As part of efforts to sanitize and project the image of the transportation system in Lagos State and ability to reward good deeds and eliminate the bad eggs among the drivers and conductors in the state, Lagos-based frontline journalist and publisher of Nigerian Online Newspaper, August24news.com, Mr. Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim is set to present the…
The Pan-African Society for Social and Economic Change (PASSEC) has petitioned the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, alleging financial mismanagement linked to the leadership of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI). In the letter, dated August 6, 2025, and signed by PASSEC’s Executive Director, Comrade Basah Mohammed,…
Lagos is set to host a major cultural and tourism exhibition in December, bringing together stakeholders from across Nigeria and abroad to address the country’s long-standing neglect of its tourism sector. The three-day event, organised by Migbaci Expo, is expected to attract over 15,000 participants and hundreds of thousands more via social media platforms. The…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has hailed the newly commissioned industrial leather hub as potent enough to position Lagos as a global leader in leather production and innovation. Located in the boisterous Matori, Mushin area of the state, the hub, now known as the Oluremi Tinubu Industrial…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Sunday announced that the government would start the second phase of rehabilitation works on the Ogudu–Ifako Bridge in Kosofe Local Government Area on Tuesday, August 19, till October 1, 2025. It was learnt that the exercise would focus on restoring the bridge’s expansion joints inbound Lagos Island. This was…
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, otherwise known as the taskforce, has impounded over 600 motorcycles and arrested seven suspects during a routine week-long clean-up enforcement for compliance operations. The agency, in a statement sent on Sunday and signed by its spokesperson, Raheem Gbadeyan, stated that the operation, which commenced on Monday, August…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have killed a suspected armed robber operating from a refuse dump in the Abule Egba area of the state. A police source told reporters on Thursday that the suspect, identified simply as Blessing, was gunned down in the early hours of the day. According to the source, detectives stormed…
AS rains continue to pound parts of the country, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, yesterday, warned that heavy flooding will hit 198 local government areas, in 31 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from August 7 to 21, 2025. The warning came as the Lagos State government sympathised with Ikorodu residents affected by…
The draws for the annual 1XBET football competition which starts on August 12 took place on Wednesday at a colourful ceremony held at Radisson Blu, Ikeja. A total of 450 teams registered for the competition after which the technical body picked 64 teams that were later further reduced through two knock out preliminary games to 16…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged continued state-wide infrastructure development as he unveiled a network of roads in Badagry Local Government Area and Olorunda Local Council Development Area on Wednesday. Addressing residents during the event, the governor commended them for their support in the last local government election and restated the administration’s commitment to…
