Tag: Lagos
Ambode recommends 25-year jail term for rapists
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday recommended a minimum sentence of 25 years for rapists, saying rape should not be met with...
Lagos Muslim Pilgrims Board warns against ‘unrealistic’ tour operators
The Lagos State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board has advised intending pilgrims to be wary of some tour operators who used unrealistic hajj fares as...
Land use charge: Lagos government gives clarity at stakeholders’ meeting
The Lagos State Government has further clarified the rates for the newly reviewed Land Use Charge Law of 2018, noting that payers can compute...
UK to build prison wing in Lagos to transfer Nigerian prisoners
Britain will build a new wing at Kirikiri Prison in the Nigerian city of Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, the...
Lagosians divided over waist chains, anklets
Lagosians on Wednesday expressed divergent views about women who wear waist chains, beads and anklets.
Some of those who spoke to the News Agency of...
Ambode signs N1.046tr 2018 budget into law
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of the state into law with a total budget size of N1,046,121,181,680.00.
The...
Lagos urges hoteliers, event centres to embrace new tax payment system
Lagos State Government on Thursday launched a new regulation for the fiscalization of the Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Tax Law, with a charge...
Two construction workers in court over alleged murder in Lagos
Two construction workers, Emmanuel Udoh and Mohammed Saidu, who allegedly beat their co-worker to death during a brawl, on Tuesday, appeared before a Lagos...
Cattle dealer faces N2m fraud in Lagos
A 50-year-old cattle dealer, Ahmed Abubakar, on Monday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for alleged N2 million fraud.
Abubakar, whose...
Dismissed soldier docked over alleged impersonation
A dismissed soldier, Chukwudi Afuka, was on Friday arraigned in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly dressing in military camouflage.
Afuka, 31, who resides...