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The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Oluyinka Olumide, said the ongoing demolition in the state is not targeted at any group. Olumide stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. The minister refuted claims that the ongoing demolition by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration was targeted […]
More teaching hospitals might shut down due to shortage of nurses and doctors on account of their massive relocation abroad, president of Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Dele Abdullahi, has indicated. The fear follows reports that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has shut five wards, with 150 beds capacity over the […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged African leaders, policymakers, intellectuals and all Africans, to think through the strategies that will deliver balanced and equitable development that leaves no one behind. The Governor made this call at the CFA Institute Africa Investment Conference themed “The Emergence of Africa: A Rethink or A Restrategizing?” held today […]
The Shepherd-in-charge of the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters in Ketu, Olatosho Oshoffa, has expressed strong disapproval of the invitation extended to Fuji singer Pasuma and Portable to perform at one of the church’s branches praise nights. A social media uproar ensued on Wednesday when an event flyer announcing Pasuma and Portable’s participation at the church’s […]
Some victims of the buildings that were demolished within the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have decried the frustration of securing shelters for their families. The Federal Housing Authority on Wednesday, November 22, began the demolition of several houses in various estates within the local government area specifically in some parts of […]
The Lagos State Government has charged Local Governments in the State not to give room for touts and unauthorised personnel to establish illegal markets which contribute to littering the environment. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Dr. Gaji Tajudeen gave this charge at the Lagos West Senatorial District Stakeholders meeting organized by […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Health has revealed that not less than five wards with about 150 beds, have been closed down at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba due to a shortage of health workers. The chairman of the committee, Dr. Amos Magaji explained that the five wards had to be shut because […]
A 25-year-old security guard, identified simply as Solomon, has lost his life after being stabbed to death at Langbasa in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday evening. It was gathered that the deceased left his duty post and stepped out to discuss with some friends […]
The Lagos State Government may demolish illegal structures on the drainage system in the Orchid Road, Agungi, Ajiran, Conservation Road, Osapa, and Oral Estate II along the Ikota River of the state. This indication follows the seven-day contravention notice served on the owners of the properties whose structures encroach on the drainage in the areas. […]
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) will on Tuesday begin its annual Senatorial District stakeholders meeting in the state to sensitise residents on the need to ensure sanity in the environment. Corps Marshal, LAGESC, CP Akinpelu Gbemisola (Rtd), at a news conference in Oshodi, Lagos, said the stakeholders meeting would start with Lagos West Senatorial […]
