The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, destroyed 304,436 kg and 40,042 litres of illicit substances seized from parts of Lagos and Ogun states. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi said the seized drugs were publicly destroyed in Badagry, Lagos. He quoted the agency’s Chairman, Brigadier General Buba Marwa …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, ordered full assessment of buildings in Dosunmu and adjoining areas on the Lagos Island, following the fire disaster that engulfed the market on Tuesday. Two days after the fire broke, the site remains an active disaster zone, with first responders from the Lagos State Government still battling isolated inferno in some of the …

The  Lagos State Government has announced the termination of an agreement between them and  Messers Bridgeways Global Projects Limited over the much-publicised Kantagua Market. An earlier report revealed that the Lagos Government has planned the movement of the Computer Village in Ikeja to Kantagua. According to The Nation, the timeline for the planned movement was truncated two years ago with …

The Lagos State Government has disclosed it is working to boost water transportation by creating safer, more efficient, and sustainable strategies which are at various stages of implementation. A statement on Sunday noted that the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, stated this during a tour of the Lagos State Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre Control Room, established …

The Office of Mineral Resources, Lagos State has waded into the viral video over the alleged huge loss of revenue incurred by farmers, by dredging near their farms. In a statement, the Deputy Director of Public Affairs Unit, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Adetola Idowu, said on learning of the matter, the Special Adviser to the state Governor on …

The Lagos State Government and the Agege Local Government have ordered traders and beggars on rail tracks along the Agege corridor to vacate before strict enforcement and demolition. At a stakeholders meeting on Sunday with illegal occupants, owners of shanties, traders, and those begging for alms on the rail tracks, the government told them to vacate the area with immediate …

Some residents of Lagos State, on Sunday, lamented the inadequate number of Point of Sale machines as the state’s discounted food market opened in 27 locations. The initiative tagged ‘Ounje Eko’ was part of the measures put in place by the state government to address the food crisis in the country. Nigerians have in recent times been grappling with skyrocketing …

A female passenger, identified as Nimotalahi Ishola, on Saturday night, jumped into the lagoon while onboard a ferry in Igando area, Alimosho local government area of Lagos State. The incident happened around 9 pm on Saturday, shortly after the boat left the Isuti Jetty in Igando community en route Totowu in Ogun State. Nimotalahi was said to be in the …

An 80-year-old man, Isiyaka Ayinde, has reportedly committed suicide at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. A police source told our correspondent that, according to a tenant in the compound, the deceased hung himself with a rope in the kitchen. “He heard …

The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme would be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. During a recent press briefing of the state Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, she said: “We all see what is being done in other climes, rents are collected …