•Governor Sanwo-Olu casting his vote 25-year-old Ahmed Iliya slipped into his recently bought Chelsea FC jersey. His hose, neatly washed, reached up to his knees, while his shiny Adidas boots embraced his feet. He was ready for action. His destination was the popular Orege Road in Ajeromi-Ifelodun area of Lagos State, which youths were prepari...
•A deserted major road in Lagos today As Lagos residents troop out to cast their votes in the local government elections, major roads leading to the nation’s commercial capital have been deserted. The Nigeria Police had announced that movement would be restricted from 6 am to 3 pm in the state. Our crew on the […]
•Vote casting Exactly one year after a landmark Supreme Court ruling on local government autonomy in Nigeria, 7,060,195 registered voters in Lagos State, Nigeria’s economic nerve centre and revenue powerhouse, head to the polls today, Saturday, July 12, 2025, to elect their preferred representatives into chairmanship, vice-chairmanship and cou...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu apologises Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has apologised to Lagosians who were left stranded in hours-long gridlock owing to the repair work going on at the Independence Bridge in Lagos. The closure of the Independence Bridge for repair work left thousands of Lagosians grounded in the area between Wednesday evening and early t...
•Paul Ayanlola A Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Hon. Tokunbo Paul Ayanlola, has said that the time has come for Lagosians to have a rethink over the domination of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in state politics and governance. Ayanlola, a former Labour Party candidate for the Lagos House of Assembly election in 2023, lamented that [&hellip...
Lagos State Government today revealed that there are about 8.67 million residents of the state who are living with hypertension. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known at a press briefing and planned to flag off a state-wide public health campaign on hypertension and diabetes with the theme “Know Your Numbers [&...
•Igbo Lagos indigenes under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, today, declared that the group has no problem with Igbo residents, insisting that it is worried about Yoruba from other South-West states. The group’s President, Mr Miftah Bolaji Are, who spoke during a visit to Ikorodu, said there were individuals from South-West, no...
•Lagos Speaker Obasa and Gov Sanwo-Olu The 2024 budget proposal of N2.246 trillion presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today faces the realities of daunting economic challenges and must be tailored towards improving the lives of residents, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said. Speaking at th...
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