The Lagos State Government has directed residents living in low-lying and flood-prone communities to temporarily relocate to higher ground following a fresh seven-day flood alert issued by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA. The advisory covers September 19 to 25 and includes Lagos and 14 other states. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo…
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has taken its campaign against domestic and sexual violence to Lagos Island as part of activities marking the 2026 Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Month. The Agency held an advocacy walk on Friday, September 11, 2026, to raise public awareness, encourage reporting and strengthen collective action…
Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has called on Lagos Island Local Government to strengthen its Local Government Committee on Food and Nutrition (LGCFN) and provide dedicated budget allocations for nutrition programmes. The call was made during an advocacy visit to the council, where CS-SUNN Senior Programme Manager, Kunle Ishola, stressed the need for…
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, popularly known as the Taskforce, has impounded 66 commercial motorcycles for allegedly violating the state’s transport regulations. The Chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Adetayo Akerele, disclosed this in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, on Tuesday. Akerele said the motorcycles were impounded during…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the demolition of the 25-storey Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) building on Martins Street, Lagos Island, once the fire incident is fully extinguished. The governor gave the directive on Thursday during an on-the-spot assessment of the fire scene, which affected more than 10 surrounding buildings after it broke out…
Emergency responders are still battling to fully extinguish a fire that broke out at the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, more than 10 hours after the inferno began. Flames and thick smoke can still be seen billowing from parts of the building, visible from a considerable distance, as residents and…
A late-night inferno on Monday engulfed several warehouse plazas at Taiwo Line, Lagos Island, causing panic and major losses among traders. The fire, which reportedly started around 8:00 p.m., quickly spread across at least five plazas. Eyewitnesses said traders and passersby scrambled to rescue goods, as thick smoke and flames consumed large sections of the…
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has confirmed a fire outbreak at a building on Broad Street, Lagos Island, which houses one of its branches. In an official statement via its X account on Tuesday, the bank clarified that the affected property is not its corporate head office, UBA House, Marina, contrary to social media…
