Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday announced an increment to the death insurance benefit for police officers who die in active service to the State to N10 million, saying that his administration would stop at nothing to ensure the safety of all citizens in the State. Governor Ambode, who spoke at Lagos House […]
Lagos State Government Mourns Passage Of Former Minister, Olubi
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday expressed shock and sadness over the death of foremost accountant and a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi. Dr. Olubi, who was a former President of Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), was appointed the first female Chairman of United Bank of Africa […]
Pictures: Governor Ambode At The Memorial Service For Late George Stavros Coumantaros
Lagos State Government Urges Massive Turn-Out For Bye Election In Ifako- Ijaiye Saturday
Lagos State Government on Friday urged all registered voters of Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency to come out en-masse to vote during the bye elections to fill the House of Representatives seat vacated by All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, late Dr Elijah Adewale holding on Saturday, December 3, 2016. According to a statement signed by the Secretary […]
We Have Kept Faith With Our Promise To Lagosians
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said his administration has kept faith with the electioneering campaign promises made to Lagosians, assuring that the State would witness quantum leap in infrastructural development in 2017. Speaking at the grand finale of the campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Saturday’s bye-election for Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency of the House of […]
Lagos State Government Set To Launch Rent-To-Own Housing Scheme
In an effort to cushion the effects of economic recession in the country, the Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has concluded plans to start allocation of houses under the newly introduced rent-to-own policy. The State’s Commissioner for Housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this at a press conference ahead of the launch of […]
Police Uncovers Illegal Oil Depot In Oregun
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday uncovered an illegal oil depot located underneath the Oregun-Opebi Link Bridge in Onigbongbo Local Government Area of the State, arresting eight suspects in the process. The illegal oil depot was uncovered during a joint raid by men of the Lagos Police Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), […]
Pictures: Governor Ambode At The Funeral Service Of Sir Olaniwun Ajayi
Don’t Discriminate Against People Living With HIV
Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has urged the public to desist from discriminating against persons living with HIV. She made the call in Ikeja, at the 2016 World Aids Day commemoration with adolescents living with HIV, organized by the Lagos State Aids Control Agency (LSACA) in collaboration with Positive Action […]
Lagos State Government To Commence Disbursement Of N25bn ETF In December
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the State Government will commence the disbursement of the N25billion Employment Trust Fund (ETF) initiative of his administration by December, 2016. Governor Ambode, who spoke in Lagos at the graduation ceremony for 500 artisans trained by the State Government on modular employability programme in nineteen different […]