In picture above: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (3rd right) cutting the tape to commission the Triage and Oxygen Centre at Gbagada General Hospital on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. With him are: Deputy Director, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Nigeria, Dr. Chizoba Fashanu (4th right); Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi (4th left) and others. Read More…
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Fourth Mainland Bridge contract award December – Lagos Govt
In picture above: CONCEPT DRAWING: The Fourth Mainland Bridge in conjunction with existing road networks would establish a primary ring road around Lagos. This ring road will provide alternative traffic routes from Lekki to Ikorodu, Ikeja to Ajah, relieving the 3rd Mainland bridge of its overstretched capacity. Credit: NLE works Lagos State Government is completing Read More…
Tinubu vows to sustain Nigeria’s progressive agenda beyond 2023
Sen Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed strong support for the progressive agenda in Nigeria, with a promise to sustain it beyond 2023. Dr Abdulrazak Danjuma, Spokesperson of the video conference engagements, said in a statement on Tuesday, that Tinubu made the promise at a virtual conference that was Read More…
Nigeria urges U.S. to move Africa Command headquarters to continent
In picture above: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks after security forces rescued schoolboys from kidnappers, in Katsina, Nigeria, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo The United States should consider moving its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, from Germany, to better tackle growing armed violence in the region, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Read More…
Nigerian women take action as rape, assault cases surge during pandemic
In picture above: Kehinde Osakede, who says she was raped by a family friend, is pictured at the Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) centre in Yaba Lagos, Nigeria April 19, 2021. Reuters was not able to confirm her account independently. Osakede did not share the name of her alleged assailant and said she did Read More…
India’s coronavirus deaths exceed 200,000 after record surge in cases
In picture above: Shruti Saha, who had been waiting since Tuesday night for her turn to get an oxygen cylinder refilled for her mother, reacts after she was informed about her mother’s death, outside a refilling workshop, in New Delhi, India, April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi India’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Read More…
Sanwo-Olu requests funding from Natural Resources Dev Fund for tourism, agric and solid minerals development
In picture above: Members of the Fiscal Efficiency and Budget Committee of the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), who were on a verification exercise of the projects executed by the Lagos State Government. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has requested that the State Government should be allowed to draw from the Natural Resources Read More…
As the Jide Sanwo-Olu-led govt marks 2nd year, #AGreaterLagos looms large, closer than imagined
Lagos SmartCity is smack on course with 3,000 km of fibre-optic cables being laid, 6,000 km when done How far has Governor Babajide Sanwoolu gone on his journey toward A Greater Lagos? This is the main question that will be answered as the administration begins to mark its second year anniversary as from Tuesday, April Read More…
King’s College’s decaying facilities worry PTA as it elects new executives
Sunday Ameh, newly-elected Chairman, King’s College, Lagos, Parent-Teacher Association, has promised to explore a Public/Private Partnership (PPP) in rebranding the foremost unity college to restore its glory. The all-boys college was founded in 1909 under the British Act. Ameh made the promise shortly after election as the PTA chairman. He said that the aim of Read More…
LASIEC Chair Justice Philips advocates inclusion mechanisms for women, vulnerable groups in LG polls
The Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Ayotunde Philips, has advocated for inclusivity mechanisms for women, youths, Persons with Disabilities and other vulnerable population in the political parties’ activities and processes. She stated this at the Commission’s headquarters during a strategic consultation parley with Chairmen and Secretaries of registered Political Parties in Lagos, Read More…










