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Fresh protest breaks out in UI as council backs fee hike

29th August 2024

Experts to discuss creative economy at Lagos summit

Experts will discuss the creative economy in Africa and the perspective of the law towards it at a summit in Lagos. The Global Creative Legal Summit 2024 will debut at the Landmark Event Centre from S...

30th August 2024
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Govt urges care for children with special needs

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Disability Affairs, has urged stakeholders to cater to children living with disabilities. This was stressed on Thursday at the year 2024 celebration o...

30th August 2024
pupils with special needs

Lagos unveils reward scheme for waste recycling

The Lagos State Government is set to launch a sensitization initiative aimed at promoting the circular economy as a solution to diversify the state’s resources by transforming waste into valuable as...

30th August 2024
Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Canada ends visitor-to-work permit policy

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has ended a temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit from within Canada. The IRCC introduced the policy in August 2020 ...

30th August 2024
Canada Visa

Kalu canvasses cross-border education to check Japa

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has expressed his commitment to collaborating with Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as other education stakeholders, to ...

29th August 2024
Benjamin Kalu

Club plans N250m Lagos food bank

The Lions Clubs International, District 404B2 Nigeria, organised a N250 million fundraising luncheon in Lagos to build a food bank aimed at combating acute hunger, while also announcing a plan to emba...

29th August 2024
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Lagos Red Line rail begins partial operations today

The Lagos Mass Transit Red Line Rail will begin partial operations today (Wednesday). This was announced by the spokesperson for the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Kolawole Ojelabi, in a...

28th August 2024
Lagos Red Line

171 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed receiving 171 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday,...

28th August 2024
Nigerian returnees from Libya

FIRS unveils anti-corruption unit, partners ICPC

The chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zaccheus Adedeji, has constituted a 12-member Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit with the mandate to ensure zero tolerance for unethical acts and...

28th August 2024
ZACCHEUS ADEDEJI

Ogun IRS seeks LAMATA assistance to boost revenue

The Ogun State Internal Revenue Service officials on Monday visited the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority to foster stronger ties and explore opportunities for joint revenue generation. Acco...

27th August 2024
LAMATA

Union trains retirees in health emergency management

The Association of Retired Directors of Finance and Accounts under the Lagos State Government on Monday partnered with Careskills Academy Nigeria Limited to train retirees in first aid skills. The lif...

27th August 2024
LASG

Stakeholders seek reading culture revival

Some experts in various sectors have urged Nigerians on the need to imbibe better reading culture. They gave the advice in Lagos on Thursday at the public presentation of the book “This is not a Dis...

26th August 2024
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150 vulnerable Lagosians get govt financial aid

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Political, Legislative and Civic Engagement, has presented cheques to 150 beneficiaries of the Sanwo-Olu Cares Social Intervention programme, an initi...

26th August 2024
LASG

Lagos to showcase culture, history at NBA conference

The Lagos State Government is set to host a Special Lagos Day during the 2024 edition of the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference. The event, scheduled for Tuesday, August 27, 2024, is e...

26th August 2024
LASG

Delta slashed varsity fees to enhance access – Gov

The Delta State Governor, Sherriff Oborevwori, has said he approved reduction in fees at state varsities in order provide room for youth education. The governor said this on Thursday while declaring o...

23rd August 2024
SHERRIF OBOREVWORI

Govt diverts traffic in Ikoyi for road repair

The Lagos State Government will be diverting vehicular traffic away from Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi between 9 am and 5pm on Saturday, August 24 and 9am to 12pm on Sunday, August 25, 2024, for construction...

23rd August 2024
Oluwaseun Osiyemi

LASG seeks collaboration to check building collapses

The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency has commenced the delineation process of serving notices, as part of measures to check building collapse in the state. According to a Thursday state...

23rd August 2024
The collapsed building

LASG hails retirees’ contributions to state growth

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to continue to ensure that retirement benefits are processed and paid promptly to all retirees in the state. The state Head of Service...

22nd August 2024
LASG

Agency sensitises residents to gender violence

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has taken a sensitisation campaign aimed at stemming the spate of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence to community development associations in Ikorodu ...

22nd August 2024
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