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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Frequent visitors to Alpha Beach on the Lagos Island would find it difficult to believe that their favourite fun spot is no more. What is left of this tourist site is a broken coastline that shows the potency of angry water. What used to be a tarred road running parallel to the beach had […]
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Abuja (FCT), Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
The Embassy of the United States, which is a few metres to the bombed UN building located on Diplomatic Road and its officials were seen responding to the terrorist attack with renewed tightening of security measures. Saturday Tribune noticed a sense of fear and apprehension at the Embassy, as vehicles were disallowed from packing opposite […]
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Lagos, State News
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Respite has finally come to tenants in Lagos as the state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has signed into law a bill that will make it unlawful for a landlord or his agent to demand or receive from a sitting tenant rent in excess of six months. The law, which explicitly harps on the rights and […]
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Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Five people were on Saturday afternoon feared killed, several others severely injured and property worth millions of naira destroyed when a three-storey building collapsed on the Island in Lagos State. Among the injured was a man said to be a welder. One of the Ikeja offices of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) also, on the same day, went […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Lagos State Government is set to demolish over 500 clusters of shanties at the Ilaje lagoon front in Bariga Local Government Area of the state. The demolition, when carried out, would render over 2,000 residents homeless. The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who addressed the over 2,000 affected residents on Wednesday […]
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Governors, Headlines, Lagos, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday joined his 36 States counterparts under the aegis of the Governors’ Forum of Nigeria in sustaining the campaign against the spread of Polio nationwide, stressing that Lagos State could not afford to stop the campaign against the deadly disease now. Governor Fashola who spoke at the Quarterly […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
South West Regional Editor with agency reports LAGOS — The fear of attacks by Islamic militants in Nigeria is spreading South to the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos, where city buses are being checked for bombs. This followed a text message purportedly sent by the group warning people not to take government buses because they are […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has distributed 500 Auto-Vehicle Inspection devices to the Police; Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and Vehicle Inspection Units as part of measures to improve traffic control in the state. Mr Fola Arthur-Worrey, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (left) and Divisional Police […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Any landlord in Lagos state who collects rent in excess of one year from a new tenant is liable of punishment by the state government as such action would henceforth be seen as a criminal offence, which will either attract jail term or payment of fine. This is part of the content of the tenancy […]
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Governors, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has directed immediate arrest and prosecution of owners of collapsed buildings in the state. He also directed Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to commence immediate review of current building laws to restore sanity to the building sector. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. […]