Tag Archives: Lagos State

Fashola Stops Auto Dealers from Displaying Cars on Road Sides

Lagos  State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola has told  auto dealers to stop using road sides as showrooms for  their vehicles. Speaking while inaugurating the reconstructed Kodesho Road and Simbiat Abiola Way in  Ikeja, Lagos, the governor  who also warned other hawkers against selling on the road,  said that this was causing  traffic gridlock  and a […]

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Dangote gives Lagos N50m to stimulate economy

The Dangote Group has donated N50 million to the 2013 Lagos Count Down, a project of the state government, meant to stimulate the economic activities during this year end and help showcase the natural richness of the state. A statement from the Group said that the decision of the company to support the state was […]

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Women And Children Wail As Police Demolish Over 500 Houses In Lagos

More than 500 buildings were destroyed this morning at Polome Village/Community, Mowo Phase II Badagry, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar. Over 200 armed policemen and seven bulldozers took part in the operation which was aimed at reclaiming the land said to belong to the police […]

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Babatunde Fashola Blasts Stella Oduah

Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that the two armoured cars bought at the cost of N255 million for the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, will purchase 51 patrol vehicles for the Nigerian Police. The governor said this at the 7th annual Town Hall Meeting on Security, themed: ‘Sustaining Local Responding To […]

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Health Zone : Lagos cholera outbreak caused by contaminated salad –FG

The Federal Government has said the 134 cases of cholera recorded in Lagos State was caused by contaminated African Salad. The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ambassador Sani Bala, said this on Monday in Abuja. He spoke during a joint press briefing with a Non-Governmental Organisation, […]

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Virgin school girl gang-raped to coma in Lagos

  Police operatives in Lagos have arrested three persons and declared one other wanted for allegedly gang raping a girl to a state of coma. The young girl, simply identified as Vivian, is battling with death in a private hospital in Ikorodu area of the state. Crime Watch gathered that the 15-year-old secondary school girl had gone […]

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Fashola, Tinubu drum up support for Ngige

As the All Progressives Congress (APC) kicks off its campaign in Anambra State, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), and the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have called on people of the state to vote enmasse for Ngige, saying he is the most experienced of all the candidates being fielded […]

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Lagos-Badagry Expressway To Be Closed For Five Hours On Sunday

The Badagry-bound carriageway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway will be shut down to traffic for five hours on Sunday, Lagos State Government has said. A statement by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa on Wednesday, said the move was part of efforts to deliver the first phase of the Blue Line Rail Project. Mr. […]

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PHOTO: Lagos SG Seal Off the Headquarters of Lord’s Chosen Church

The headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, were sealed off by the Lagos State Government over environmental nuisance. The Officials of the Ministry of the Environment shut down the Church in the morning of on October 6, 2013, and prevented the worshippers from having their Sunday service […]

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SAYING FAREWELL TO THE RAINY SEASON IN AN UNFORGETTABLE WAY

By Aniema Akpabio   Lagosians woke up early this morning to vociferous torrents of rain that flooded their homes and destroyed many valuables in their homes. The rain which started by some few minutes to four in the early morning rained cats and dogs, it was as if God opened his window today to wet […]

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The Tallest Hotel In West Africa Unveiled In Lagos…

The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, unveiled the N30 billion tallest hotel in West Africa, the Intercontinental Lagos Hotel.  The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, is a 23-storey building with 358 rooms, 37 suites and a presidential suite. The Intercontinental Lagos, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Hotel Group, IHG, […]

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Honorable Tony Oneweek speaks up: “Our constitution empowers any Nigerian to live anywhere in Nigeria whether he or she is sane or insane”

Honorable Tony Oneweek spoke up against Governor Fashola’s action towards deporting some Igbos’ back to Anambra state. Hear him: As the debates on whether the Lagos State Governor, Governor Fashola action towards deporting some Igbos’ back to Anambra state was a right or wrong decision is going on, Honorable Tony Oneweek laid his views on that. Hear […]

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11 years old househelp set ablaze by her madam dies

11 years old child, Eno Bassy, who was roasted alive by her madam has died yesterday, 1st of August, around 2am. The girl allegedly stole a piece of meat. She suffered 95% burns. Her madam has no other way to punish the little girl than to pour hot water on her and  roast her like […]

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Exclusive: 3-Story church Building collapses in Lagos

A 3-Story building of ‘Four Square Gospel church’ at Number 14 Bashiru street Ojodu-Berger Lagos state just collapsed some minutes ago, 07. 05.2013. According to Diamond celebrities’ reporter who is still at the scene, “almost 5 people are trapped inside, among them are suspecting to be four (4) brothers.” The cause is not yet known, but people […]

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