Lagosians Have 8 Days To Pay Their Taxes Or They Face Prosecution

 

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has asked all taxpayers that have yet to fulfil their obligation have between December 1 and 16, 2016, to remit overdue taxes and levies to avoid prosecution.

Photos From Late Billionaire, Olorogun Michael Ibru’s Service Of Songs

 


Late Michael Ibru’s family Ibru held service songs on Tuesday 6th December to commence the burial rites of Late Olorogun Michael Onajirhevbe Ibru. 

Lagos State Businessman Sues UBA For N38 Million

 



A Badagry High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed January 25 for further hearing in a N36.8 million claim against the United Bank for Africa (UBA).

Ambode Raises Police Death Insurance To N10m, Donates 45 Power Bike

 
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.

 

The State Government bagged award as the best security and most safety conscious state in Africa.

Lagos State Mobile Cancer Centre Set To Be Established 

 
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode accepted the offer to raise funds toward the establishment of Mobile Cancer Centre for treatment of people who require such treatment, just as he expressed absolute commitment to providing efficient health care service delivery to all residents of the State.

 

Governor Ambode, who said the major driving philosophy of his administration is to selflessly serve humanity especially by lifting people from their challenges, expressed the optimism that the establishment of the Cancer Centre in Lagos would be to the greater benefit of the people.

Lagos Declares Zero Tolerance For Building Collapse Within The State

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure zero tolerance for building collapse in the state, just as it revealed that about 500 buildings that are either defective or abandoned have been discovered, threatening to take appropriate actions on the building if the owners refuse to take ownership of their structures.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Wasiu Anifowoshe, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said that the present administration is determined to ensure that Lagos remains the Centre of Excellence stressing that the Government is resolute on its commitment to zero tolerance for building collapse in the state.

How Gunmen Attack Commercial Bus in Lagos and Kill Passenger

The passengers in a bus on the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State, were shocked after some armed men in a Toyota Camry waylaid their vehicle and killed one of the passenger.

A 40-year-old passenger, name given as Olusola Bamidele, was reportedly dragged down from the bus and butchered.

The men were said to have left him in the pool of his blood and drove off in their car.

Lagos Church's Bid Dismissed

Lagos - A Lagos High Court in Ikeja, presided over by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, struck off an application on Friday seeking a stay of proceedings in the criminal charges against the registered trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) and four others.

LASUTH Test Runs Emergency Helicopter

Photo: today.ng

The Chief Medical Director of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Wale Oke, on Friday said that the state government was installing a helicopter evacuation system in the hospital.

Mr. Oke said at the hospital during a test-run of an emergency helicopter that the aim was to move patients from different locations when required.

NDLEA Recovers 301.2kg of Cannabis in Lagos

 

 

 

The Lagos State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday recovered 301.2kg of cannabis in Mushin.

This is contained in a statement by Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokesman of the agency and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

LASU to Clear Backlog of Certificates Within 4 Months – VC

Lagos (Lagos State) – Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), says the backlog of certificates in the institution will be resolved within four months.

He said in Lagos on Wednesday that a task force would be set up to resolve the issue of backlog of certificates at the university’s External System.

According to him, the management is aware of the problems in the system and is making all efforts to resolving them.

[Nigeria] The British Council in Partnership with FirstBank Announces Lagos Theatre Festival 2016

 

 

 

The British Council has, for three years, been working on a theatre programme to stimulate innovation in theatre practice in Nigeria. The council sought to offer opportunities for professional exchange between Nigerian and British theatre makers and this birthed the Lagos Theatre Festival in 2012. This year, Lagos Theatre Festival returns bigger and better than ever as part of UK/Nigeria 2015 –16; a major season of arts in Nigeria aimed at building new audiences, creating new collaborations and strengthening relationships between the UK and Nigeria. First Bank of Nigeria Limited is a major promoter of the British Council Lagos Theatre Festival 2016 as part of its First@arts initiative.

‘No Fresh Case of Lassa Fever in Lagos’

The Lagos State Government, yesterday, disclosed that there is no new case of Lassa fever recorded in the state.

 

 

It also said that the index case, a 25-year-old male undergraduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, is presently responding to treatment in the hospital.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris while briefing newsmen at the weekend, urged residents to remain calm over the outbreak of Lassa fever, saying everything possible was being done to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.

Confirming the occurrence of the first case of Lassa fever in the state, Idris explained that the patient was reported to have fallen ill after he arrived Lagos and “was taken to Ahmadiyyah Hospital, Ojokoro on January 9, 2016 with complaint of fever, sore throats and difficulty in swallowing before he was later taken to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, where he is currently been isolated for treatment.

Fire guts Christ Embassy Church in Lagos 

 

 

 

The Lagos State Fire Service, Thursday, confirmed that fire razed a section of the Christ Embassy Church on Oregun Road, Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday, destroying some property of the church.

The fire reportedly started around 9pm after a spark in the switch room of the church.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, who confirmed the incident, appealed to residents of Lagos to be more safety conscious.

He said the incident came less than a week after goods estimated at millions of naira were destroyed in an inferno that ravaged the Alaba International Market, Ojo.

Lagos Hospital to Shut Down Blood Bank Over Improper Separation

 

 

The Chairman of the Lagos state House of Assembly Health Service Committee, Segun Olulade, has expressed dissatisfaction regarding the operations of the blood bank unit of Gbagada General Hospital.

During a routine inspection at the Cardiac and Renal centers of the hospital, it was alleged that some of the acquired world-class medical equipment were being underutilized.

FRSC Celebrity Marshals Storm Lagos Roads for Safety Campaign

Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) “Celebrity Special Marshals’’ took to Lagos roads on Saturday, sensitising motorists to safe driving before, during and after the Yuletide.

The celebrity special marshals were part of the safety campaign organised by the Lagos State Sector Command of the FRSC, tagged “Speed kills, Slow Down.’’

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the campaign took them to Ikeja, Ojota, Alausa, and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, distributing fliers.

We are Passionate About Future of Children in Lagos, Says Ambode

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Saturday said that he was passionate about the future of children in the state.

Ambode spoke at the 2015 Children End of the Year Party organised by his wife, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja.

The governor, who noted that the party was the first he would be holding in office, said that the children were the future of the state.

“We are very passionate about what happens to children in Lagos. Children are our tomorrow.

“Next year’s party will be bigger than this. We will ensure provision of sporting and recreational facilities in all the nooks and crannies of Lagos State because these children are the future of Lagos State,” he said.

APC Warns Biafra Protesters To Keep Away From Lagos

 

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has warned people agitating for a sovereign state of Biafra to steer clear of the state.

The party particularly warned members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to “discontinue such attempt to plunge Lagos into crisis”.

The party stated that with the heightened security challenges the state is facing, it would not allow any group to hide under the guise of protest to compromise the security of the state.