At least two persons were killed on Sunday, as pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) exploded in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State. Ibrahim Farinloye, acting zonal coordinator of The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the south-west, confirmed this to NAN on Sunday. The raging fire caused panic among the residents of […]
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The Lagos State Government has procured over 5,000 drones which it has already connected to its Command Control Centre with CCTV equipment and mobile CCTV equipment to enhance security in the state. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu revealed this while inaugurating 10 additional boats procured to boost rescue operations […]
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The governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the 2020 budget of N1.168 trillion into law. Sanwo-Olu signed the budget at his office in Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday. Babafemi Hamzat, his deputy, Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the state house of assembly, Gbolahan Yishau, chairman of house committee on budget and economic planning and […]
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The Government of Lagos State has reopened Club Quilox owned by a member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller. The state’s Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says it has re-opened the club after securing the management’s commitment to comply with the state’s Environmental Laws, Regulations, Guidelines and Standards. Dr Dolapo Fasawe, General Manager, LASEPA, disclosed […]
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The Lagos State Government on Monday said its 32,000-metric-tonnes Imota rice mill would about 250,000 jobs when completed in June 2020. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawan made the disclosure during an inspection visit to the rice mill at Imota, Ikorodu. Mr. Lawal said the economic importance of the rice mill was very huge, […]
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The Lagos State Film and Videos Censors Board (LSFVCB) on Tuesday said that 30 traders had been arrested in clampdown on sellers of pirated films in the state. The Executive Secretary of the board, Mr Dele Balogun, said in a statement that the traders were arrested after a week-long raid on pirated films outlets in […]
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Lagos state government, on Sunday announced the discovery of a two-year-old lion in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The lion, said to be owned by an unnamed Indian national, was discovered acting as a security guard at 229, Muri Okunola Street in the Victoria Island area of the state. […]
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An unidentified 11-year-old boy alongside Wasiu, who was trying to rescue him, was swept away by a flood in the Aboru, Alimosho local government in Lagos on Saturday. The NAN correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident, gathered that two young boys who were sent by their parents to buy cooking gas at a […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced his resolve to complete within 18 months the 70 million-gallon Adiyan Water Project which was abandoned by previous administration. Sanwo-Olu said on Thursday during an inspection of the water works that the contractor handling the project, located in the north-western part of the state, had been mobilized […]
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Oke-Osanyintolu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the collapsed building is situated at Sharks Squad, LASEMA, enroute Kingdom Hall street, Abijo, along Lekki-Epe expressway. He said that the collapsed three-storey building was under construction, while three people had been rescued. “The three people sustained various degrees of injuries and they have […]
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