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LASG raises alarm over increased number of female school dropouts

Ihesiulo Grace 27 June 2019 0

Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over rising cases of female students in public and private schools abandoning their academics due to pregnancy in the state. The State Government lamented that teenage pregnancy has become a trend among students which it attributed to a lack of

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Traffic offence: LASG arraign a bullion van driver for one way offence in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2018 0

One Mr. Oke Onyeche, a 48 year old bullion van driver has been arraigned by operatives of the Lagos State Task Force for driving against traffic (One-way). Onyeche who was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Amos Olajuwon of the Lagos State Mobile Court at Oshodi said the bullion van belonged to Integrated Cash Management Services (ICMS). […]

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Court lifts injunction restraining LASG from enforcing consumption tax law

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2018 0

A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday lifted its interim injunction restraining the Lagos State Government from enforcing the provisions of Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Tax Law, 2015. Justice Rilwan Aikawa had in a ruling on a motion filed by the Registered Trustees of Hotel Owners and Managers Association of Lagos, restrained the […]

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Eko Atlantic City to be completed in October, 2019 -LASG

Ihesiulo Grace 4 May 2018 0

Lagos state government on Thursday said the phase six of the Eko Atlantic City, Nigeria’s premium rising smart city situated adjacent Victoria Island, will be completed in October, 2019. The state’s Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, revealed this while speaking at the annual Ministerial Press Briefing to mark the third year

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LASG to commission additional response unit On Ikorodu road

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

In a bid to improve the response time to all forms of emergencies in the state, the Lagos state government is set to commission the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Response Unit on Ikorodu Road by Fadeyi Bus Stop, Onipanu, to serve Lagosians in that axis and its environs. The General Manager LASEMA, Mr. […]

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NCF, LASG harp on cleanliness for sustainable environmental management and ecotourism

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) and Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has directed Nigerians to take on exercise frequently, embellished with living a clean life to promote sustainable environmental management. The charge was made at the weekend during a fitness exercise tagged: Walk for Nature at the State House in Marina, Lagos, as part […]

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Konga partners LASG on second MSMEs exclusive fair

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2017 0

Konga.com, has again demonstrated its commitment as a company that employees, customers and society are proud of and depend on as it deepens commerce and trade in Africa by supporting and empowering Micro Small & Medium Enterprises through its collaboration with Lagos State government to host the second Micro Small & Medium Entreprises (MSMEs) Exclusive […]

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12 confirmed dead in Lagos boat mishap

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2017 0

The Lagos State Government on Sunday confirmed the death of 12 persons in the boat mishap which occurred at the weekend in Ilashe area of the State. In a statement issued by the Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Engr Abisola Kamson, the State Government attributed the unfortunate mishap to overloading of passengers […]

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The plight of traders in Lagos night markets

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 19 August 2017 0

By Oyindamola Idris Lagos, the fast rising City of Excellence may be towering above other states in the federation, but there are certain landmarks, traits and lifestyles of the people that make up Cosmopolitan Lagos that refuse to be relegated into the trash bin of history. One of them is the popular Night Markets across […]

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FG Hands Over Presidential Lodge To Lagos Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2017 0

The Federal Government on Thursday handed over the Presidential Lodge, Marina to the Lagos State Government in fulfillment of the promise of President Muhammadu Buhari to entrust the edifice to the State for tourism development. In a brief but impressive ceremony held at the main conference room of the Lodge, also known as State House, […]

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LASG to make Badagry tourism hub of Africa —Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 14 February 2017 0

Lagos State acting Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mrs. Adebimpe Akinsola, said on Monday in Badagry that the state government was determined to transform the ancient town into the tourism hub of Africa. Akinsola spoke with reporters after an on-the-spot assessment of some ongoing tourist projects in Badagry. Among the Tourist Sites visited by […]

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LASG set to protect monumental arcades across Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 8 January 2017 0

As part of her new year resolve, the Lagos state government has begun the protection of all monumental arcades within the state from street trading, hawking and other environmental nuisances. This disclosure was made by the Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, while dislodging street traders around the ‘Tinubu Monumental Arcade’ located

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Don’T Relocate Mile 12 Market, Traders Beg LASG

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

  The Mile 12 Traders Association on Wednesday appealed to the Lagos State Government not to relocate the market to Agbowa on the old Ikorodu-Ijebu road. The association’s Chairman, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the appeal became necessary because of the market’s importance to the West African region. […]