By every measure, Lagos is one of Africa’s fastest-growing megacities. It generates thousands of tonnes of municipal waste daily, operates an extensive waste management system, and has repeatedly launched sanitation campaigns. Yet, a drive through the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Oshodi, Ketu, Ikorodu Road, Awolowo Way in Ikeja, Lagos Mainland o...
Lagos State government has said it is expanding access to specialised health care with the building of hospital facilities in Ojo and Somolu, as the 280-bed Ojo General Hospital nears completion and a new 180-bed hospital takes shape in Somolu. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said this at the weekend during an inspection of [&hell...
•New US Consul General, Brandon Hudspeth The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the arrival of Brandon Hudspeth as the new Consul General at the US Consulate General in Lagos. Hudspeth will serve a three-year tenure as the senior US government representative across the 17 states in southern Nigeria. He succeeds Rick Swart, who [&he...
•Fallen Truck On Gbagada Expressway, Lagos Motorists experienced slow-moving traffic on the Gbagada Expressway in Lagos today after two separate accidents, one involving two major trucks and another involving two trailers and five other vehicles, disrupted the free flow of traffic on the busy corridor. Our correspondent, who was at the scene, ...
•Refuse dumpsite in Lagos The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI, has rescued four nursing mothers and their babies from an illegal dumpsite at Agboju along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State. According to a statement on the agency’s X page yesterday, the rescue was carried out on Monday as part of an [&helli...
•Blackout Lagos residents are currently lamenting the darkness which has engulfed parts of the state since yesterday afternoon. The areas hit by the blackout are those covered by the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) namely: Ikeja, Abule-Egba, Akowonjo, Oshodi, Shomolu, and Ikorodu. The Frontier reports that, after the heavy rains...
The Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) will, on Tuesday, August 11, host the public presentation of two new books by renowned academic, scientist and columnist Professor Adebayo Lamikanra, in what is expected to be a major gathering of Nigeria’s intellectual and professional community. The Frontier report...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday said the state faces a deficit of about 40,000 doctors and another 40,000 nurses, while its health sector requires at least N100 billion above current budgetary provisions to meet the needs of its growing population. The governor also disclosed that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that senior professors in Lagos State-owned universities now earn less in monthly remuneration than secondary school principals in the state’s public service. The union described the situation as a reflection of the declining welfare of academics, while accusing the Lagos State govern...
•The protesters carrying placards The #TakeItBack Movement today staged protests in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country over worsening economic hardship, insecurity, inflation and what the organisers described as political repression under the Bola Tinubu administration. The protests, held under the banner of the “Festival of the Oppre...
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