The Lagos State N3.366 trillion 2025 appropriation bill, signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday, has once again shown that the Centre of Excellence continues to prove its worth and mettle as a pacesetter for the rest of the federating units. Just like the previous year, the 2025 Appropriation Bill represents a 32.5 per cent increase over the …

The Lagos State Safety Commission has warned clubs and lounges against overcrowding. The commission also noted it had commenced inspections to ensure compliance, having observed “a concerning trend of overcrowding in several clubs and lounges across the city in recent days”. In a statement on Wednesday, the Director General of the Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, said while the agency supports …

The Lagos State Government has said no litigation is delaying the construction of an international airport in the Lekki area of the state to complement the Murtala Muhammed Airport. According to the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, all necessary documents are with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria for the commencement of the airport. The Federal Government …

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has said that all gates and barriers installed within Lagos metropolis without prior authorisation were illegal and would be removed. In a statement on Monday in Lagos, the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi said that any unauthorised gate or barrier should be dismantled within seven days of the announcement. He stated that failure to …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the government is adopting renewable energy to power its street lights. The governor said in one year, the majority of the streetlights in Lagos would be powered by solar. Represented by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Biodun Ogunleye, at the NAPE 2024 Conference, Sanwo-Olu disclosed that 22,000 of such streetlights had been …

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has introduced a new system to accredit interstate parks and digitise passenger manifests, aimed at enhancing safety, reliability, and efficiency in interstate travel across the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, announced this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. According to Osiyemi, the initiative is an ambitious programme designed to …

The Lagos State Government has called on independent power producers and energy solution firms to submit bids for constructing gas-fired power plants to bridge the state’s persistent electricity gap. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, in partnership with the Office of Public-Private Partnerships, made the call for the initiative to enhance Lagos’s power supply through the Clean Lagos Electricity …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, received the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Mr. David Lammy, in a courtesy call at the State House in Marina, hours after the British envoy arrived Nigeria in his first trip to Africa to discuss UK’s new approach to the continent. Lammy, accompanied by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Richard Montgomery, …

The Lagos State government has announced a 15-month traffic diversion at Mile 2 for the construction of the new transport interchange terminal. In a statement on Sunday, The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that the diversion would integrate rail, bus, water and non–motorised transportation. He said the 15-month traffic diversion for the construction would begin from 11 …

Lagos State Government, in partnership with QDance Centre, will, on 26 October, begin the maiden International Cultural Festival tagged, ‘Afropolis 2024’. The theme is ‘We Need New Myth’. The festival will feature displays of various African cultures from different parts of the country and Africa. It will last for nine days at the JK Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and …