Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that COVID-19 tests in all approved testing centres in Lagos State are carried out free of charge.Reacting to alleged reports of patients paying N30,000 for COVID-19 tests at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, approved centres in Lagos; Abayomi said no designated testing centre…
Sanwo-Olu Swears in SSG, Chief of Staff
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sworn-in Folasade Jaji as Secretary to the State Government as well as Tayo Ayinde as Chief of Staff. Also sworn in was Gboyega Soyannwo as Deputy Chief of Staff. The governor charged the appointees to hit the ground running to justify the trust reposed in them. He reminded them…
Police Impede Tell Journalist’s Job
While covering the governorship and state assembly elections in Lagos a policeman insisted that our man, Dejo Oyawale, was not permitted to take photographs. The incident occurred at Falomo area of Lagos State. His report; At the Nigeria Police Medical Service Centres, Falomo…the Policeman in the photograph said I had no right to take photographs.…
Kidnapping: Lagos Court Adjourns Evans’ Case
By Motunrayo Awokoya Justise Adebayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere has adjourned the ongoing trial of alleged kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike AKA Evans till March 22, 2019. The adjournment came as a result of the absence of the accused person’s counsel, Olarewaju Ajanaku and Messrs Chino Obiagwu, SAN, at the court. Obiagwu had written…
Climate Change And The Need For Policy Change In Lagos
The impact of the flooding was huge and devastating and after an assessment of the affected areas Babatunde Adejare, Lagos State commissioner for the environment, aside showing his disappointment, made a commitment that things would change. This would happen through concerted efforts by the state government to ensure that some of the abnormalities that contributed…
We Will Resist Coup – Tinubu
Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State has condemned the alleged attempt by some politicians to lure military men into planning a take over of government in the country. He spoke on Monday, May 22, at a special session of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The session is part of the ongoing celebration of…
Assembly Election: Lagos PDP Warns Against Manipulation
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, not to interfere in the democratic selection of the leadership of the State House of Assembly. The PDP also admonished its eight lawmakers in the Assembly to vote according to their best assessments…
Lagos Plans Model Cities in Agege, Ikoyi and Apapa
The Lagos State Government has signed three model city plans to guide physical development of different areas of the metropolis in the next 10 years. This is in line with its determination to ensure a better, safe and economically viable human settlement in the state. The model city development plans are to be focused on…
Federal Task Force Officers Protest Unpaid Wages
Some officials of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, and the Federal Task Force under the management of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, have accused an unnamed Lagos State coordinator of the programme of owing them three years salary arrears. The affected officials speaking during a protest yesterday at the office of the…
Lagos Court Clears Ambode For Election
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday gave Akinwunmi Ambode the go ahead to run for Lagos State governorship. The court dismissed a suit seeking to stop the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Lagos, Ambode, from contesting the April 11 poll. Justice Mohammed Yunusa, the presiding judge, declared that the plaintiffs…
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