• Cracks down on fake COVID-19 test results, vaccination cards • Unveils plan for containing the fourth wave of pandemic Lagos State government, yesterday, issued guidelines for social events and gatherings within the state during the festive season. Making the disclosure in a statement, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said all social events must be duly registered […]
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Scene of the incident There was pandemonium on Tuesday when a truck driver reportedly crushed no fewer than 10 students on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus-Stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when the truck ran over them. The driver of the white DAF […]
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Rescue operations at the scene of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos. Photo: Olukayode Jaiyeola Lagos State Government says there is a need to domesticate a model for financing mortgage, while stating that it has handed over 14 housing estates to individuals with a promise to deliver additional two estates. The state government said […]
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Foreigners coming into the country through Lagos State must adhere to the COVID-19 travel protocols or face possible deportation, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu warned yesterday. The governor also reiterated that all-inbound passengers for international flights must perform a Day 2 test within 48 hours of arrival into the country, as well as an additional Day 7 […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, described as “disturbing and heartbreaking”, the death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki. The governor also said he has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter. In a Facebook post, he wrote, “I commiserate deeply with the family of late Sylvester (Jnr) Oromoni, the 12-year old pupil […]
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Several pupils have been crushed to death by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to the Ogba area where […]
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Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, says that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody for allegedly assaulting the slain 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, who spoke on Tuesday morning, also said two other students of the school fingered in the assault, are now at […]
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By Ebun Adegboruwa The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses (Panel) was constituted and officially inaugurated on 19th October, 2020. Upon completion of its assignment, the Panel submitted two sets of Reports to the Lagos State Government, (LASG) on November 15, 2021. There have been several developments […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that three of the students who were allegedly involved in the death of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) of Dowen College, Lekki, are currently in custody. The Lagos Police Command’s Spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and stressed that the investigation […]
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Sanwo-Olu receiving the report from the panel’s chairman, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retired) By Sylvester Udemezue I would have been shocked if the Lagos White Paper had said something different, about the events of October 20, 2020. Not that I believe or that I do not believe that there was any killing at Lekki Toll Gate […]
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