549 plots within Shangisha to be allocated An amicable resolution of the Magodo Phase II Estate dispute seems to have been reached between the Lagos State Government and the parties in the Magodo/Shangisha land dispute. Under the pact, the state government will provide 549 plots within Shangisha to the affected stakeholders as directed by the […]
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Rubble of the collapsed building Officials on rescue mission at the site of the collapsed building Chairman, Panel of Inquiry into the Gerrard Road building Collapse, Mr. Toyin Ayinde; Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) during the presentation of […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (middle) addressing residents of Magodo Phase II protesting against possession of their properties, on Tuesday, 04 January 2022. With him: Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN); and Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako (right) Lagos […]
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Magodo The anxiety and fear generated between members of the Shangisha Landlords Association on the one hand and members of the Magodo Residents’ Association (MRA) on the other over the ownership of landed properties on the highbrow Magodo area of Lagos State are totally uncalled for and should have no place in a lawful society. […]
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Father of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr.), the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, has reacted to the release of the suspects linked to the murder of the teenager. Sylvester was allegedly beaten to death by five senior students of the school on November 30, 2020, for allegedly refusing to join their cult. But two months after, […]
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Lagos State Government has exonerated the five students and five employees of Dowen College linked to the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni, in the state. Also cleared by the government from being responsible for Sylvester’s death, a nephew to Delta state deputy governor, Kingsley Otuaro, was the management and school building in Lekki. […]
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South West Governors: Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State; Gboyega Oyetola, Osun; Dapo Abiodun, Ogun; Babatunde Sanwo-Olu, Lagos; Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti; and Seyi Makinde, Oyo Governors of Nigeria’s southwest states have condemned the alleged role of the attorney-general Abubakar Malami in deploying security operatives to evict residents of Magodo Estate in Lagos State. The governors said […]
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Sanwo-Olu in verbal exchange with the CSP Malami, IGP under fire over police deployment to Lagos estate Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (middle) addressing residents of Magodo Phase II protesting against possession of their properties, on Tuesday, 04 January 2022. With him: Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, the Attorney General/Commissioner for […]
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CONFRONTATION: Lagos State Governor and Chief Security Officer of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu addresses the officer who led men of the Nigeria Police to invade Magodo GRA, Lagos yesterday…a test of federalism. The argument that state governors are not in charge of security in their various states was reinforced, yesterday, as a police officer refused […]
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A screengrab taken on January 4, 2022, shows Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu pointing to the police officer who defied his order to vacate the Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos The lingering land dispute at the Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos took a different dimension on Tuesday as a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) publicly […]
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