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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced closure of some roads during the Lagos Women Run race which would hold between 6.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. on Saturday. In a travel advisory, LASTMA Spokesman, Olumide Filade, said that the entire stretch of Broad Street and entire stretch of Eko Bridge inward Surulere shall […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
The Lagos State Government has secured a 629 million dollars financing facility is to accelerate the completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport project, which started in 2011. The loan was secured from the Chinese bank after China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which owns majority shares in the project, signed a 45-year concessionary agreement with Lekki […]
As part of its expansion plans into Africa, global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies launched a pilot test of their taxi boat service on Friday in Lagos. To attract customers who want to avoid the city’s frequently congested roads, Uber will operate a two-week pilot phase of the boat service in conjunction with the Lagos State […]
Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriage roads within the State with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s order on Sunday that massive rehabilitation work on critical roads and highways across the State must commence on Monday, 14th October 2019. Sanwo-Olu’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings […]
