...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
The report on this spot came in on Friday, August 15, 2025. Alarmed by the portion where the report said more than 20 vehicles have suffered a similar fate (of damaged tires), we paid a visit to the location on Saturday, August 16, 2025 On getting there in the morning, we took images of the […]
LAGOS — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, yesterday activated a national cholera emergency centre, following the outbreak of the disease in the country. It also said 53 deaths and 1,528 suspected cholera cases were recorded across 31 states and 107 local government areas, with a case fatality rate of 3.5 per […]
…Reported cases of 11 outbreaks inaccurate — Osun govt …Govs warned against diverting PHCs fund LABORATORY analysts have expressed worry over the current cholera outbreak impacting Lagos and Ogun states, urging the governments at all levels to take immediate action to protect public health by deploying Public Analysts to conduct comprehensive water quality testing in […]
The Lagos State Government on Sunday reiterated its commitment to a flood-free state. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, stated this at the end of an extensive inspection tour to various contravention sites and drainages across the state. Wahab said that the government would continue to enforce the law, while […]
The residents of Magboro, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have lamented the abandonment of refuse collection in the area by the Private Sector Partnership operators, popularly known as PSP leaving the community filled with filth. PUNCH Metro reports that some residents lamented the dirty situation in their community as they noted that […]
The President of the Nigerian Cancer Society and National Action on Sugar Reduction Coalition, Dr Adamu Umar, speaks with LARA ADEJORO on the rising prices of drugs and how patients are coping. Excerpts: How would you describe the current impact of rising drug prices on patients in the country? It’s not only the rising cost of […]
Nigerians are coming to terms with the rising cost of living, as everyday spews out new problems deserving a survival strategy. One of such problems is the high price of tomato, pepper and onion. These combos can’t be exempted from 80 per cent of Nigerian delicacies. But now, it is no longer new that a […]
Police authorities in Lagos State has said the Managing Director of Fouani Company, an LG and Hisense subsidiary, Mohamed Fouani, kidnapped alongside two Lebanese, the boat captain and his assistant, were rescued in a midnight raid. The five were rescued late on Monday night, in Orugbo Iddo area of Lagos, by the state Marine Police, […]
Multichoice, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, has refuted the claim that their subscription packages in Nigeria has been reduced. According to a source in the company, only decoder prices were reduced but subscription prices remained unchanged. “We only reduced our decoder prices and not subscription prices,” the source said. “The DStv Zapper was […]
As US and Europe-based multinationals exit Nigeria, Asian and local companies are stepping in to fill the void. Last week, London-based Diageo Plc sold its controlling stake in Guinness Nigeria Plc to Singapore’s Tolaram Group Inc. The Fouani Group, a local firm, operates a diaper and sanitary pad plant in a complex where Cincinnati-based Procter & […]
