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Lagos businesses spend N5.3tn on fossil fuel annually

Lagos State residents and businesses operating in the state spend about N5.3tn annually on fossil fuel as a result of the low supply of electricity from the national grid. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, while speaking at the first Lagos State climate change business meeting with members of the Organised […]

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Pilots warn FAAN as Lagos int’l airport runway lights collapse

The approach lights on the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have gone off, forcing pilots to depend solely on equipment onboard their aircraft to land, findings by The PUNCH have revealed. An approach lighting system is a lighting system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a […]

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Lagos to inaugurate Imota rice mill in 10 weeks

The Lagos State Government has assured that the 32-metric tons per hour Rice Mill in Imota, Ikorodu division, will be ready for inauguration in 10 weeks. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the state Commissioner for Agriculture gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. According to her, the contractors […]

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Lagos runway repairs delayed, flights diverted to Ghana, others

There was pandemonium at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Saturday night as a seven-hour closure of the international runway for repairs later turned to a total closure of the Lagos airspace for several hours due to unexpected delays in the rehabilitation work on the Runway 18R. The seven-hour closure of the Runway 18R ( […]

Aviation

Lagos airport shut as dead man found on runway

The international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was temporarily shut in the early hours of Thursday after the mangled body of a dead man was found on Runway 18R of the nation’s flagship airport. The identity of the corpse could not be ascertained as of press time. Also, it could not be […]

Transportation

Lagos blue line rail 90% completed – Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that works on both the Blue and Red line rails are at 90 per cent completion. This was made known in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday. The statement read, “Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide […]