Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced his government’s readiness to pay a new minimum wage of N85,000 to workers in the state. Sanwo-Olu disclosed on Wednesday while featuring on Politics Today, an interactive program on Channels TV. “I’m glad to let you know that the minimum wage for Lagos, which we’ve discussed with our…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is slated to receive the highest honour, at this year’s Almond Insurance Industry Awards and Consumers’ Nite. A statement from the organisers of the award on Friday, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Almond Productions Limited, Ms Faith Ughwode, said Lagos State had over the years blazed the…
The Lagos State Government has reopened the Ojota and Maryland sections of the Odo Iya Alaro Bridge to traffic. At the reopening on September 16, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat highlighted the state’s zero-tolerance policy for infrastructure abuse, addressing frequent theft of manhole covers and other bridge components. To combat this issue, the government has replaced…
The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences has announced the arrest of six individuals, including two women, for allegedly selling petroleum products illegally by the roadside. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, confirmed the arrests in a statement on Tuesday, noting that the operation took place at Fadeyi, Maryland, Charity Bus Stop,…
The husband of Mrs. Favour Igiebor has disclosed that his wife did not tear his international passport as widely reported. Clarifying the incident, the man who featured in a viral video, said they were only acting a skit. In his latest video shared on the family’s Instagram page, the man begged Nigerians for understanding and…
A half-dressed man on Monday stormed Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos State, to continue the demonstration in the ongoing protest against hardship and bad governance in Nigeria. The protesters expressed their displeasure with President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast on Sunday, considering it rather unfortunate that it took Tinubu three days of protest to address…
A woman was seen carrying an empty pot during the #EndBadGovernance protest on Kudirat Abiola Way in Ikeja, Lagos. The protest, part of a broader movement across Nigeria, attracted a large crowd voicing their dissatisfaction with government policies and economic conditions. The woman’s empty pot, a potent symbol of hunger and hardship, resonated with many…
There is a heavy security presence across major cities in Nigeria as on August 1 protesters gathered in Abuja, and in Kaduna, Lagos, and Rivers states. Channels Television’s ‘The August Protests’ programme showed videos of protesters who converged across states and were unanimous in their statements that hunger and hardship in Nigeria were their motivations…
Some Lagos State residents have expressed mixed reactions to the planned nationwide hunger protest, urging the Federal Government to address the needs of the masses amid persistent food inflation. They disclosed this in separate interviews with NAN in Lagos. They also said there was no money to engage in panic buying ahead of the protest….
