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Lagos State Ministry of Health

November 17, 2025

SGBV: Lagos govt trains health workers on prevention, management as cases rise

The ministry’s spokesperson said the training equipped health workers with the knowledge and skills to provide professional, compassionate, and timely care to survivors.

Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
February 16, 2024

Tinubu appoints Lagos ex-commissioner Jide Idris as NCDC DG

Mr Idris succeeds Ifedayo Adetifa, who has headed the NCDC since September 6, 2021.

Jide Idris
February 10, 2024

AFCON Final: Lagos government advises residents to prioritise well-being

The advice followed reported deaths from heart attacks that trailed the semi-finals of the Super Eagles match at the ongoing AFCON.

Lagos health commissioner Akin Abayomi. [CREDIT: Twitter page of Mr Abayomi]
January 28, 2024

Lagos, Chinese government conduct free eye surgery for children

Mr Yu applauded the state government for its support in the success of the free eye surgical outreach programme.

December 25, 2023

Discharge your duties selflessly, Gov. Sanwo-Olu urges health workers

“We appreciate what you are doing and we want you to continue to do more,” he said.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Credit: Babajide Sanwo-Olu)
November 19, 2023

Suicide: Lagos govt. charges men to break culture of silence

He urged men to always speak up and have at least five persons they could rely on to discuss their mental health issues.

Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency
July 25, 2023

Sanwo-Olu should publish names of massacred Lagos #EndSARS protesters listed for mass burial: Amnesty International

“It is appalling that the Lagos state government has not even mentioned that it has held the bodies of 103 #EndSARS victims in its custody since October 2020.”

Babajide Sanwo-Olu and corpses in mortuary
May 6, 2023

Lagos: Father arrested for assaulting son over inability to recite Quran

“The agency received a report from a journalist of an 11-year-old male who was physically assaulted by his father.

Lagos state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency
March 12, 2023

Bus-train Accident: Lagos hospitals discharge 21 more patients

Abayomi disclosed that the fatality figure from the accident remains six, which include two at the site of the accident and four at LASUTH during resuscitation.

Train collides with metro bus in Lagos
February 15, 2021

Sanwo-Olu appoints ‘chief resilience officer’

The Gazette observed that LASRO’s website still portrayed Mr. Oki as the agency’s head and Ms. Dania, his deputy.

Babajide-Sanwo