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LASTMA official, three others injured in Lagos multiple crashes

4 September 2024

This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq. Taofiq noted that the accident occurred when a truck that had developed a mechanical fault rammed into a stationed armoured vehicle. The impact of the collision was said to have caused the armoured vehicle […]

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NAFDAC intercepts petrol tankers carrying edible oil in Lagos

22 August 2024

NAFDAC said in a press statement on Wednesday that it acted “on a tip-off” about the potentially hazardous cargo. According to the agency, the edible oil had been transferred into the tanker trucks from a designated edible oil storage facility to transport the product in violation of regulatory standards. Worried about its health implications, NAFDAC […]

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Lagos Govt diverts traffic for pedestrian bridge demolition

16 August 2024

The Lagos State Government says traffic will be diverted at Ikeja Along bus stop,between Ile Zik and Conoil Petrol Station, on the Oshodi bound lane from Saturday toSunday. The Commissioner for Transportation,  Oluwaseun Osiyemi who disclosed this in astatement. said the diversion would be between the hours of 12 midnight and 4.00 a.m.daily. According to […]

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Several Shops Affected As Fire Guts 7-Storey Building

16 August 2024

The incident happened on Friday on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations were dispatched immediately after receiving a distress call […]

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Sanwo-Olu, Ambode meet over future of Lagos

13 August 2024

Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has met with his predecessor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Sanwo-Olu said they discussed issues centred around the future of the state and building on the solid foundation already in place. Posting on his X page, Sanwo-Olu said their conversation centred around the future of Lagos and building on the solid foundation already in […]

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Lagos subsides Hepatitis C test, vaccinates 5,000 residents

9 August 2024

To further reduce the impact of Hepatitis on the population, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Health,  Olusegun Ogboye, has said that the state has subsided Hepatitis C testing and vaccinated over 5,000 residents. In a statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of Public Affairs, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, Ogboye, emphasised that the fight […]

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Lagos pensioners to enjoy one-year free healthcare services – Sanwo-Olu

17 July 2024

He explained that the move was meant to ensure that state retirees have access to healthcare after their retirement. Sanwo-Olu stated this at the official launch of the Ilera Eko Standard Jaara Health Insurance Plan and the commissioning of five virtual booths in the state held  at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island. He further […]

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Flood: Environmental enforcements in public’s best interest, Lagos tells residents

8 July 2024

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources,  Tokunbo Wahab, who said this in a statement in Lagos, explained that most of the enforcement actions were pre-emptive and accounted for the almost zero fatalities that would have been recorded around the state with the magnitude of rainfall it experienced. Wahab said if such steps were not […]

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WHO steps in as cholera outbreak hits Kirikiri prison in Lagos

1 July 2024

He said they were able to supply Kirikiri medium prison with intravenous fluids, infection prevention, and other health consumables.Additionally, the World Health Organization ,WHO, has donated 10,000 doses of pharmaceuticals which have been delivered to the prison to support prison health facilities with prevention strategies for about 3,200 inmates if required. The Commissioner also said […]

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Former Konga CEO, Imudia, kills self in Lagos home

27 June 2024

Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his death, the businessman reportedly made a call to his United States-based brother to give him instructions on how to distribute his wealth […]

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