...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a fake medical doctor practising in the Ikorodu area of the state, with a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to a video by the TVC posted on Tuesday, the police said they discovered about 200 patient cards with the fake medical […]
The Lagos State government has disclosed that agricultural sector contributes over N7 trillion annually to its Gross Domestic Product, GDP, due to its food sustainability and security system policy. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, made the disclosure, yesterday, during a ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second term […]
Some victims have narrated how the officials of the Lagos State task force threatened to kill them in Osun Forest after they were allegedly arrested in the Marina area of the state and later dumped at the forest in Ilesha, Osun State, on Saturday. The state government had vowed to clamp down on miscreants across […]
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced a reduction in tariff for Band A electricity customers, following a review which will happen monthly and takes into consideration the movement in exchange rates and other factors. The new electricity tariff review by NERC could push the market closer to cost-reflective tariffs that guarantee commercial returns, analysts say. […]
Gbenga Oluwafemi, suspected landlord renting out 86 apartments under Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, has denied receiving N250,000 per annum as rent for the underbridge apartment. In a video posted by News Central on its X handle, Oluwafemi, who is popular as “Mopol,” stated that there’s no estate chairman in Dolphin Estate who wouldn’t recognise him. […]
ABUJA — Against the backdrop of continued shortages and queues at petrol stations, pump prices are now settling at higher ranges across independent marketers and some major marketers. Vanguard findings in Lagos and Abuja also show that gaps between prices at major marketers’ filling stations and those of independent marketers are widening with major marketers maintaining […]
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, till May 12 to withdraw the recent hike in electricity tariff or face unprecedented industrial action. The ultimatum was issued in a joint letter to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, dated May 3, 2024, and […]
A pure water hawker Ugwu Augustus, has reportedly scored 309 and secured a full scholarship into the university after scoring 309 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Alex Onyia, the founder of Educare, an organisation that prepares candidates for UTME, revealed that Augustus left school two years ago. He added that he was, however, challenged […]
Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, stated that 80 per cent of buildings in Ibeju Lekki have no approval. He disclosed this in a recent interview with newsmen. He said, “Just last week Thursday and Friday, myself and the team were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and […]
The present harsh economy in the country has made Nigerians come to terms with the fact that even the rich also cry. The effect of the continuous pressure on prices of goods and services, as a result of the current harsh economy, has punched holes, and almost sucking dry, the pockets of many Nigerians, leaving […]
