The celebration of this year’s International Women Day takes the centre stage all over the world today, with the theme: “Break the Bias”. The celebration provides opportunity to call attention to challenges being faced by women and girls, and also to review progress that have been made towards addressing them. Here in Nigeria, several events have been…
The Lagos State Government has doubled the funding for the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement at the second edition of the Lagos Employment Summit. Governor Sanwo-Olu also said that the state government had spent over ten billion naira on the Employment Trust Fund. He further said the trust fund has provided…
The Lagos State Government says it had approached the Supreme Court for clarification on the settlement of a judgment delivered by the apex court on the ownership of the Shangisha/Magodo land. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement said there was a serious division among the judgment creditors, representatives of the Shangisha Landlords…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has urged Nigerians to avoid what he described as fire brigade approach to the 2023 elections. Obasa who made the call at the state’s seventieth Legislative-Executive Conference, stressed that adequate preparations is necessary to make the elections successful. He said there should be adequate voter education…
The Lagos State Polytechnic is now officially known as the Lagos State University of Technology, Ikorodu. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, said the National Universities Commission has approved the new university. He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was in Abuja to receive the NUC certificate of approval for the new university. The Lagos State…
Traffic has been diverted in parts of the Lagos Island for the funeral service of former Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan. The Lagos State government announced that the traffic diversion will affect Inner Marina to Outer Marina, from 5AM to 6PM today. The Commissioner of Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement that all connecting roads,…