Residents of Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos are protesting the presence of over 50 armed policemen in their estate. The management early Tuesday shut the two gates leading into the estate. The closure led to the disruption of vehicular movement. People were allowed to exit the estate, but were restricted from entering. Residents bore […]
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Mrs. Adefisayo (with the microphone) standing with other officials while addressing pupils at the Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior Secondary School complex Two of the pupils hit by a truck last December 7 in Ojodu areas of Lagos State are still hospitalised, Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, said on Tuesday. Two pupils died in the […]
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As public and private primary and secondary schools in Lagos prepare to resume for the commencement of the second term on Tuesday, authorities in the state have said the embattled Dowen College, a secondary school located in Lekki, will not be reopening. The government said until investigations into the unfortunate incident of the death of […]
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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, ordered the arrest of private security guards at Brooks Estate, Magodo, Isheri for allegedly delaying and denying him entrance into the estate. It was gathered that the police boss had gone to the estate in his convoy to meet a “strategic partner at a function” on Saturday […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two minors, who claimed to be up-and-coming artistes, for allegedly stabbing a Redeemed Christian Church of God’s pastor, Babatunde Dada, to death. The suspects, aged 15 and 17, were paraded on Friday by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The minors were said to have attempted to […]
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Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below the tertiary level in the state will resume for the second term 2021/2022 academic session on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, made this known in a statement on Friday, titled, ‘Lagos public and private […]
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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday signed the 2022 appropriation bill into law. The House of Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the budget estimate, with an increase from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. He said the increase was because the House of Assembly and Executive agreed to capture all financing options for the […]
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A royal family has appealed to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop the alleged move by the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, to become the ‘Oba of Oshodi.’ In its petition, the Olushi Onigbesa family said that “Alhaji Akinsanya is not a member of the Olushi Onigbesa […]
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L-R: Board Member, HEFAMAA, Mr. Hamzat Abiodun; Executive Secretary, HEFAMAA, Dr. Abiola Idowu; Board Chairman, Dr. Yemisi Solanke-Koya and Medical Officer of Health, Ikeja Local Government, Dr. Oladapo Asiyanbi at a Town hall Meeting/Sensitization Campaign held in Ikeja local government The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has disclosed that it is set to […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported over 4,000 COVID-19 caaes across the country within 24 hours, according to its latest epidemiological data. The data indicate that Lagos State is currently driving the fourth wave of the pandemic, as earlier stated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the NCDC. According to the […]
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