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WARNING: Poor People Are Not Wanted In Lagos Megacity – By Femi Aribisala

Posted 11 years ago by admin

HIP, hip, hip; Hooray! Lagos is now going to be a megacity. Under the able leadership of Governor Babatunde Fashola, the apostle of good governance, Lagos is undergoing a major makeover. The Atlantic Ocean will be banished, to be replaced …

Posted in Editorial, Streams, View Point | Tagged babatunde, battle royal, concrete jungle, eko, fatherland, good governance, greenery, homelands, illegal aliens, immigration department, lagos state government, lofty dreams, megacity, new immigration, pedestrians, pot holes, precise identity, public servants, rich man, strange reason | 1 Comment

Femi Fani Kayode Withdraws ‘Intimate Relationship’ Comment About Bianca Ojukwu

Posted 11 years ago by admin

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the statement credited to him that he had an intimate relationship with the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu. Fani-Kayode …

Posted in Headlines, Here and There, Latest News | Tagged akinola, babatunde, cambridge college, cambridge universities, cambridge university, fani, FORMER President, hater, intimate relationship, lagos state government, london university, mid 80s, minister of culture, miss bianca, mutual friends, national newspapers, odumegwu ojukwu, Olusegun Obasanjo, retraction, rotimi | No Comments

Molue Buses Banned On Lagos Island

Posted 11 years ago by admin

The Lagos State Government has barred big commercial buses, popularly calledMolue, from operating on Lagos Island. The government explained that it also did not expect the buses to ply Third Mainland, Eko and Carter bridges, adding that operating in the Central …

Posted in News | Tagged babatunde, bus owners, central business district, chairmen, commercial buses, commercial vehicles, eko, enlightenment, iyana, lagos island, lagos state government, management authority, responsible government, restricted areas, sanity, state traffic, strict compliance, traffic management, traffic rules and regulations, urban bus | No Comments

Court Remands Woman For Allegedly Running Unlawful Orphanage

Posted 11 years ago by admin

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded 55-year-old Rose Nwachukwu in police custody for allegedly running an unlawful orphanage. The Chief Magistrate, Eniola Fabamwo, said the accused should be kept in police custody pending the trial of the case at …

Posted in Here and There, Latest News, News, People and Places, Spotlight | Tagged authorisation, barth, chief magistrate, chief magistrates, criminal law, defendant, guise, lagos state government, magistrates court, nan, nbsp, news agency of nigeria, offence, orphanage, police custody, prince, prosecution, prosecutor, suburb, trafficker | No Comments

Gov Fashola Orders Re-Opening Of Ex-Gov Orji Uzor Kalu’s Ikoyi Home

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Press release from the Lagos State Government: The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to a misleading claim by a businessman, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu that his Ikoyi home has been sealed off following a threat to …

Posted in Here and There, Latest News, People and Places, Politics | Tagged administration law, avoidance of doubt, businessman, citizen, colouration, days grace, Fashola, grace period, lagos state government, ministry of finance, misleading claim, objections, Orji Uzor Kalu, press release, property owners, revenue administration, routine performance, spite, tuesday evening, unrelated matter | No Comments

Lagos State Government Warns Residents On Ocean Surge

Posted 11 years ago by admin

The Lagos State Government yesterday alerted its residents on ocean surges in Lekki beaches, saying danger looms in the beaches and their environs. The General Manager/CEO, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu who disclosed this to journalists, …

Posted in Headlines, Here and There, Latest News, News, People and Places, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged accidents and emergencies, ambulance service, close watch, emergency call, emergency management agency, false alarm, fire and safety, holiday celebrations, holiday period, lagos state government, management authority, nonchalant attitude, safety service, social networks, state emergency management, state emergency management agency, state fire, state traffic, tidal waves, unnecessary tension | No Comments

New Deadly Virus (Coronavirus): Lagos State Warns Residents

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Lagos State government alerts residents to the existence of a new deadly virus in the world known as Coronavirus, which is said to have claimed many lives in areas it has so far been reported. The Commissioner for …

Posted in Food and Health, Headlines, Here and There, Latest News, News, People and Places, Science | Tagged close contact, deadly virus, environmental hygiene, Hajj., holy pilgrimage, human coronavirus, jide, lagos state government, mouth nose, necessary precautions, pneumonia, respiratory illness, respiratory illnesses, runny nose, Saudi Arabia, shortness of breath, sore throat, upper respiratory tract, vaccination, yellow fever | No Comments

Lagos State Government Employs 70 Women As Truck Drivers

Posted 11 years ago by admin

The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had just employed 70 women as truck drivers, as part of efforts to empower women in the state. The Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, announced this at a news conference in Ikeja today …

Posted in Latest News, News, Politics | Tagged babatunde fashola, Deputy Governor, empowering women, face, hotels, lagos state government, news conference, security risks, taxi drivers, taxis, truck drivers, waste management authority | No Comments

Kidnapping in Lagos: We are on top of the situation – Governor Fashola

Posted 11 years ago by admin

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has assured Lagosians that the government would not rest on it completely wipes out kidnapping activities from the state. Fashola gave this assurance recently at the first session of the 32nd Synod of …