Category: State

As Lagos joined the rest of world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode has called for the removal of barriers impeding the progress of women in the country. Speaking at the Women’s Day celebration held at the Police College,  Ikeja,  Lagos on Thursday, Mrs Ambode said women must be ready to challenge stereotypes and should rise up to question old established practices that were not women-friendly. March 8 every year is observed worldwide as International Women’s Day, to celebrate…

  Olubayode Treasure-Olawunmi, a 40-year-old Ikorodu-born reader, on Saturday, March 3, 2018, became the fifth Nigerian to enter the Guinness Book of World Records after equaling and surpassing 113hours in ‘Reading Aloud Marathon Attempt’. Bayode, after five days of reading aloud at Herbert Macaulay Library, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, surpassed 113hours and 15minutes record set by Mr Deepak Sharma Bajaan from Nepal at 1.30pm and at exactly 3.30pm,he set new record with an additional 30minutes. He started the Read Aloud Marathon Attempt on Monday, February 26, 2018 and was given only…

-It is a more scientific and standardised payment Following the announcement of the re-enacted Land Use Charge Law (LUCL) 2018 of Lagos State, the Coalition of Real Estate Investors and Surveyors in Lagos State has revealed that after its thorough analysis of the LUCL 2018, Owners-Occupiers are expected to pay a token percentage of 0.076% of the value of the assessed property. Mr. Ayokunle Gregory, the convener of Coalition of Real Estate Investors and Surveyors in Lagos, made this revelation through a press statement after a closed-door meeting of the…

-Deal to provide 500 jobs, facilitate hybrid energy plant The Lagos State Government and a United Kingdom firm, Low Energy Designs (LED) Limited on Monday entered into partnership to construct 10,000 LED street lights covering 300kilometres across the State. The deal, which also includes the provision of about 500 jobs and construction of an LED lighting and Hybrid Energy Power Assembly Plant in Epe, is estimated at $7million (about N2.52billion), and is expected to be delivered in the next 12 months. Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding…

-Comrade Oshiohmole to deliver 26th Convocation lecture A total of 6,355 students would be graduating across all Schools in Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu Main Campus, at the 26th Convocation slated for the institution’s Convocation Ground on Thursday, March 8, 2018. The Rector, Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro, who stated this during the pre-Convocation Press Conference held at the institution’s Board Room on Thursday, March 1, 2018, also rolled out the achievements of the institution in the last one year. 211 students out of the total number of 6,355 that would…