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THE honorary members of the Rotary Club, Ikoyi has handed over a newly built and fully equipped blood bank to the Lagos State Police Hospital, Falomo in a bid to reduce maternal mortality and other anaemia-related deaths. The blood bank features two refrigerators with a 150 unit capacity each.

THE Lagos State Government, in partnership with a private organisation, Awa Bike, has launched the Lagos Bike Shared Scheme with 1,000 bikes. The initiative is in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of reducing green gas emission in the state.

THE management of the Lagos Traffic Radio, 96.1FM, has announced a temporary shutdown of transmission between 12 am on Thursday, July 29 and 4 pm on Friday, July 30, 2021, to allow its team of Engineers to carry out routine maintenance of its equipment in a bid to improve service delivery.

THE Lagos State Ministry of Finance has announced a 15% discount on all Land Use Charge (LUC) bills paid within 30 days of receipt of bill.

THE Federal Government of Nigeria has directed all COVID-19 Isolation Centres across the nation to prepare and re-open their facilities in anticipation of a possible increase in Covid-19 cases due to the presence of the Covid-19 Delta variant in the country.

CITY People Magazine awarded the governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu the Real Estate Governor of the Year Award on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at the 6th City People Real Estate Awards, 2021 which took place at the 10 Degrees Event Centre, Oregun Lagos.

THE Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected some results of the state's local government elections conducted, on Saturday, July 24, 2021, in the 57 local government areas and local council development areas.

IN a bid to simplify the payment of the Lagos Land Use Charge by its citizens, the Lagos State Government, under the administration of Mr Sanwo-Olu has designed an online platform referred to as the ‘Lagos Online Assistant (LOLA)’ on 08154333883.

ALIMOSHOTODAY gathered that although the residents of Lagos are expected to vote in their choice candidates as chairmen and councillors in the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state, there has been low turnout of voters in most polling booths across the state. There are also situations where officials of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) were yet to arrive as of 9:30 am.

THE Lagos State Governor, Mr Sanwo-Olu commissioned the new ultra-modern secretariat of the Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area on Friday, July 23, 2021. The secretariat, located at Idiagbon Bus Stop, Ifako-Ijaiye, is named 'Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Monumental Civic Centre'.