As the campaign season for the 2023 general elections draws close, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos has become more intentional. On Sunday evening, 69 candidates of the party vying for various electives positions in the 2023 general elections in Lagos State held a closed-door meeting at Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja. The meeting, which Read More…
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Lagos govt pledges top-priority for pensioners welfare
The improved quality of life and the welfare and well-being of pensioners are a top priority, the Lagos State government has promised. Mrs Ajibola Ponnle, Lagos State Commissioner For Establishments, Training and Pensions made the pledge at the 96th Retirement Certificates Presentation organised by the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) in Lagos. “Recently, the state government through Read More…
Oladeinde advocates effective urban transport system in Lagos
It is the view of Dr Frederick Oladeinde, Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, that an effective and efficient urban transport system will promote trade and commerce in the state and Africa at large. Oladeinde’s postulation was made at the maiden meeting of the Centre For Applied Research in Supply Chain-Africa (CARISCA) in Lagos on Friday. Represented Read More…
Justice delay: Seven NBA branches demand action from Lagos Chief Judge
Lawyers from all branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos State have demanded justice administration reforms in a meeting with the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba. Their delegation included Bar leaders, Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), chairmen of NBA Lagos, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Badagry, Epe and Surulere branches as well as Read More…
32km rail project: Lagos pays off 800 Ogun residents
The Lagos State Government says it has begun payment of compensation to 800 people affected by the right of way of the 32km Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red line project in Ogun State. The Managing Director, Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, made this known in a statement issued in Read More…
Lagos Deputy Gov not beaten up by APC members, says state
The Lagos State Government has debunked reports that the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and some APC chieftains were beaten up by aggrieved political miscreants at a reconciliation meeting on Monday. The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos state deputy governor, Mr Tunde Alao, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. He Read More…
LASSIP 2022: Lagos set for school sports initiative
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s investments in young residents are set for a boost with the proposed launch of the Lagos State School Sports Intervention programme (LASSIP). The Director of Public Relations, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Titi Oshodi-Eko said the launch would help to reinvigorate school sports system. Oshodi-Eko said that LSSC would flag off the Read More…
Lagos public, private schools get same calendar
Lagos State Government has declared September 5, the resumption date for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session in an effort to harmonise the calendar of public and private schools.The government made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance in Lagos State Ministry of Education, on Thursday Read More…
PDP can’t win in Lagos like Osun, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described as ‘ridiculous and a daydream’, the idea that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) could win the state in the 2023 general elections. The party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, who stated this in a statement on Monday in Lagos, explained that the PDP’s victory on Read More…
Lagos govt, FAO/UNIDO begin survey on coconut value chain
The Lagos State Government in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), have begun a one-month intensive field research and survey on coconut value chain analysis. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, said in Lagos on Sunday that a survey on coconut was last Read More…