Lagos city hall reopens after renovations

The historic city hall on Lagos Island, the seat of the secretariat of the Lagos Island local government authority, is back in use after a restoration costing N5.2 billion. Built in 1968 as the seat of the then Lagos city...

Shell cuts Nigeria production

Royal Dutch Shell has suspended operations at three pumping stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta following sabotage of an oil pipeline on 30 January. The act of sabotage came just after Nigeria’s main militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of...

Lagos to protect cultural sites

This Day online reports that a bill is to be put in place in the Lagos metropolitan area and state to halt the demolition of culturally significant sites. Deputy chief whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Lola Akande,...

Dana Air opens Lagos flights to Uyo

Dana Air starts flights between Lagos and Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, on 18 January. The service runs seven days a week, operating out of Lagos. The daily flight leaves Lagos in the morning and has a...

Lagos to expand bus rapid transit scheme

Local transport operator Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has announced plans to expand the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme in the city. Part of the project is to increase the speed of the express bus system with dedicated lanes so...

Taxi trouble in Lagos

Fuel scarcity in Lagos is making it difficult for taxi drivers to repay bank loans encouraged by a government scheme to help them buy a new car, according to a 234next.com report. In May 2009 the Lagos state government in conjunction...

Lagos hospital reforms

Boards of governors have been introduced at 12 public hospitals and health facilities in Lagos to improve public health care in the state. Until now the hospitals have been run directly by the state government. The Gbagada, Lagos, Ifako-Ijaiye, Apapa, Alimosho,...

Nigeria faces constitutional crisis

Nigeria’s parliament is scheduled to debate the implications of the prolonged absence of the country’s President Umaru Yar’Adua for health reasons. The head of the rules and business committee in the house of representatives has said that a debate will...

President Yar’Adua health concern

Pressure is mounting on Nigeria’s president Umaru Yar’Adua to resign from office amid growing concerns about the state of his health. The president is currently in hospital in Saudi Arabia, where he is being treated for acute pericarditis, an inflammation...

Nigeria to restore Lagos-Jebba rail link

The Nigerian government has signed a N12.3 billion contract with a Chinese company to rehabilitate the 488 km railway between Lagos and Jebba to the north. The project is part of renewed efforts to revamp the country’s 3,500 km narrow...