Education Commissioner Lagos State Government has directed all schools to begin the 2022/2023 academic year on September 5, 2022. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance of the state, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, on Saturday. It noted that this was as approved by the Commissioner for Education in the […]
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In the following touching story, Olamide Famuwagun captures the anguish of parents in a Lagos slum over the unknown whereabouts of their children: Hot tears rolled down the distraught face of 57-year-old tyre repairer, Oriyomi Onikoyi, while recounting the agony of his four-year-old daughter, Alimot’s disappearance in the Otto Ilogbo community in Ebute Metta, Lagos. […]
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Commuters and motorists were stranded in a heavy gridlock on Ikorodu-Lagos Road, inward Mile 12, Friday morning. The heavy traffic was particularly noted around Itowolo to Ajegunle areas, with both sides of the road blocked. It was observed that yellow buses, popularly known as Danfo, faced on-coming vehicles, thereby complicating the traffic congestion. Commuters were […]
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Lagos State Police Boss, Abiodun Alabi Residents and traders at Mile 12, in the Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, have been living in fear after cultists allegedly killed a Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Sulaimon Onaolapo, aka Ariku, in the area. In a video which trended online on Sunday […]
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to Maroko evictees, Mr. Femi Falana has told the embittered clients that were resettled in Ikota-Low Cost Housing Estate, along Lagos Epe Expressway to go and value their properties for adequate compensation after the government has given their estate to a developer. Speaking during a meeting with […]
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Debris of the burnt trucks; Photo: LASEMA Two people were injured, while four stationed gas trucks were destroyed yesterday in a gas explosion near the headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) city, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The explosion occurred at Sun Contractor Project Services Limited, a gas plant located in the densely […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, on Sunday lambasted the Lagos State Government over the implementation of the setback parking levy in the state. He described the policy as illegal and urged the state government to withdraw it without delay. The Lagos State Parking Authority had in a letter addressed to the food and snack […]
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The Executive Chairman of Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Wahab Olawale Alawiye-King, has said that the issue of out-of-school children in the state is a major challenge and requires the support of all and sundry. He, therefore, sought organisations and individuals’ support to check the trend. Alawiye-King, spoke, yesterday, during the distribution of […]
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Korope bus at Oshodi; Photo: Eniola Daniel Police, Govt pledge improved security Lagos residents have expressed worries over the increasing use of minibuses, popularly known as Korope, for kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. According to residents, the vice increased after the ban of Okada in parts of the state, where motorcycles were often […]
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There was palpable tension on Thursday in the Ijanikin area of Lagos State, as hoodlums invaded the palace of Oloto of Oto Awori Kingdom, Oba Aina Kuyamiku. Vehicles belonging to the monarch were destroyed, while some shops in the area were burnt. A combined team of military and police operatives has beefed up security in […]
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