NAN
Elections Metro Top Story

5.7m PVCs collected by Lagosians so far – INEC

Out of the 6,630,661 PVCs that were received in Lagos State between 2011 and 2021, 5,676,858 have been collected, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a stakeholder meeting on the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) with the leadership of political parties, civil society organisations, and religious leaders on Thursday in Ikeja, Read More…

NAN
Metro Politics Top Story

I’m in politics to give hope – Funke Akindele

Ms. Funke Akindele, the Lagos State PDP’s deputy governorship candidate, stated on Wednesday that she entered politics to inspire optimism in the public, particularly in women and children. Akindele stated that she chose to join the race to free the state from “poor governance” in her continuous grassroots interaction with locals at Eleko Community, Ibeju-Lekki. Read More…

NAN
Education Metro Policy Top Story

Sanwo-Olu doubles Lagos student bursaries

With the approval of Lagos State’s governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the bursary given to students from Lagos State at universities and colleges across the country has been increased by 100 per cent. The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr. Abdur Rahaman Lekki, said in a statement on Sunday that the increase would start Read More…

Business Economy Infrastructure Investment Top Story

Lagos to become Africa’s model mega city by 2052 – Sanwo-Olu

The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says that there is a plan to make Lagos the model megacity for all of Africa by 2052. At the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, which took place on Victoria Island on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu revealed this. He said that the government had put in a lot of work Read More…

Labour Metro

NLC applauds Sanwo-Olu’s proposed salary hike for workers in Lagos

The Lagos government has received praise from the Nigeria Labour Congress for the anticipated pay raises for state employees. The praise was given by the NLC Chairman, Mrs. Funmi Sessi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The announcement, she noted, “came at the appropriate time.” Gov. Babajide Read More…

Community Focus Metro

Ikorodu residents plead with LASG to reconstruct Igbe-Laara road

The residents of Igbe, Laara and neighbouring communities in Igbogbo area of Ikorodu on Tuesday have pleaded with Lagos State Government to reconstruct Igbe-Laara link road. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikorodu, lamenting on the state of the road and how it had made commuting Read More…