A six-storey building situated at Oluwole Market, adjacent to Mandillas Building, and another three-storey building located at Dosumu Street, both in Lagos Island, were burnt today. While the fire at the three-storey building on Dosumu street was successfully put off, fire servicemen were still battling to extinguish the fire raging at the six-storey building at […]
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) on Monday said it had employed both manual labour and machines to combat water hyacinth on waterways as part of efforts to enhance safety. The General Manager of LASWA, Mr Damilola Emmanuel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the step was part of an aggressive […]
Public cemeteries in Lagos State are in deplorable, despicable and nauseating conditions, underscoring a total lack of respect for both the living and the dead in Nigeria’s chaotic economic capital. A detailed investigation on the state of Lagos cemeteries, undertaken by correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that Local Government authorities have […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command, says it will commence “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” from Nov. 4, as part of efforts to enforce collection of abandoned licences in its offices. In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, DRC Olabisi Sonusi, the Acting Sector Public Education Officer, quoted the Sector Commander, […]
Mr Michael Ajigbotoso, Chief Operating Officer, Med-View Airline, said the airline would resume flight operations in the next few weeks. He said that the airline, which had a few months back temporarily suspended its flights, would recommence services in November. According to him, the airline, which remains the only carrier on the Nigeria Stock Exchange […]
The Lagos State Government says it is collaborating with the U.S. Government on the treatment of additional 60,000 People Living with HIV in the state. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this on Thursday, when the United States of America Consul General, Ms Claire Pierangelo and Nigeria Country Director of United States Center for Disease […]
Mr Mufutau Egberongbe, member representing Apapa Constituency in the House of Representatives, has raised alarm over the fresh invasion of Apapa area of Lagos by petroleum tankers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government set up of Presidential Task Team to ease traffic congestion following notorious traffic gridlock in Apapa area. […]
Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, a retired Nigerian army brigadier-general and the first governor of Lagos state, is dead. Family sources said he died on Wednesday around 4pm. He served as governor of Lagos between May 1967 and July 1975 during the military regime of Yakubu Gowon. He became a director of construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria in 1979 […]
Twitter said it would bar political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media. Chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a tweet that the company took the action to head off potential problems from “machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, unchecked misleading information, and deep fakes.”9 […]
