye, aged 45 and a female suspect, Toyin Adekoya, aged 49. He said the suspects were arrested around Read More…

Metro Ogudu

Ogudu: Lagos Assembly summons Lands Bureau, others over community land dispute

The Lands Bureau and the Land Grabbers Office have been summoned to appear before the Lagos State House of Assembly over a land dispute at Ogudu Community Muslim Praying Ground in Lagos. Mr. Victor Akande, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary and Public Petition, ordered the summon at an on-the-spot Assessment of the land on Saturday in Read More…

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City Transport Metro Top Story Traffic

Lagos BRT boards 350m passengers in 7 years

Fola Tinubu, Managing Director, Primero Transport Service Limited, in an interview in Lagos on Friday has claimed that the company has transported over 350 million passengers in the last seven years of its operation. He applauded commuters for their dedication, saying they had stood by the company over the past seven years of its operations. Read More…

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Insecurity Metro Top Story

Police warn against rally at Lekki Toll Gate on Oct 1

On Friday, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, released a statement reminding Lagosians that no rally or gathering of any sort will be allowed at the Lekki toll gate on Saturday, Oct. 1. The PRO took to Twitter, using the State Command official Twitter page @LagosPoliceNG to make the Read More…

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Crime Medical Negligence Metro

Police investigates boy’s death after injections

The Police Command in Lagos has begun an investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections had been supposedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, confirmed the situation on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the Read More…

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Metro Physical Planning

LASG seeks better conduct of physical planning and building control appeals

Mr. Mukaila Sanusi, the spokesman for Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has on Thursday entrusted the Lagos State Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee to develop strategies to restore sanity in the construction sector. Sanusi stated that the ministry’s commissioner, Mr. Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, had given the advice at the opening Read More…