Around Lagos

Lagos State Government met with stakeholders on Tuesday to signal the commencement of the construction of Ijeododo Road, which will connect two Local Council Development Areas, Igando-Ikotun and Iba, to the ongoing 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter, on Thursday suspended an indefinite strike over outstanding arrears of minimum wage and other demands.

Lagos State Government has announced plans to shut the Third Mainland Bridge from midnight on Friday, 26th to midnight on Saturday, 27th February 2021, for the removal of equipment used for the replacement of expansion joints, among others.

AS part of efforts to encourage the teaching and learning of languages in schools, especially Yoruba Language which is the dominant mother-tongue of the State, Lagos State Government has collaborated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) towards providing educational learning materials to schools.

THE Lagos State Examinations Board has commenced the registration for the Year 2021 Universal Basic Education by Continuous Assessment Scores (UBE by CAS) and Placement Test.

THE Lagos State Debt Management Office (DMO) has trained its staff on the Advanced Excel module for a more efficient and effective service delivery in the discharge of their duties.

THE palliative intervention on Eko Bridge embarked upon by the Lagos State Government, in support of the Federal Government’s efforts to replace the eight expansion joints on the highway, has been completed.

A Lagos State Mobile Court over the weekend convicted and sentenced a fake soldier arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) for assault and impersonation to six weeks jail term.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the payment of Death Benefits to 252 direct beneficiaries and family members of deceased staff.

Members of the Elders Society of the Anglican Church recently donated 52 bed-sheets to the Maternal and Child Centre, in Ajah, Eti-Osa LGA for use by the patients on admission at the facility.