...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
VICTOR AYENI writes on the disturbing rate of unexplained sudden deaths among citizens who show no outward signs of disease or distress and the probable causes There was nothing odd or elegiac about the morning of December 15, 2022, when Emmanuel Nkem arrived at his workplace, a financial firm in Lagos, where he served as […]
Outgoing President of the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) Mr Moses Siasia, has expressed worry that Nigeria’s political class will in no distant time, face… Outgoing President of the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) Mr Moses Siasia, has expressed worry that Nigeria’s political class will in no distant time, face the consequences of the high […]
Lagos State Government has announced the enrollment of approximately 923,000 residents into the Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme, popularly known as Ilera-Eko, since inception. Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Health Management Agency, LASHMA, Dr. Emmanuella Zamba disclosed this milestone following an awareness and sensitization walk to commemorate the Y2023 Universal Health Coverage, UHC, Day […]
Residents of Emmanuel Okonne Crescent, New London Estate, Baruwa inside, Ipaja Ayobo, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, have raised the alarm over the construction of a filling station in the community. The residents lamented that their lives and properties might be at risk if the construction of the filling station is completed. […]
Recent studies have revealed that one in every four tested men turned out not to be the biological father of their child(ren) and ranks Nigeria as the second highest in paternity fraud. GODFREY GEORGE writes that increased DNA testing will open a can of worms in many homes Mr Olanrewaju (surname withheld) rubbed both eyes […]
The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers says travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Suleiman said the development […]
The Nigeria Customs Service generates 70 per cent of its revenue comes from Lagos State. This is according to a revelation by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi. The Customs CG said s on Thursday in Lagos during the CGC 2023 Conference with the theme ‘Leveraging Data Analytics for Secure and […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration will provide health palliatives for the residents by subsidising drugs to improve their well-being. He said the health palliatives, which will soon be rolled out by his administration will cushion the effects of high prices of drugs as a result of the economic challenges […]
The Nigeria Police Force said Nigerians are free to video and photograph police officers on duty. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement via his X handle on Thursday. Adejobi was responding to an X user who said some police officers extorted N10,000 from him for videoing them during a stop-and-search operation. […]
Some residents of Lagos State have raised the alarm over the spike in cases of kidnappings in the state in recent times. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incidents had largely been recorded on the Mainland, particularly in the Alimosho and Amuwo Odofin Local Government Areas of the state. It was also gathered that wealthy people were […]
