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The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Property Land Use Charge Bill into Law. The House passed the bill into law at plenary session on Thursday through voice vote by members of the assembly. The House amended the Land Use Charge Law 2018 endorsed by the immediate past governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, said ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Monday unveiled the newly constructed Layby on Allen Junction to decongest traffic on Obafemi Awolowo Road in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Transportation ‘Ladi Lawanson, said the project had been created to respond to the traffic congestion and gridlock usually occasioned along the axis due to ...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N852.316billion for 2019 to the House of Assembly. Quoting the governor, a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, said N462.757billion representing 54 percent of the total budget size had been earmarked for capital expenditure, while N389.560billion representing 46 percent had been dedicated to ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday assured that the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state for the 2019 general elections, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu will not abandon ongoing projects but would rather complete and build on the enduring legacies already put in place by his administration. Ambode, who said this while inaugurating an ultra -modern ...

The Pedestrian Bridge project that  was recently begun by the Lagos state government across the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Olowopopo Road has been completed. According to the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Adebowale Akinsanya, it was in line with the vision to protect lives and improve the aesthetics of the environment. See photos of the Pedestrian bridge below:   ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to ensure that seaports in other parts of the country become functional to decongest Apapa ports and environs. He argued that besides helping government to save funds spent on managing the traffic and regular repair of roads damaged by articulated vehicles, this will end the gridlock caused by trucks ...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it had mobilised contractors with N5.6 billion to begin construction of 181 roads. Mr. Ade Akinsanya, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, made this known at the Government House, Alausa, at the 2018 Ministerial Press Briefing to mark three years in office of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. Akinsanya said that the sum represented ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday promised to deliver the reconstruction of Oshodi-Airport road and Oshodi transport interchange by December this year, citing their strategic significance to traffic management in the state. The governor equally pledged to compensate all stakeholders, whose buildings were affected during the reconstruction of Oshodi-Airport road, noting that the state government would pay property owners ...

The blockade of access roads in Lagos, Nigeria’s major commercial city continues unabated, as the Mile 2 axis of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway was for a better part of Thursday, locked down. This caused total traffic gridlock on the road. Motorists were seen diverting to various routes alternative to the expressway, but the alternatives were no better, as several vehicles got ...

It was all excitement for residents of Ipaja, Aiyetoro, Peak Thomas and other sub-urban communities in Alimosho area of Lagos State, Monday, as Governor Akinwunimi Ambode opened up the areas with network of 21 roads and two bridges amounting to 27.4 kilometres in all. The development is seen impacting the lives of the residents who can now access their once ...