As part of measure to provide succour for the people through Corporate Social Responsibility(CRS) Lafarge company extended kind gestures to the residents of Oshodi through stimulus relief package given to the poorest of the poor, vulnerable, physically challenge and others in Oshodi. The package contained food items such as Rice, Beans, Garri, Spaggeti, Milk, Tomato…
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Ooni Of Ife Presents 3 Motorized Fumigators, Drone Sprinklers to LASG
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi has presented 3 locally made motorized modular fumigator to Lagos State Government on Tuesday as part of the contribution in the fighting the novel coronavirus global pandemic. According to reports, monarch also handed over a large size drone sprinkler to the state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The drone…
LASG Scales Up Enforcement of Lockdown Order, Impounds 20 Vehicles for Violation
In a bid to reduce the non-compliance with the lockdown order by motorists, especially interstate commercial transporters, Lagos State Government on Saturday scaled up its enforcement of the lockdown directive by impounding 20 vehicles and several motorbikes for violation. The enforcement team, comprising operatives of the State Task Force, LASTMA, officers of the Nigeria Police…
Mortuary Is Congested, Sanwo-Olu Tells Lagosians To Pick Up Their Corpses
…Governor gives 2 weeks ultimatum for pick up …Orders release of 209 correctional Inmates Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said the state’s mortuaries are getting filled and congested, urging owners of corpses in the state morgues to pick them for burial in line with the protocol established in the management of COVID-19 in…
Lagos Shortlists Julius Berger, CCECC, Other Firms For Construction Of Fourth Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State Government has shortlisted 10 firms out of the 32 eligible companies that responded to the call for Expression of Interest (EOI) and applied for construction of the Lagos Fourth Mainland Bridge. This disclosure was contained in a joint statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and…
COVID-19 Lockdown Not Effective – Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said that the lockdown of the state over the coronavirus outbreak is not effective. Commending the efforts of Governor Babajide sanwo-Olu and his Commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, Obasa stated that more needed to be done to curb the spread of…
Lagos Urges Public To Disregard List Of Hospitals Exposed To COVID-19 Cases
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged members of the public to disregard a list making the round on social media of hospitals and health facilities purportedly exposed to COVID19 cases in the State. The Executive Secretary, Lagos Health Facility and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) who disowned the list which was purported to have emanated from…
Sanwo-Olu Increases Hazard Allowance of Health Officers Fighting Covid-19
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 400 percent increment in the hazard allowance for all Health Officers in Lagos State from N5,000 (Five Thousand Naira) to N25,000 (Twenty Five Thousand Naira) for the month of April 2020. The announcement of the increment was contained in a circular issued by the Lagos State…
Lagos Launches ‘EKO TELEMED’ For Remote, Non-COVID-19 Consultation
The Lagos State Government has launched ‘EKO TELEMED’ for residents, as part of concerted efforts aimed at protecting the citizens and reducing their risk of contracting the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The General Manager, Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), Dr. Emmanuella Zamba, speaking on Tuesday at the launch in Lagos, said that with effect from…
NAWOJ Distributes Palliatives to Members To Cushion Covid-19 Effects
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Lagos Chapter, has distributed relief materials to over 200 female journalists and widows across Lagos State. Speaking during the distribution exercise at Radio Lagos Complex, Alausa, the NAWOJ Chairperson – Comrade Adeola Ekine – said the edible items were received from the Lagos State Government as part of…
Panic As Lagos Records 70 New Cases Of Coronavirus In A Day
Lagos state on Sunday recorded 70 new cases of COVID-19, the highest record in the state since the pandemic, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 376. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday revealed on Twitter at 11:50 pm 19th April that there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in…
Residents In Surulere Seeks Security Intervention After Receiving Letter From A Robbery Gang
Surulere residents in Lagos State have taken to various social media platform to call on the security operatives to intervene after they received a letter from a notorious armed robber group known as 100 Million Boys. In the letter which has now been circulated online, the robbery gang that has been terrorizing several areas in…
LASG Issues Warning To Residents Who Engage In Bonfire on Roads
There is an ongoing trend of bonfire on tarred roads and within the streets by residents of Lagos State especially those who reside on the Mainland. This trend started when a notorious group known as 1 Million Boys started looting the residents of Lagos on the premise of the ongoing lockdown. In a bid to…
LASG To Release Impounded Vehicles, Only After Lockdown
The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to visits by motorists to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Vehicle Inspection Services (VIS) and Task Force offices for the release of their impounded vehicles as directed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Governor Sanwo-Olu directed the release of all vehicles impounded for minor offences…
COVID 19: Lagos NYSC Donates Prevention Kits
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Lagos State, has donated safety kits for the prevention of the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic to the Lagos State Government. Receiving the materials on behalf of the State Government at Alausa, Ikeja, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Engr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins expressed government’s appreciation to the Lagos NYSC,…
Sanwo-Olu Focuses On Security Amid Lockdown Extension By President Buhari
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reacted to the decision of the presidency to extend the lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic with emphasis on security. His words: Dear Lagosians, yesterday H.E President Muhammadu Buhari announced a 2 weeks extension of the lockdown. This was a tough decision but like we have…
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Celebrate Easter with Health Workers at Isolation Centers
Gov. Sanwo-Olu hire a Gospel artist to sing and cheer up health workers and patients, so as to boost moral of front line health practitioners and volunteers at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Yaba and the Onikan Isolation Center, Lagos Island during the Easter celebration.
Lagos First Lady Disowns Fake Facebook Accounts
The Office of the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has dissociated itself from parody accounts being operated on Facebook by some fraudulent individuals. According to a statement issued on Thursday by Mrs. Olubukonla Nwonah, Asst. Director, Public Affairs, Office of the First Lady of Lagos State, some dubious minded individuals put…
LASG Arraigns 202 Joggers for Violation Of Lockdown Order
Fitness enthusiasts numbering 202 were on Thursday tried by two Mobile Courts at the State Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti, Yaba for violating the lockdown order made to curb the spread of the COVID-19 disease in Lagos. Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce had arrested the violators of the order on Thursday morning at…
Sanwo-Olu Launch Active Case Search Campaign to Intensify Search for Covid-19 Cases in L.G.A
Lagos State Government launch “Active Case Search” campaign to intensify search for possible cases of #COVID19 in different communities across the State whereby Lagos state health workers will be moving around in pairs to administer an electronic questionnaire at homes and healthcare facilities to make inquiries about some symptoms like cough, cold and fever.