“ I have noticed that the fly-over at Ijora which leads to Apapa vibrates strongly whenever I am driving through it.

Lagos State Government on last Monday commenced inspection of 60 communities in the Lekki axis of the state in an effort which might lead to return of some portions of land to about 257 communities.

LAGOS State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has lamented over the poor state of the country’s power sector adding that industries which used to function in the early 70s and 80s were no longer in operation due to epileptic power supply.

Pained by the lull in the state’s tertiary institutions especially, the Lagos State University, LASU, following lecturers’ strike, the Lagos State House of Assembly has stamped its foot down with a determination to end the problem.

Some pregnant women weekend urged Lagos State Government to meet the demands of striking doctors to enable them get attention in the hospitals.

BEFORE you buy any property in Lagos ensure that the documents are genuine. Reason: There are many cloned certificates of occupancy (C of O) and other titled documents in circulation. Lagos State Governor Monitoring Taskforce, GMT, last week arrested five people who were involved in issuing forged state government’s C of O, building approvals and other property certificates.

WHEN the 49.4 kilometre Lekki-Epe Expressway becomes fully operational, the managers of the road, Lekki Concession Company, LCC, would be raking in at least N25.5 million a day, in tolls.

RESIDENTS of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, who are 60 years and above, are about to reap the dividends of the creation of new councils following the presentation of a bill: “Senior Citizens Reimbursement Scheme Regulation,” to residents by the council’s legislators.

WHEN in April 2006, the Lagos State government engaged Messrs Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to upgrade and expand the 49.5 kilometre Lekki-Epe expressway under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, many did not understand the full implications of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme designed to ease the usual traffic gridlock along the road.

A regular user of the 10-kilometre Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, in the last two years would have noticed the rapid reclamation and invasion of the Lagos Lagoon from the Lagos Island end (Ilubirin sandfill); the Oyingbo end; and immediately after the University of Lagos, the fast growing floating slum right inside the lagoon.

To prevent another disaster in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, the indigenes, under the banner of Ejigbo Indigenes Forum, EIF, have appealed to the Federal and Lagos State governments to allow them access to their sacred places of worship in the area.

Since its inauguration in June 2007, the Lagos State House of Assembly has passed 45 bills into law, an average of 15 legislation per year.

Taking a cue from Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, local council chairmen in the state now take stock of their performance monthly.